Movers prepare to transport materials from Journey House’s old Family Learning Center, 1900 W. Washington St., to the new Center for Family Learning and Youth Athletics, 2110 W. Scott St. (Photo by Edgar Mendez)

Founded in 1969, Journey House has served thousands of clients a year at its three facilities: the Family Learning Center, 1900 W. Washington St., the Youth Center, 2212 W. Greenfield Ave. and the administrative offices at 1818 W. National Ave.

But beginning in late July the services offered at each facility all will be housed under the same roof, when the Journey House Center for Family Learning and Youth Athletics, 2110 W. Scott St., opens its doors.

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The long-awaited center began as the vision of former Mayor John Norquist and Michele Bria, now CEO of Journey House, in the late 1990s.

The center will serve students and parents from H.W. Longfellow School, as well as clients of Journey House.

A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday, May 31.

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Raised in a South Side neighborhood where he still lives, Edgar Mendez is the managing editor of the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Mendez is a proud graduate of UW-Milwaukee, where he double majored in journalism and sociology, and of Marquette University, where he earned a master’s degree in communication. He won a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and 2014, 2017, and 2018 Milwaukee Press Club Awards for his reporting on taverns, marijuana law enforcement, and lead in water service lines. In 2008, he won a Society of Professional Journalists’ regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism. His writing has been published by the Associated Press, Reuters, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and other media. He has also co-authored three articles published in scholarly journals.