November 18, 2010 – 3:34 pm
Overview The TYP held its seventh Public Conversation at 6pm on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at New Harvest Park. The topic was “KCDC, Affordable Housing, and the Homeless.” Mary Thom Adams acted as moderator. Deborah Taylor, KCDC’s Section 8 Director, delivered a presentation about KCDC and the Section 8 program. Alvin Nance, Executive Director of [...]
November 4, 2010 – 4:30 pm
What: TYP Public Conversation: KCDC, affordable housing & homelessness When: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 – 6:00pm Where: New Harvest Park Contact: Robert Finley, 215-3071 The Office of the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness would like to invite the public to a conversation at the New Harvest Park community building from 6pm until 7pm on [...]
Summary is at the top of this update. It’s expanded below. 1. Coming up this Wednesday: Public Conversation #4 — Mental healthcare services delivery. The TYP will hold its next public conversation on 6pm Wednesday, July 21 at the Cansler YMCA. 2. Reminder: Neighborhood meeting about Flenniken Housing. The TYP will dialog with residents of [...]
1. Lakeshore: TYP has no plans to pursue development of PSH at Lakeshore Park The July 9, 2010 edition of the Knoxville News Sentinel ran a front page article titled Ashe against idea for park to be future site for homeless residence. This article contains some elements that are unfortunately misleading. We have spoken to [...]
Subject: Ten-Year Plan public conversation: Cost of permanent supportive housing Meeting date and time: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, from 6:00-7:00pm Meeting location: Cansler Family YMCA , 616 Jessamine St., Knoxville, TN 37917 Contact: Robert Finley 215-3071 The Office of the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness would like to invite the public to a public [...]
Overview The TYP held a public conversation on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at the Cansler YMCA about case management in permanent supportive housing. Bill Lyons, the City of Knoxville’s Senior Director of Policy & Communication, acted as moderator. Ginny Weatherstone, CEO of Volunteer Ministry Center, and several members of VMC’s staff along with a resident [...]
April 16, 2010 – 12:18 pm
Subject: Ten-Year Plan public conversation: Case management in permanent supportive housing Meeting date and time: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, from 6:00-7:00pm Meeting location: Cansler Family YMCA , 616 Jessamine St., Knoxville, TN 37917 Contact: Robert Finley 215-3071 The Office of the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness would like to invite the public to a [...]
Overview & Takeaways The neighborhood organizations representing the Kingston Hills and Kingston Woods neighborhoods held a meeting on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at the Arnstein Jewish Community Center. Bill Lyons, the City of Knoxville’s Senior Director of Policy & Communication, Jon Lawler, Director of the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, David Arning of Southeastern [...]
November 30, 2009 – 11:34 am
The Ten-Year Plan Advisory Board meets quarterly. The TYP AB offers guidance and acts as a sounding board for the office of the TYP. At every meeting, the TYP staff present a progress report. Click here to review those reports and to learn more about the AB. The TYP AB’s next meeting will take place [...]
November 4, 2009 – 5:40 pm
The below announcement is from Grant Rosenberg in Knox County’s Office of Neighborhoods and Community Development. As has been discussed here and elsewhere, the Ten-Year Plan is committed to a scattered-site approach to developing permanent supportive housing options as part of our strategy to end homelessness in our community. Southeastern Housing Foundation, a local nonprofit [...]