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ALMOST THERE, WE’RE ALMOST THERE!
2023 saw us chopping down trees and clearing the area for the ground breaking ceremony. Over 100 people came and our beloved Nancy Marshall turned the ceremonial first shovel. Now we have 21 of the 27 houses in various stages of construction. The smell of newly cut lumber fills the air! Almost there, almost there! Read more
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Village Construction Underway, Summer 2023 News and Views
With a successful groundbreaking on June 10, Hub City Village is officially on its way to becoming Albany’s first tiny house village, dedicated to providing a home and community for our unhoused neighbors. Read Stacey Bartholomew’s heartfelt speech chronicling this remarkable journey that brought this about. Good afternoon, and thank you for being here with me… Read more
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Meet the contractors! Summer 2023 News and Views
HEIDI OVERMAN ARTISAN DESIGN WORKS, ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING I am excited to be involved with the new Hub City Village project to help develop the very first tiny home community here in my own town of Albany, Oregon. Being part of a team addressing the needs of our unhoused and housing-unstable neighbors is important to… Read more
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Carol Davies Assumes New Role, Summer 2023
Former Creating Housing Coalition Vice President Carol Davies has had her hands full since starting the Community Outreach Assistance Team in December of 2021. Up until recently, Carol volunteered countless hours getting COAT off the ground, and then ensuring that the team’s outreach efforts were successful. All of this on top of her many duties… Read more
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CHC Receives major grant award! Spring 2023 News and Views
On February 13, 2023, Creating Housing Coalition came within 5% of the funding goal for Hub City Village with the acquisition of a $1.6 million grant from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). As one of just eight organizations in the state to be awarded this grant, we are truly honored to be selected to further… Read more
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Counting the Unhoused, Spring 2023 News and Views
During the last week of January, members of the Creating Housing Coalition’s Community Outreach Assistance Team (COAT) participated in the Point-In-Time count for Linn/Benton County. This is an annual event conducted by local service agencies to determine the number and demographics of the unhoused in their area. Although the numbers are still preliminary, they clearly… Read more
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Progress on Waverly! Spring 2023 News and Views
On January 9, 2023, we saw another significant step towards the development of Hub City Village. Above are the photos from the street of the sign and house pre-demolition. Below, is the demolition in progress and the same view from the street post-demolition. Quite the difference in visibility and look of the property! We had… Read more
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December Thoughts, Winter 2022 News and Views
Dear Friends, This time of year, I reflect on how far we have come, what we have learned, where we are going and what is the underlying theme running through it all. The Creating Housing Coalition started holding meetings as an informal group in 2018 and became a non-profit in 2019. We had a short… Read more
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Land Ho Ho Ho! Winter 2022 News and Views
It’s official! On December 6 at 3:48pm, President Stacey Bartholomew signed and completed the transfer of the property on 241 Waverly into the Creating Housing Coalition ownership. With the help of Board Member Rob Dibble and Dan Watson of K&D Engineering, we are now working furiously on the planned development criteria so that we can get… Read more
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Raising Funds to Raise the Roofs, Winter 2022 News and Views
2022 has been a great year for grants in that we were awarded three separate grants totaling over $1.2 million. First was the City Development Block Grant that came through the City of Albany. The second was the SB5611 Homeless Grant that came through the State, and the final one was the Congressional Spending Grant… Read more
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When a Truckstop Becomes a Home, Winter 2022 News and Views
“People don’t want to be homeless. They’re just trying to survive.” … Read more
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CHC Moves Closer to Land Ownership, Fall 2022 News and Views
Creating Housing Coalition is working our way through the steps to land ownership! Because we are receiving funding through federal resources and we didn’t already own the property before we applied for the funding, we have a lengthy Environmental Assessment (EA) to complete. In September we met with the National Oceanic and Administrative Association (NOAA) for… Read more
