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Street fight over mental home bid By Luke Voogt
Allan Fels
A proposal to house mentally ill people in a residential Thomson street has outraged parents. Haven Foundation’s proposal for 46 Lomond Terrace has received 42 objections. The 16-bed facility is near St Margaret’s and Tate Street primary schools, a child care centre and a liquor store.
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Lomond Terrace resident Max Ryan thought residents had defeated the proposal when 50 people attended a meeting with the foundation’s chief and Geelong priest Father Kevin Dillon in 2014. “The residents weren’t copping it,” he said. “It was just a shemozzle, really, and I thought that would be the last of it. Everyone said go and build it in your own street.” Continued page 3
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“It’s simply in the wrong location,” said Anna Craig, who lives on Lomond Terrace with her husband and 11-month-old daughter. “I want to feel comfortable that my kids will be safe walking up the road to the shops.” Ms Craig said she was “completely supportive of providing facilities to the mentally ill”. “I think it’s fantastic. It just shouldn’t be in a family area.”
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