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The
Anchor
at
Mariners
Inn will
rise on
the
corner
of Cass
Avenue
and
Ledyard
Street,
and
double
organization's
capacity
for
helping
change
lives
through
addiction
treatment,
job
training
and
more. |
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Mariners
Inn
breaking
ground
on new
facility
in
District
Detroit,
helping
save
more
lives
• $24
million
project
will
help
more
metro
Detroiters
battle
substance
use with
residential
treatment
program.
• In
addition
to
housing,
The
Anchor
will
allow
for
job-training,
medical
and
health
clinic,
emergency
shelter
and
more.
• New
building
will
rise on
existing
campus,
doubling
its
capacity
while
expanding
services.
DETROIT
– Mayor
Mike
Duggan
joined
Mariners
Inn,
Cinnaire
Solutions
and the
community
to break
ground
on The
Anchor
at
Mariners
Inn, a
65,500-square-fooot,
state-of-the-art
residential
substance-use
treatment
facility
that
will
double
the
number
of
Detroiters
it
serves
and
allow
the
organization
to serve
women
for the
first
time in
its
nearly
100-year
history.
The $24
million
development
will be
built at
Cass
Avenue
and
Ledyard
Street,
next to
the
current
Mariners
Inn
facility.
The
Anchor
will
expand
Mariners’
residential
treatment
program
with 40
new
fully
furnished
recovery
housing
apartments,
44 units
of fully
furnished
permanent
supportive
housing,
private
counseling
and
therapy,
and
career
education
and job
training
services,
as well
as help
with
small-business
ventures.
The new
residential
space
also
gives
Mariners
the
space to
serve
female
clients
for the
first
time and
offer
them
housing.
With the
new
building,
the
existing
Mariners
buildings
will be
repurposed
to add a
new
kitchen
and
cafeteria,
an
emergency
shelter
and a
medical
and
mental
health
clinic.
By
moving
the 40
residential
treatment
units
into the
new
building,
Mariners
can
repurpose
its
current
building
to
expand
the
services
it
offers.
The new
facility
also
will
feature
a
computer
lab to
help
clients’
chances
of
success,
exercise
areas,
expanded
services
for
women
and
families,
and
first-floor
retail
space
serving
the
District
Detroit
area.
“This
will be
a
nurturing
space
that
transforms
the way
people
are
cared
for and
treated
and
builds
on the
revitalization
and
growth
we are
seeing
around
us,”
said
David
Sampson,
chief
executive
officer
of
Mariners
Inn.
“This
new
facility
will
help us
serve
even
more
people
and save
even
more
lives,
helping
us to
make a
true
difference
in our
community.”
Mariners
Inn is
one of
Southeast
Michigan’s
most
celebrated
substance-use
treatment
and
recovery
centers,
serving
almost
2,000
clients
each
year.
Since
1925,
Mariners
has
provided
help and
opportunity
to
adults,
families
and
youth
affected
by
addiction
and
homelessness
through
residential
substance-use
treatment.
The
organization
is a
mission
of the
Episcopal
Diocese
of
Michigan
and a
refuge
for
those in
need,
with the
mission
of
providing
professional
and
compassionate
residential
substance-use
treatment
for
homeless
men,
helping
them
regain
their
health,
independence
and
self-esteem.
The
Anchor
at
Mariners
Inn will
join
several
significant
projects
already
built in
the
District
Detroit,
as well
as
announced
developments
such as
the Ross
Detroit
Innovation
Center
and the
refurbishment
of
several
long-time
abandoned
buildings
being
transformed
into
affordable
housing
units.
The
project
is
slated
to open
in the
fourth
quarter
of 2024,
and will
not
disrupt
ongoing
services
that
Mariners
offers
to
existing
clients.
“The
fact
that we
are
helping
Mariners
Inn
build
this
incredibly
important,
life-changing
development
in the
heart of
District
Detroit
shows
how we
are
building
a
Detroit
for
everyone,”
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
said.
“Mariners
Inn is
an
organization
that has
helped
turn
around
thousands
of our
fellow
Detroiters’
lives,
and now
thanks
to The
Anchor
at
Mariners
Inn, it
will be
able to
help
even
more.”
Mariners
Inn’s
treatment
philosophy
is
recovery-focused
and
person-centered.
Its
services
include
a
residential
treatment
program
and
recovery
housing,
a family
therapy
program,
social
enterprise
and
workforce
development,
case
management,
an
intensive
outpatient
treatment
program,
peer
mentoring
and
more.
“Without
a stable
place to
live and
a
support
system
to help
them
address
underlying
problems,
most
homeless
people
shift
from one
emergency
system
to the
next -
from the
streets
to
shelters,
to
public
hospitals,
to
psychiatric
institutions,
substance
abuse
treatment
centers,
and
detox
centers,
and
ultimately,
back to
the
streets
- in an
endless
cycle,”
said
Shaun
Wilson,
president
of the
Mariners
Inn
board of
trustees.
“We are
dedicated
to
breaking
that
cycle
through
providing
stable
housing,
which is
key.
That’s
what
makes
the
Anchor
so
important,
as it
will
allow us
to
address
one of
the most
significant
gaps in
the
substance-use
treatment
system.”
Mariners
Inn
partnered
with
Cinnaire
Solutions
to make
The
Anchor a
reality.
Ethos
Development
Partners
served
as a
consultant
throughout
the
development
process.
Cinnaire
Solutions
is the
nonprofit
development
branch
of
Cinnaire
which
has a
30-year
history
of
supporting
affordable
housing
and
supportive
service
developments
in
Detroit.
Cinnaire
has
created
more
than
5,700
affordable
homes in
91
housing
developments
and 13
community
facilities
in
Detroit,
while
supporting
development
with
more
than $68
million
in loans
and
investing
more
than
$500
million
in Low
Income
Housing
Tax
Credit
Equity.
“Our
development
philosophy
is based
on our
belief
that all
people
struggle
on some
level,”
said
Chris
Laurent,
president
of
Cinnaire
Solutions.
“We have
no
higher
purpose
than to
serve
others
and
support
their
humanity.
We’ve
worked
for the
past
five
years
collaborating
with
Mariners
Inn to
create
an
environment
of
dignity
and
opportunity,
within
walking
distance
of
several
employment
opportunities,
including
the
downtown
and
midtown
regions
Detroit.”
The
project
secured
funding
through
Low-Income
Housing
Tax
Credits
(LIHTC)
through
the
Michigan
State
Housing
Development
Authority
(MSHDA),
HOME and
Community
Development
Block
Grant
funding
through
the City
of
Detroit
Housing
&
Revitalization
Department
(HRD),
and
generous
donations
from
individuals.
“The
Housing
&
Revitalization
Department
is proud
to be
able to
help
Mariners
Inn not
only
continue
doing
its
incredible
work in
our
community,
but to
help
them
reach
even
more
families,”
said
Julie
Schneider,
director
of HRD.
“Our
mission
is to
serve
all
people
of
Detroit,
especially
those
who need
help the
most.
This
important
project
is
testament
to that
commitment
and will
change
thousands
of lives
for the
better.”
With its
location
in the
District
Detroit,
The
Anchor
at
Mariners
Inn is
bringing
more
than
just
services,
but
quality,
affordable
housing
and
access
to
retail,
jobs,
transportation
and
more.
The
Anchor
is being
developed
by the
Mariners
Inn and
Cinnaire
Solutions
with
support
provided
partner
organizations
and
financial
institutions
including:
Citizens
Bank,
Flagstar
Bank,
MSHDA,
MASCO,
McGregor
FUND,
NEF,
LBBA
Architects,
and
O’Brien
Construction.
“Helping
finance
The
Anchor
was an
easy
decision,
because
metro
Detroiters
have
shown
that
when
they
have
access
to
residential
treatment,
they are
more
likely
to be
successful
in
recovery,”
said
MSHDA
Executive
Director
Amy
Hovey.
“These
apartments
will
transform
lives by
providing
permanent,
supportive
housing
in a
safe
space
where
residents
can
receive
the
services
needed
to reach
their
full
potential.”
The
Anchor
at
Mariners
Inn will
rise on
the
corner
of Cass
Avenue
and
Ledyard
Street,
and
double
organization's
capacity
for
helping
change
lives
through
addiction
treatment,
job
training
and
more.
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