The Mattie Williams Neighborhood Family Center has received $1.4 million from Pinellas County and the City of Safety Harbor for a much needed expansion project, according to executive director David Hale.
“We are so grateful to Pinellas County. They are the largest funder of this project at nearly $1 million,” he said. “This project would not have happened without Janet Hooper. This is her will and vision.”
Janet Hooper, 73, has been with the center for 16 years and was its longest serving executive director. Hooper volunteered to chair the committee for expansion and said it was her vision two years ago to see the project happen before she retired.
“I’m ecstatic. I can’t even tell you,” she said. “I almost cried when the county came through with extra funding.”