At Monday’s town council meeting, Evan Miles of Kent County Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals presented an overview of the group’s mission to promote youth involvement with community businesses and to request funds for their upcoming event.
The group plans on a November fund-raising beer-fest in Wilmer Park and sought $500 to help with start-up costs for the event. The council balked at the request considering that the event would be for-profit but that they might consider a loan. The request would be reviewed and addressed at the next meeting.
Daniel Rosendale, President of the Board of Crossroads Community and John Plaskon, Director of Crossroads Crossroads Community, Inc. a non-profit organization based in Centreville followed up on their previous appeal to the council for $2000 to help fund dental care for indigent county residents.
From September 19 council meetings, the record states, “Mr. Rosendale stated that some clients are homeless when they reach Crossroads and need everything imaginable to again function as human beings. He said that there were many things that their program funding does not cover, such as dental care. They now partnered with dentists who offered their services at a reduced rate and Crossroads was looking for assistance with charitable fundraising. Also, there were maintenance issues on the houses, and some of the fundraising costs would be used there as well. Rosendale stated that he was asking the communities in which their clients reside to help with matching funds with a donation to their program. Rosendale stated that in Chestertown proper there are approximately 70 clients receiving services.
The organization, founded in 1984, provides psychiatric rehabilitation services to adults and children in five mid-shore counties and in 2009 expanded to also provide clinical services through their clinic, Corsica River Mental Health Services.
The council approved $500 of the $2000 request.
Mayor Cerino also issued an update about the marina rehabilitation process. He said that he’d received many calls after the Harry Potter Festival regarding the flooded parking lot around the Fish Whistle Restaurant making it difficult for festival attendees to leave the restaurant and he wanted to make sure the community understand the timeline and other challenges facing the town to rebuild the marina area.
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