We’ve got some heavyweight politicos joining us next Monday for the official grand opening of St. Peter’s Place, a new 20 unit housing complex on 29th Avenue for developmentally disabled adults.
In addition to Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor Eric Mar, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi will also be in attendance for the pomp and circumstance, which begins at 10:30am at St. Peter’s on 29th Avenue between Clement and Geary.
The 20 housing units in St. Peter’s Place will allow adults with developmental disabilities to live on their own, with supervision by a social worker who can link them to education, employment, medical care and social activities. Residents will be able to choose from one and two room spaces, with the option of having aides live with them.
St. Peter’s Place sits on the land that was once the St. Peter’s Episcopal Church sanctuary. The sanctuary had been vacant since it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake.
The project received funds from the Mayor’s Office of Housing, the state and the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. St. Peter’s teamed up with the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center for the construction, whose Housing Services Affiliate has been developing affordable housing since 1982.
St. Peter’s Place has 14 studios, 4, 1-bedrooms and 1, 2-bedroom unit for tenants as well as a community room, community kitchen, laundry facilities and a backyard patio. Last month, Supervisor Mar helped pick winners in the new development’s housing lottery.
It’s going to be a banner week for mayoral sightings in the Richmond District. Mayor Lee will also be holding a city budget town hall meeting at the Richmond Rec Center on Wednesday, April 27.
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Kitchen facilities inside one of the new St. Peter’s Place units.