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Thomas Ouellette
Shane Crippen says he will run the Gemini Recovery Center. He says having the center on West eighth Street in downtown Anderson would make it more accessible to those who will use it services.

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Shane Crippen
Our clients can take the bus if they need the bus. Bus route. you know, some of our clients work once they go through certain levels of care. So it's downtown. If we're meeting with their counselor, with a doctor, you know, medically necessary. It's centrally located.

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Thomas Ouellette
Before it's unanimous approval of a special zoning exception for the treatment center. The board heard from multiple people who said the facility would bring things like used needles and struggling addicts to downtown, hurting local businesses. One is Lisa Oakley of Oakley Brothers Distillery. She worried about having a treatment center next door to a business that sells alcohol.

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Lisa Oakley
You can smell it. You can also. We have all of the garage doors where you can see it. People will be drinking. How is this effective?

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Thomas Ouellette
The Anderson Center will be the second site for Gemini, which operates a center in Columbus. Crippen says the Anderson facility will not handle or dispense medication or function as a needle exchange. I'm Thomas Ouellette.