Panel: Campbell would welcome youth center

CAMPBELL — A youth center would be welcome in the city, says the leader of a committee that’s exploring how to start one.

Dr. Robert Walls also said the city council should step in and lead the quest to open the center. Walls, Campbell Elementary School principal, chairs the panel that’s made up of religious, community and government leaders.

A phone survey of 1,211 city residents showed that an overwhelming majority would support a center, Walls said. He presented the survey results at a committee meeting Wednesday at the school.

The survey showed that families with elementary-school children in particular like the idea, he said.

The committee is considering using the old Faith Temple Baptist Church building on Roosevelt Boulevard near the municipal building. Walls said the building could house the center temporarily until grants become available in three to five years for a building project.

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