GOV. MALLOY: REVITALIZATION OF ‘Q’ HOUSE WILL PROVIDE A SAFE AFTER-SCHOOL OPTION FOR CITY’S YOUTH
State Bond Commission Approves $1 Million to Design and Plan Improvements to Historic Community Center (NEW HAVEN, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Mayor Toni Harp and other state and local elected officials, today announced that the state will assist the City of New Haven in funding the construction of the new “Q” House community center, which was left unoccupied for the last decade and fell into disrepair. Until it closed its doors in 2003, the “Q” House was an important part of the Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhoods going back to the 1920s, offering after-school programs for the disadvantaged young people of the city and a safe environment free of drugs, alcohol and bullying. “Sadly,…
