The Gloucester Resource Council, a network of human service agencies, local community organization and faith-based groups, will convene a panel for a discussion on affordable housing in Gloucester at the council’s next meeting, which will begin at 9:30 a.m. next Wednesday, Sept. 7, in the Gloucester Main Library’s community room.

Panel participants representing various areas of housing will include Anne Ducey-Ortiz, Gloucester’s planning and zoning director; Josh Gemerek, senior vice president of housing for Bay Aging; Bruce DeSimone, senior strategic housing officer with the Virginia Housing Development Authority; as well as representatives from Gloucester Social Services and the Middle Peninsula-Northern Neck Community Services Board.

All meetings of the GRC are open to the public. Those specifically interested in housing are encouraged to attend the September meeting.

For more information on the GRC, contact Gloucester Community Education at 804-693-5730 or clew...