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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.
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
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.
http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmont...less-shelter-allowed.html?cq_ck=1501105328306