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Farm-based recovery homes lose land Joshua House needs new property to launch programs for addicted
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Angie Korkowski believes that farming can be beneficial to healing addicts. When a man who has been drug-addicted on the Downtown Eastside bottle-feeds a calf, “a softening takes place,” she says. But a project that would combine supportive recovery and farming for 20 men in Abbotsford will not go forward due to issues with the land. Despite the project being approved by council in October, Joshua House – a Christian organization that currently runs recovery homes in Abbotsford for men with addictions – cannot proceed with plans for two 10-bed recovery homes. The owner of the land can no longer offer the organization a lease renewal past February 2015. Now Joshua House is looking for a new land option for helping the men in need – but even a new location will still slow the process and potentially leave 20 men without a recovery resource. Korkowski, executive director of Joshua House, has been living on the farm in the 29000 block of Fraser Highway with her husband Richard, preparing the site. She said they felt it could be up and running in a few months with the first home filled right away. “It’s a sad day for Joshua House.” The organization began its application in 2010. The project went to public Continued on A4
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85¢ Angie Korkowski, executive director of Joshua House, takes care of her goats at the organization’s farm on Fraser Highway. Joshua House had approval to run recovery homes on the farm, but the project cannot go forward due to an issue with lease renewal.
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