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Live: Hope Mission wins the right to rebuild 400-bed homeless shelter
Hope Mission won the right to tear down and rebuild the 50-year-old Herb Jamieson Centre Wednesday, despite community concerns the concentration of homeless services is damaging the neighbourhood.

A decision from the city’s arms-length Subdivision and Development Appeal Board was released at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. It gives the not-for-profit agency the right to rebuild with cots for 400 men at the 100 Street and 105A Avenue site.

City officials argued the new building will significantly improve the street, with a new boulevard of trees, offices lining the street and a roof-top garden for the men to go to during the day.

Hope Mission officials said they’re responding to a need in the community today. If the city’s plan to end homelessness succeeds, Hope Mission can rebuild on the new foundations with an affordable housing tower.
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http://edmontonjournal.com/news/loc...ght-plan-to-rebuild-edmonton-homeless-shelter

Hope Mission green-lit to expand inner city homeless shelter despite community push back
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Despite community pushback, Hope Mission has got the official go-ahead to expand one of its inner city homeless shelters.

The Subdivision and Development Appeal Board decided Wednesday to allow for the overhaul of the Herb Jamieson centre, located at 10014 105A Avenue, allowing it to grow from 350 units to 400 units for permanent shelter.

Hope Mission had recently applied for a permit to demolish the shelter for something new, arguing expansion would allow them to construct a building that’s better than what is currently there — it would feature a rooftop garden and landscaping.

“They could grow vegetables or fruit, or have a barbecue, so they’re not on the street potentially causing a disturbance,” said Jim Odishaw, a board member with Hope Mission.
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Editorial: OK'ing shelter reno was only option
It’s easy to empathize with area residents and businesses who tried in vain to overturn a City of Edmonton permit allowing the Hope Mission to redevelop the Herb Jamieson Centre.

The current building has permanent beds and temporary mats to take in 400 homeless men every night.

But it’s what some of the shelter’s clients do in the daytime that concerns neighbouring merchants, including one Chinatown bakery owner who complained about panhandling, vandalism and other chronic problems that scare away customers. Developers considering erecting a new hotel and condos in the gritty area just north of Rogers Place also oppose rebuilding the shelter and said they might abandon their plans if the project goes ahead.

The city’s Subdivision and Development Appeal Board listened to their concerns Wednesday but decided to allow the not-for-profit agency to demolish and rebuild the shelter.

They really had no other realistic option right now.

It would be a shame if the shelter frightened away much-needed investment and visitors for such an underachieving neighbourhood, but the fact is the shelter was there first — it dates back to 1954. The land it sits on is already zoned for institutional uses, which includes a shelter.

According to Hope Mission officials, it’s a safety-net facility that will be needed even if the city ends chronic homelessness because it serves as a hostel for transients, most of whom are itinerant workers rather than long-term homeless.
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Is this construction the right thing to do? I keep on going back n' forth on this issue(s). It is funded and going forward, with that fact I am happy. Will this model help with housing/reducing the homeless in the area? My guess is that it might help get things going in the right direction. It is an important discussion, and I feel like I have no idea what might work. It seems like nothing has worked up to now.
 
Here's the thing... the homeless population is nearly as diversified as the rest of the population. One large sector consists of ex-war vets who through PTSD and other conflict ailments have decided to drop out of society altogether and so no solution really works for them -- maybe a retreat out in the wilderness away from social pressures and societal memes. In the U.S. where the problem is more severe, over half of all homeless fall into this category. A second large category consists of single-low-level income earners with children in divorced family situations. This kind of centre may work for them. Then there are the mentally ill (non-warriors) and the drug and alcohol addicted -- these two groups belong in specific care facilities different from the proposed solution here..
 
PERMIT_DATE February 06, 2020
JOB_CATEGORY Commercial Final
ADDRESS 10014 - 105A AVENUE NW
NEIGHBOURHOOD MCCAULEY
JOB_DESCRIPTION To construct a homeless shelter (Herb Jamieson Centre - Hope Mission).
BUILDING_TYPE Other Accommodation (534)
WORK_TYPE (01) New
CONSTRUCTION_VALUE 14,100,000
 
This must be for the temporary shelter while the Herb Jamieson is rebuilt:

Permit Type Major Development Permit
Permit Class Class B
Permit Date Feb 28, 2020
Status In Progress
Description of Development To operate a Temporary Shelter Services Use (96 beds) within the gymnasium in a portion of an existing Religious Assembly (church) Use building that is temporary for up to 2 years. (Central Baptist Church)
Address 9419 - 95 STREET NW
 
PERMIT_DATE May 08, 2020
JOB_CATEGORY Commercial Final
ADDRESS 10014 - 105A AVENUE NW
NEIGHBOURHOOD MCCAULEY
JOB_DESCRIPTION To construct a TEMPORARY HOARDING (fenced off and closed sidewalk area along 105A Avenue) for construction of new homeless shelter - Herb Jamieson Center, Hope Mission.
BUILDING_TYPE Hoarding (910)
WORK_TYPE (01) New
CONSTRUCTION_VALUE 4,700
 
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