The new and greatly-expanded NEO Youth Center is scheduled to open in time for the 2023-2024 school year, or around late summer of next year. Indoor square footage will blossom from 350 square feet to 37-hundred square feet. That will mean the center will be able to accomodate at lot more young people at once, ages 11 to 25, along with a major expansion of existing activities and events, as well as new ones. But in the meantime, Bright Futures for Youth Executive Director Jennifer Singer says they’ve started a capital campaign to raise half-a-million dollars, their largest-ever fundraising effort…

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The NEO Youth Center will be on the ground floor of the Litton Building, also teaching new skills every month…

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The Center will also offer art workshops, live music, and open-mic nights. The Littton Building is already home to all three of Bright Futures three programs, which also include the Friendship Club and SAFE. SAFE opened an on-site Drop-in Center in October for children and young adults experiencing homelessness.