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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Psychedelic institute came at the right time
Community members and local officials celebrated the opening of Paul’s Place on Wednesday. The vertical, tiny-home village on H Street will provide emergency, transitional and permanent supportive housing to members of the homeless community.
By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer As news broke out that UC Davis launched the Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics, a flurry of questions came to mind regarding the types of studies the institute will conduct, which psychedelics take precedence, and whether there will be a focus on one OLSON area before another. UCD chem “We will follow professor the science wherever it takes us,” said the institute’s director, David Olson, an associate professor of chemistry, biochemistry and molecular medicine at UC Davis. “The goal of the institute is to understand better how psychedelics impact the brain, and then use that information to develop safer and more effective treatments for a range of brain conditions.” These include depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, addiction, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, among others. Some of the compounds scientists are currently
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Paul’s Place hosts festive grand opening By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Hundreds turned out Wednesday morning for the opening celebration of Paul’s Place, a first-of-its-kind, fourstory building that will provide emergency, transitional and permanent supportive housing, as well as a daytime resource center, in a vertical tiny-home village on H Street.
It is, said Yolo County Supervisor Lucas Frerichs, “our community’s response to the national challenge of homelessness. “It also represents the best of our community and our common commitment to recognizing the humanity we all share regardless of where we sleep each night.” Davis Community Meals and Housing owns and will operate
the facility, with the first residents expected to move in around April 1, after DCMH staff moves its resource center and staff offices into the ground-floor space. The facility has 18 individual 300-square-foot private units of permanent supportive microhousing on the third and fourth floors and 10 single-resident units of transitional housing on the second floor, which also has
a large communal kitchen, family room, bathrooms and laundry facilities. Four emergency shelter beds are on the first floor along with a resource center, restrooms, showers and laundry facilities.
Years in the making, and inspired by Sutter Health’s 2016 “Getting to Zero” initiative offering matching grants for
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Plans for South Davis library move ahead thanks to grant By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Just seven months ago, Yolo County supervisors were calling the possibility of a new library in South Davis a heavy lift. With an estimated price tag exceeding $21 million for a new facility in Walnut Park, and less than $9 million available from the Davis library tax and Yolo County library funds, hopes hinged on a sizable grant from the state. But that grant came through, to the tune of nearly $9 million. Now the funding gap is under $4 million, and on
Tuesday, the Davis City Council voted unanimously to commit up to $1.5 million to the effort. That money would likely come from American Rescue Plan funds and park development impact fees, and council members expressed hope more will be found to bridge more of the gap. City Manager Mike Webb said there may be additional grant funds available as well, particularly since the library can serve as a climate resilience hub, a place to support residents and distribute resources before, during
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The Davis High School Symphony Orchestra’s annual Kids Outreach on Saturday will combine the magic of music, storytelling and masterfully crafted puppets.
DHS concert features ‘Red Velvet Violin’ By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer The Davis High School Symphony Orchestra is
tuning up for the annual, Kids Outreach Concert Series this Saturday, Feb. 11. Not only does this event combine the magic of music and storytelling, but also encourages youngsters in the audience to — one day — take part in the renowned DJUSD music program to make magic of their own. The outreach concert series began back in 2008 and has since become an annual tradition of inspiration for kids in the audience. This year, the concert will feature the story of “The Red Velvet Violin,” written by educator, author and storyteller Anna Trigiano Moreno — who also happens to be the mother of DHS orchestra
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conductor, Angelo Moreno. For years, Anna would tell stories to lull her children to sleep, to children at the local library and to her students. Over time, the storytelling only got better and more impactful as one — the “Red Velvet Violin” — would help Anglo cross the finish line of his first marathon. “I was 19 at the time and my mom and I ran the Napa Valley Marathon together. She warned me that 20 miles into the race I would break down physically and emotionally. She called it hitting the ‘wall.’ Although I thought I was a tough guy, I would begin
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