JERSEY CITY -- Hudson County's LGBT community center may move to a Downtown location after more than 20 years working in Journal Square.

Hudson Pride Connections Center, established in 1993, is selling its Jones Street headquarters and wants to find a location closer to the Jersey City waterfront, its new executive director, Michael "Billy" Bisogno, told The Jersey Journal.

"We deserve a community center, not just the LGBT community," Bisogno said. "Our entire community deserves a community center that we can all use."

The news of possible changes for Hudson Pride comes as the city is at the start of its annual LGBT pride celebration, which includes a flag raising tomorrow at City Hall and the daylong pride festival on the Newark Avenue pedestrian plaza on Saturday, Aug. 26.

Hudson Pride provides myriad services to the LGBT community, including youth programs, support groups and referrals for those living with HIV/AIDS. It worked for 14 years out of 34 Jones St. before buying the three-story house next door in 2007.

We're "finding a location near the PATH station so we can keep our clientele," he said. "We want to expand our services."

Tax records indicate the group bought 32 Jones St. for $800,000.

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