Why does the Resource Center for Nonviolence want to relocate?
A. The possibility of building a new and more sustainable home for its offices and programs and providing workforce housing has been a dream of the Resource Center for many years. Several other options have been explored during the past several years. The Resource Center’s current site will not accommodate the housing and program space that the Resource Center envisions. Partnership with Barrios Unidos will support for the next several generations of RCNV work. Funds will be borrowed against the property owned on Broadway for use during construction and the property will be sold upon completion of 1817 Soquel Avenue. There are three primary motivations for the Resource Center for Nonviolence entering the 1817 Soquel Avenue partnership with Barrios Unidos: 1) The Resource Center’s current facility was not designed or built for its current purposes, is old and expensive to maintain. The second story meeting room is not accessible to people with disabilities. RCNV has long dreamed of desi
