Last Updated on August 16, 2019 Homelessness is Solvable Here is a summary of an inspiring interview of Rosanne Haggerty, the founder of Community Solutions, by Malcolm Gladwell which aired on the podcast called “Solvable.” A link to the podcast is provided at the end of the summary. —Nelle Moffett By Anna Kim, June 7,…
Last Updated on November 21, 2019 Letter to Astoria City Council regarding the Comprehensive Plan On July 15th Rick Bowers asked the Astoria City Council to update the city’s Comprehensive Plan to reflect the needs of the homeless (as has been done in other Oregon cities). The Comprehensive Plan is the vision that guides the…
Last Updated on August 16, 2019 Progress Report 8/06/2019 This past month, we have continued to focus on identifying potential sources of funding and related start-up essentials for the drop-in Resource Center. (1) We met with Jessica Newhall at SBDC who pointed us to a template for developing a Business Plan. We shared our first…
Last Updated on August 16, 2019 Warming Center – Letters of Support The Astoria Warming Center is scheduled to present on June 25th at the Planning Commission public hearing for the extension of AWC’s Conditional Use Permit. The meeting starts at 6:30pm at City Hall. Since there are no changes in operation of the Warming…
Last Updated on August 16, 2019 Progress Report – 5/10/2019 There has been a lot of activity since our LCDC meeting on Homelessness in Astoria. Here is a brief update. (1) The Board of Filling Empty Bellies (FEB) has agreed to be the umbrella non-profit for grant applications in support of a Drop-in Center. (2)…
Last Updated on August 16, 2019 Audio of Public Meeting on Drop-in Center Roger Rocka’s edited version of the LCDC meeting where we discussed the concept of a drop-in center for the homeless will air tomorrow March 11th at 9:30 AM on KMUN in Astoria and KTCB in Tillamook. <read more…>
Last Updated on December 13, 2019 County Approved Resolution on Homelessness Last night, the County Commissioners approved the following resolution on homelessness. It doesn’t have money attached to it, but it is a great step forward. The copied text below is from the agenda (so not signed yet). It passed “as is.” Rick also used…
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Last Updated on August 16, 2019 Welcome to the New Friends of the Unsheltered List! Thanks for signing up to receive updates about progress in creating a Drop-In Center for the homeless. I have just set up this new list and am sending this test email. <read more…>