CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A number of minor issues have pushed back the opening of a new addiction recovery center on Charleston’s West Side.
Recovery Point on Stockton Street was scheduled to open in September, but will now open sometime in October or November, according to program director Rachel Thaxton. The building will serve as an in-house facility specifically for women battling addiction.
Issues with utility companies, engineer drawings, building permits and even the June flood contributed to the delay.
“The West Virginia American Water Company was actually dealing with the flooding in Clendenin quite a bit and so that kind of pushed back their schedule to install our new water line,” said Thaxton. “We’ve just been kind of dealing with those things as they come.”
Construction began on the old Mountaineer Gas building began in April. The recovery model got its start in Huntington and is now expanding out to Charleston.
“It’s moving along. It looks great,” Thaxton said. “Walls are up. You can tell what everything is going to be — just getting the finishes in, the painting, the floors and things like that.”
Women will get to attend classes on how to manage their credit, pay bills, resume and interviewing skills. Parenting and cooking classes will also be offered to the women.
“This is going to affect a lot of different areas, not just help women stop doing drugs,” Thaxton said. “This is going to help them become productive members of society. They’re going to be able to obtain and sustain employment, reunify with their families.”
The facility will include 92 beds, a commercial kitchen, restrooms, office spaces and classrooms.