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Construction begins on ‘Recovery Café’

12/24/2019

Port Townsend Leader
Lily Haight
lhaight@ptleader.com

Construction has begun on Dove House’s Recovery Café, at 939 Kearney Street in Port Townsend.
Grant money allowed Dove House to purchase the building that was previously home to Candace’s Cookies last summer. Now, after the permitting process took longer than expected, construction crews can finally start work, said Brian Richardson, director of the Recovery Café.

Read more: https://www.ptleader.com/stories/construction-begins-on-recovery-caf,66950?

Recovery Cafe to start structural renovations

12/22/2019

Peninsula Daily News
By Zach Jablonski

PORT TOWNSEND — Structural renovations to the Dove House Recovery Cafe are set to begin Monday, and organizers are seeking volunteers.

Recovery Cafe program manager Brian Richardson received the permits to start the construction Tuesday, and the team was reviewing the blueprints together Friday.

Read here:
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/recovery-cafe-to-start-structural-renovations/

Jim Rozanski, in yellow, lead architect for the Recovery Cafe and owner of Rozanski Architects, leads the discussion of the renovation plans with other foreman of the Dove House Recovery Cafe at the cafe. The team along with volunteers will begin the structural renovations to the cafe on Monday. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Recovery Café -- Building Community and Fostering Recovery

11/26/2019

(First airdate: November 26, 2019) Brian Richardson, program manager for the Recovery Cafe, regales the excitement of this newly launched program supported by the Dove House. Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can discusses with Brian the opportunities to impact lives at the Recovery Cafe, from Cafe’ Companions to construction support and more.

Listen here:
https://kptz.org/2019/11/26/recovery-cafe-building-community-and-fostering-recovery/

Recovery Cafe aims for fall opening

8/5/2019

Peninsula Daily News
By Zach Jablonski

PORT TOWNSEND — The Dove House Recovery Cafe is expected to open in September to provide help for recovering drug addicts.

Dove House Advocacy Services closed on the purchase of the building at 939 Kearney St., in July after entering into a purchase agreement in April.

Read here:
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/recovery-cafe-aims-for-fall-opening/

Recovery Cafe Coordinator Brian Richardson speaks with Maura Walsch on Friday, as they work on cleaning the location of the Dove House Recovery Cafe. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Recovery Cafe has a home

7/17/2019

The building at 939 Kearney Street in Port Townsend was the home of Candace’s Cookies for many years. Now, it is planned to be a Recovery Cafe, to support those in recovery from substance abuse, homelessness, mental illness and trauma.

Port Townsend Leader
Lily Haight
lhaight@ptleader.com

Dove House Advocacy Services’ purchase of the Candace’s Cookies building at 939 Kearney Street in Port Townsend is official, but that’s only the first of many steps toward a new Recovery Cafe for Jefferson County.

Read here:
https://www.ptleader.com/stories/recovery-cafe-has-a-home,63291?

Dove House finds home for Recovery Café

5/8/2019

Port Townsend Leader
Lily Haight
lhaight@ptleader.com

Dove House Advocacy Services has entered into an agreement to purchase the property at 939 Kearney Street in Port Townsend for its Recovery Café, which program manager Brian Richardson said they hope to open by August 1.

Read here:
www.ptleader.com/stories/dove-house-finds-home-for-recovery-caf,61470

Dove House Advocacy Services has entered into an agreement to buy the property at 939 Kearney Street to house their Recovery Café, a space where people recovering from substance abuse, homelessness, mental illness and trauma can find community and healing in a café-like setting.

Dove House plans to launch Recovery Cafe

1/30/2019

Seattle’s Recovery Cafe started in 2004, but it moved to a larger space in 2009. “We are able to serve about 350 people per month,” said David Uhl, director of the Recovery Cafe Network. “We know that our members are reporting that they’re drinking less, having less encounters with the legal system, and are part of a community.”

Port Townsend Leader
Lily Haight
lhaight@ptleader.com

Dove House Advocacy Services is bringing a Recovery Cafe to Jefferson County.
Recovery cafes are spaces where people recovering from substance abuse, homelessness, mental illness and trauma can find community and healing in a cafe-like setting.

Read more:
https://www.ptleader.com/stories/dove-house-plans-to-launch-recovery-cafe,59385

Recovery Cafe Network Launches 4th Cohort

11/7/2018

Recovery Café Network launches fourth cohort to address addiction epidemic

Longmont, CO; Lowell, MA; and Port Townsend, WA to start Recovery Cafés to respond to the addiction crisis and mental health crisis damaging their local communities.

Read here:
https://recoverycafe.org/blog/2018/11/07/recovery-cafe-network-launches-4th-cohort/

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