Creating Systems That Work
Creating Systems That Work
Capital Chatter: …homelessness
Capital Chatter: …homelessness I just read a great article in the Oregon Capital Insider regarding housing and homelessness. Here are a few snippets: “‘We have a housing crisis in America.’ Those are the words of Washington Congressman Denny Heck at the recent Oregon Housing Conference in Portland.” “The housing crisis has multiple components: a homelessness…
Progress Report 9/06/2019
Progress Report 9/06/2019 This past month, we have initiated several trails of inquiry and action in connection to the drop-in Resource Center. The following report is what we have learned according to our understanding of very complex systems. 1.Our focus this month has been to connect with the HUD continuum of care network. We contacted…
Progress Report 8/06/2019
Progress Report 8/06/2019 This past month, we have initiated several trails of inquiry and action in addition to the drop-in Resource Center. (1) We have the beginnings of a website, called www.FriendsOfTheUnsheltered.org, where we can post and store relevant material. (2) Dan Bryant from Eugene gave two presentations on the SquareOne Villages using tiny homes.…
Square One Villages talk
Dan Bryant of Eugene’s Square One Villages gave two talks about their tiny home projects. These are efforts to provide temporary shelter for the unsheltered as well as to provide permanent affordable housing (for retirees, etc.). If you missed the presentations you can see them here.
Homelessness is Solvable
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, 2019 – 10:47am “There are communities…
Astoria City Council re Comprehensive Plan
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 overall direction of the city. Specifically,…
Progress Report – 6/26/2019
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 draft with her and received some…
Project Test
Wow, this is a cool neatoh project.!
Warming Center – Letters of Support
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 Center this past season, we expect…