The city council just approved a lease agreement for the 5th Ward and APD to utilize a space in West Plaza next the barber shop. The use will be for neighborhood meetings with the alderman or APD. It will also provide a space for other 5th ward groups who may need a space for a function. Additional benefits will be extra foot traffic for the local businesses and extra police presence. The property management company will start to address some plumbing issues immediately so the space will probably be ready in a month. The 5th Ward will pay the $1 per month rental fee in addition to utilities.
The police and myself will not have set hours there. Once it is decided which city committee I am and the associated meeting schedule, I will try to schedule a time each week that I will be there in order to be available for walk-in visits. This is a new endeavor for the city so schedules and uses will evolve over time.