A Highland-based rape crisis center that’s building out its facilities will have to come before the town’s Plan Commission despite enlisting outside help to get around the town’s stormwater design standards.

The architect for the Fair Haven Rape Crisis Center’s Portside Suites approached Highland Building Commissioner Ken Mika a couple OF months ago with concerns about overall construction increases for the project, for which each of the proposed four units will have its own kitchen, bathroom and laundry facilities, Mika told the Highland Plan Commission at its October 1 meeting. The organization in April 2024 secured just more than $1.8 million of local and federal money combined to purchase the downtown Highland building in which it’s resided for the last 20 years to add “stabilization

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