Youth Center reminder!

Posted Friday, April 4, 2008, at 8:42 AM

The initiative for a youth is having a meeting for public information and feedback in three weeks. Here is their release.

"There will be an informational meeting for adults and teenagers concerning a teen center in Bedford County at the H. V. Griffin Park & Recreation Building on Sunday afternoon, April 20, 2008, from 2:00-3:00 p.m. For more information, contact Kathy Gregory at 437-2296."

I am reposting this to keep it fresh in your mind and hope you will attend!!!

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Steve This is the first I have heard about this. Do you know what type of teen center they are thinking about?

I know these teenagers need something quickly...Gas is over $3.00 a gallon and they are not allowed to be anywhere they can't be in any parking lot even stores that have gone out of business. There is nothing in Shelbyville for them to do the police run them out of everywhere they go.Yes they have the bowling alley but do you know how expensive it is to Bowl and the movies which is about 2 hours and 25 dollars, if you are lucky....What then?

They can't afford to ride around all night heck neither could I and I have a full time job.

I just wonder what the city expects these teenagers to do on the weekends?

Seems to me they would rather them be parked somewhere anyway instead of running the risk of them having a wreck.

-- Posted by Dianatn on Sun, Apr 6, 2008, at 7:45 PM

All I know at the moment is that they are sincere, upstanding folks who want to provide a safe place to hang out. They have been working on this over the past year and are in the process of getting a 501 C3 non profit charter, but the details were not set when I met them last.

When I ran the Pizza Hut in the late 70's I allowed the teenagers to hang at the restaurant as long as they came inside. I could not allow the parking lot because someone always got in trouble. It was a pretty rough group at the time.

-- Posted by stevemills on Sun, Apr 6, 2008, at 8:36 PM

That is definitely something the kids of Shelbyville need. They truly have no place to hang out except Walmart. Pizza Hut, McDonalds, Burger King and etc don't mind them coming in as long as they are eating but once they are finished it's time for them to move on..

This is one meeting I do not want to miss.

This is why I really wish we had a Starbucks or a Books a Million. The Books a Million in Franklin always seem to have a lot of teens in there hanging out reading and chatting.

-- Posted by Dianatn on Sun, Apr 6, 2008, at 10:33 PM

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Steve Mills and his wife have one daughter and live on a farm outside of Bell Buckle. They previously owned two coffee/ice cream shops, currently operate an internet sales company and teach classes, but his primary job involves the paper industry worldwide. Hobbies and interests lie in gardening, photography, recorded music and of course, their pets.

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