Gustavo Morales, executive director of Euvalcree, speaks at the public hearing last Friday. (The Enterprise/Liliana Frankel)
ONTARIO – Euvalcree’s ambitious plan to convert the Red Lion Inn & Suites into transitional housing was definitively rejected by the city council Tuesday after a public hearing June 25 failed to demonstrate sufficient support for the project.
The state’s Project Turnkey was slated to fund the venture through the Oregon Community Foundation. The foundation required a letter of support for the project from the city to release the funds. Euvalcree, a local non-profit, aimed to oversee the project.
During the two-hour hearing June 25, Euvalcree’s executive director, Gustavo Morales, answered questions from Ontario residents, councilors John Kirby, Ken Hart, and Eddie Melendrez, and Mayor Riley Hill regarding the finances, logistics and operations of . . .
