Teen center needs help

An unfortunate unintended victim of the housing crisis at the Hillsborough town offices in the Fuller Library is the Project Genesis Teen Center, which has been spearheaded energetically by Director of Youth Services Peter Brigham. The center, which is a home away from home for many youths, is going to be evicted from its space in the Gables building because the town offices are relocating there until a permanent home solution is devised.
The teen center has flourished for years under Brigham's guidance, supported by volunteers and contributions. Now it is scurrying to find new quarters while trying to discover a more permanent home until the town office dilemma is solved. The teen center serves a vital need in a community clearly lacking in such ancillary services. Hopefully its displacement will be of short duration.
Its plight highlights the solution offered by such a building as the Dutton Twins as townspeople consider a long-term solution to town office housing needs. The Dutton Twins mansion is very much on the back burner as selectmen tout the former medical building on West Main St. as a town office. But the Dutton Twins offers potential housing for all the offices, as well as the teen center and perhaps a much needed senior center and merits serious consideration as the town looks to the future.