Flooding at Downtown Mission causes up to $75,000 in damage

Flooding in the basement of the Downtown Mission during Thursday’s torrential downpour caused about $75,000 worth of damage.
Executive director Ron Dunn said flooding at 875 Ouellette Ave. initially caused concern that the mission would have to temporarily close its 103-bed Sanctuary Program.
“The water force was so great that it was actually pushing water up, bubbling up through the cement, like in between the tiles on the floor, through the wall systems,” said Dunn. “It