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Tag Archives: Minvilla

Video interviews of case managers in permanent supportive housing

January 25, 2011 – 11:10 am

Good case management is the essential “supportive” component of supportive housing for people who are leaving homelessness. What do case managers do? As discussed at length here, case managers often facilitate “…coordination of services at a community level. Case managers connect their clients with the resources they need to take control of their lives, and [...]

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Minvilla opens. Ribbon-cutting tomorrow

October 29, 2010 – 3:21 pm

Minvilla Manor, Volunteer Ministry Center’s long-awaited 57-unit permanent supportive housing development at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, is now open. WBIR has this story. “The condition of where the building was to where it is today is symbolic of where the plan ends,” said 10 Year Plan Director Jon Lawler. “We started in [...]

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Minvilla: progress

February 10, 2010 – 2:07 pm

I’ve put up a quick progress update at minvilla.org. Actually, two of them. One’s a very short video piece composed of captioned stills, and the other is a brief discussion. I plan to do this about every month. Please let me know what you think about this.

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Minvilla fully funded

April 22, 2009 – 8:22 am

City Council has approved the contracts governing allocations of funding for Minvilla Manor. This means that the funding is secured for this complicated and difficult project. The News-Sentinel’s Hayes Hickman has been covering the Minvilla saga and reports here. If you want to know more about the project, you can visit our Minvilla website. This [...]

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Meanwhile, over on Broadway and Eighth,…

August 18, 2008 – 2:58 pm

The former Fifth Avenue Motel is probably Knoxville’s most notorious flophouse. Volunteer Ministry Center now owns that property, and is moving towards rehabilitating the historic structure into Minvilla Manor, an apartment building with 57 units of permanent supportive housing for people who are chronically homeless. Minvilla Manor is not without controversy. It’s expensive, largely because [...]

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Minvilla: Where we’re at, what we’re doing

July 18, 2008 – 4:22 pm

Thanks to Katie Granju at KnoxvilleTalks for this post. It is possible that this dialog might turn out to be helpful, too, although…well. We’ll see. The old 5th Avenue Motel on the corner of 5th & Broadway has been a rough spot for a long time. You can find all kinds of stuff about it [...]

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Minvilla announces historic designation

June 19, 2008 – 4:27 pm

The Sentinel’s J.J. Stambaugh brings you this story today. When it opens its doors, Minvilla Manor will house up to 57 people who had been chronically homeless. Minvilla’s residents will be people who have chosen to seek help to get off the streets. Permanently. If you’d like to know more about them, and why permanent [...]

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