Encore Developmental Services recently learned its facility east of Clinton is going to need improvements that will not only be costly, but physically comprehensive.

On the WHOW Morning Show Thursday, Executive Director Stephanie Coonce told Regional Radio they are engaging with architects about what could be next for the facility.

Once the initial shock of needing to make improvements subsided, Coonce decided she would look at this as an opportunity for Encore to improve its facilities and improve its services.

In the meantime, Coonce is keeping in touch with the Encore board and letting the architects they have hired help them. She feels the architects have been excellent in giving them feasible options.

Coonce has to offer a report to the Department of Human Services each week and as of now, they do not have a hard deadline yet.

She implores the community to support them by shopping at the thrift store and keeping up with the latest on their Facebook page.