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Rehab House Owner Tries to Quell Concerns <br />Posted On 05 Feb 2016 <br />By Marilynn Young/ LB Indy <br />Scores of anxious residents voiced their fears about a detox and rehab facility near Top of the World <br />Elementary School at a town hall meeting this past Tuesday, Feb. 2. <br />Scores of residents turn out this week at a town hall meeting to voice concerns over rehab facilities in <br />their neighborhoods. Photo by Marilynn Young <br />Both the owner and director of Pillars Recovery, which opened at 28772 Top of the World Dr. last year in <br />close proximity to the campus, addressed the crowd of about 150 people and defended the facility's <br />practices. <br />Principal Michael Conlon organized the meeting with city and police officials to inform concerned <br />parents and others about laws that restrict the city from regulating state licensed recovery houses. <br />Police provided a list to participants of the handful of calls for police service received from two recovery <br />facilities that are the focus of concern. <br />Pillars Recovery owner Lisa Willis said she understands curiosity about the facility, but that fears are <br />overblown in part because people seem uninformed about the levels of care provided at the facility. She <br />said the six residents are monitored around the clock and participate in groups from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. at <br />night. They have no cars, visitors and their place of residence is confidential. "The people in that house <br />are at the height of awareness; they've done everything right," Willis said. "We want it run well. It <br />makes everyone's life easier. We don't want to call 911," Willis said. <br />Since the facility opened, police have received three calls for service, two patrol checks and a medical <br />aid, which involved neither a drug overdose nor violence, according to police Detective Cornelius <br />Ashton. <br />Page 1 <br />