City of Knoxville
Bill Haslam, Mayor
Knox County
Mike Ragsdale, Mayor

Monthly Archives: January 2009

Public Meeting: February 5: Flenniken School

January 31, 2009 – 9:28 am

The Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness will hold a public meeting at the South Knoxville Community Center on Thursday, February 5.
The purpose of this meeting is to update neighborhood stakeholders on progress regarding a proposed permanent supportive housing project in support of the Ten-Year Plan. This proposed project involves renovation of the old Flenniken [...]

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“First, we help the individual into housing,…”

January 5, 2009 – 12:01 pm

This Sunday’s News-Sentinel contained an excellent opinion piece by Ginny Weatherstone, CEO of Volunteer Ministry Center.
Ms. Weatherstone states three “strong opinions” in this piece, which pretty well sums up the the core of the Ten-Year Plan’s message about homelessness, and we couldn’t say it any better. Click here to read it.

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