New RICCA home will serve women in recovery

Helping launch RICCA’s new Women’s Recovery Home project with a ceremonial groundbreaking Monday, Oct. 21, were, from left: RICCA Vice Chair Caryn Unsicker, Rock Island County Board Chair Richard “Quijas” Brunk, RICCA Secretary William Buruss, RICCA board member David Emerick, Craig Shannon of Streamline Architects, and Cory Helms of Valley Commercial Construction. CREDIT JENNIFER DEWITT
With a few scoops of dirt, years of planning and a ton of local collaboration, the Rock Island County Council on Addictions (RICCA) broke ground Monday afternoon, Oct. 21, on a new Women’s Recovery Home.
Gathered on the rural-like grounds of RICCA’s campus in East Moline, a crowd of about 80 supporters – staff, board members, elected local and state officials, and business leaders – listened…

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