{"id":208404,"date":"2026-03-27T14:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/208404\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:47:33","slug":"parc-center-for-disabilities-unveils-new-14000-square-foot-childrens-center-in-west-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/208404\/","title":{"rendered":"Parc Center for Disabilities unveils new 14,000-square-foot children\u2019s center in west St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The project not only marks a new chapter for the organization, but also progress for the community at large, a change that Parc President and CEO Michelle Detweiler has wanted to see for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cIt takes a village,\u201d said Detweiler. \u201cMy family started supporting this organization back in the 1960s when my older sister was born with developmental disabilities, and there was nothing for children back then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">She explained how her parents were advised to put her sister in a state-run institution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cThat wasn&#8217;t acceptable for our family and many other families,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Today, Parc is helping ensure families have the resources, support, and opportunities that once didn\u2019t exist, right here in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">For more information on the Parc Center for Disabilities, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parc-fl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">parc-fl.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The project not only marks a new chapter for the organization, but also progress for the community at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-208404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}