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Q House Vision Approved

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In the quest to revive the long-shuttered Dixwell Community Q” House, the next step may be to tear it down.

That’s the recommendation of a steering committee looking into reopening the Q House, and now it’s the official recommendation of the entire Board of Aldermen.

The board voted unanimously Monday evening to adopt the recommendation, along with the rest of the committee’s plan for Q House revival.

The Q House, which stands on Dixwell Avenue, has been closed for 10 years and now belongs to the city. Restoring it to its former glory as a community hub and a safe, productive place for teens has been a priority of the current Board of Aldermen.

After studying the problem, the steering committee determined that the building has to go. It would cost millions and millions” to rehab the structure and bring it up to code, Dixwell Alderman Jeanette Morrison, head of the committee, told her colleagues Monday evening.

A better option would be to tear the building down and build a new one, in partnership with the Stetson branch of the New Haven public library, right across Dixwell Avenue, she and the committee concluded. A public/private partnership with the library would allow for more effective fundraising, since the library can access federal and state dollars.

With the adoption of the steering committees recommendation, the Board of Aldermen is officially expressing its intention design a new building and to pursue the revival plan, although it’s unclear yet exactly where the funding for a new Q House would come from.

We need our Q House back,” Morrison said.

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