shelter gone = problem gone, right?
Agency for the Homeless Faces Homelessness
By Jenna JohnsonWashington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 28, 2007; Page B02
For 17 years, the Old Naval Hospital carriage house has been the command center for an organization that reaches out to homeless men and women with drug addictions. But a plan for a new community center could transform the little brick building into a "family-friendly cafe" with indoor and outdoor seating and WiFi.
But Hal Gordon, founder and president of the Community Action Group, doesn't want to give up the two-story Civil War-era building, which the nonprofit rents from the city and has fixed up using its own money.
"In the rush for economic development, they've totally forgotten the poor people," said Gordon, who described the carriage house as a "historic beacon for the homeless and drug addicts serious about their recovery."
The D.C. Office of Property Management announced in February that it would pay $6 million to restore the 140-year-old vacant hospital and the carriage house, on Pennsylvania Avenue SE just east of the Capitol, into a facility that serves the community. The agency put out a call for proposals and assembled a panel to review the admissions.
read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072702204.html
By Jenna JohnsonWashington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 28, 2007; Page B02
For 17 years, the Old Naval Hospital carriage house has been the command center for an organization that reaches out to homeless men and women with drug addictions. But a plan for a new community center could transform the little brick building into a "family-friendly cafe" with indoor and outdoor seating and WiFi.
But Hal Gordon, founder and president of the Community Action Group, doesn't want to give up the two-story Civil War-era building, which the nonprofit rents from the city and has fixed up using its own money.
"In the rush for economic development, they've totally forgotten the poor people," said Gordon, who described the carriage house as a "historic beacon for the homeless and drug addicts serious about their recovery."
The D.C. Office of Property Management announced in February that it would pay $6 million to restore the 140-year-old vacant hospital and the carriage house, on Pennsylvania Avenue SE just east of the Capitol, into a facility that serves the community. The agency put out a call for proposals and assembled a panel to review the admissions.
read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072702204.html