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PRESENTATION BY CORNERSTONE CONCERNING THE CLOTHING/TEXTILE CURBSIDE COLLECTION PILOT PROGRAM
Blaine Hobson and Peter Brewitt from Cornerstone provided a presentation concerning the Cornerstone to Recovery Program.
Mr. Hobson discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• An overview of the Cornerstone Recovery Organization and programs;
• Cornerstone’s mission and vision statements;
• A summary of the growth of the Cornerstone organization and programs between 2004 to 2020;
• The usage of a Social Enterprise as the primary funder for the organization;
• A description of the Cornerstone residential model and the programs methodology, features, recovery team, and costs;
• The achievements and successes from the Cornerstone to Recovery Program;
• The statistics and breakdowns associated to addiction, the gender-based crisis, and treatment shortages for women;
• The proposal for a women’s residential treatment centre in Barrie;
• The financial breakdown for the proposed women’s treatment centre; and
• The proposed partnership between the City of Barrie and Cornerstone.
Members of Committee and members of Council asked several questions and received responses from City staff, Mayor Lehman and the Cornerstone Representatives.