Friday, November 9, 2012
Wheaton City Council approved a plan to build a group care home
Wheaton City Council members Monday approved the STARS Family Services plan to build a 15-resident group care home for developmentally disabled adults at the corner of Cross Street and Union Avenue in Wheaton. STARS, a nonprofit providing small supportive living arrangements and other services to developmentally disabled adults of the STARS Disability Ministry of College Church in Wheaton, plans to build two single-family homes with a common courtyard. The homes would be completed in stages, with the second home constructed as funding allows. Each home would have an attached two-car garage with a shared driveway off of Union Avenue. Guest, volunteer and staff parking will be on the shared driveway. Let Patch save you time. Get stories …
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Plan moves on to Group Home Commission for next round of discussions.
The city's Planning and Zoning board expressed support on Tuesday for a new group care home proposed for the southeast corner of Cross Street and Union Avenue. STARS Family Services, a nonprofit that provides supportive living arrangements developmentally disabled adults, is proposing to build a group home that would house up to 15 people in downtown Wheaton. STARS officials described a plan two build two single-family homes with a common courtyard. The homes would be completed in stages, with the second home constructed as funding allows. "It's a house, not an institution," attorney David Bay, who represents STARS, told the board. "It will blend well with the neighborhood. You wouldn't know it's anything other than an ordinary house." …
Monday, June 18, 2012
STARS Family Services, a nonprofit that provides small supportive living arrangements and related services to developmentally disabled adults, is proposing to build a group care home for up to 15 people in downtown Wheaton.
STARS Family Services, a nonprofit that provides supportive living arrangements developmentally disabled adults, is proposing to build a group care home to house up to 15 people in downtown Wheaton. Wheaton’s Planning and Zoning Board will hold a public hearing to consider the application for the proposed facility at the southeast corner of Cross Street and Union Avenue on Tuesday night. Sign up for our free daily newsletter to get top headlines sent to your inbox every morning. We're also on Facebook! STARS provides small supportive living arrangements and related services to developmentally disabled adults of the STARS Disability Ministry of College Church in Wheaton, according to a Wheaton city staff memo. Since opening its first house …
ANN MARIE
8:51 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
Who is funding the building of the property and who pays for the residency and care of the people who live there? Who will maintain the property? more ›