Metro Drug Coalition celebrates two years of The Gateway center [Video]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Metro Drug Coalition (MDC) opened its recovery community center, The Gateway, on Sept. 23, 2022. Over the past two years, MDC says it has delivered over 70,000 services to East Tennesseans in recovery.

The center offers free activities including recovery meetings, yoga classes, sober social events and music therapy. In April, the facility also opened a fitness center, recreation area, and a coffee shop staffed by people in recovery.

To celebrate The Gateway’s second anniversary, Metro Drug Coalition launched a campaign to add 100 engraved commemorative bricks to their patio. Webster Bailey, the nonprofit’s executive director, said they are hoping to reach that goal in the 100 days between its anniversary and the end of the year.

Bricks can be engraved to honor of someone who is in recovery, in memory of a loved …