Rescue Mission, Residents React To Resource Center - WMBB News
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React To Resource Center  Posted: Updated: Bay County, Fla. -
It's being seen as the answer to Downtown Panama City's vagrancy
issues. City commissioners approved the purchase of land for a
70-acre Community Resource Center. While the city seems to be on
aboard, some aren't fully convinced.  When the commission voted
last night to purchase this property. There was one group that
was missing - members of the Panama City rescue mission. They
say they were caught a bit off guard by the decision.  "I
assumed that it would not be in the public eye for a few weeks,"
said Pastor Henry Hazard, chairman of the board for the Panama
City Rescue Mission.  Pastor Hazard says when approached about
the plan by the city a few weeks ago, he thought there would be
more time to figure out how the mission fit into those plans.
"We decided at that point we would investigate, we would pray
about it, we would