Progress is moving forward on a major expansion project at People’s City Mission. CEO Tom Barber tells KLIN News that early site work is already underway for a new housing facility aimed at serving women and children experiencing homelessness.
Barber says a visible sign of that progress is hard to miss. Right now, there’s a 12-foot dirt pile sitting outside the Mission’s current facility, marking the start of groundwork for the project. Barber hopes to begin building next April.
“We’re hoping to get it finished in the next couple of years because this winter we had 445 people and we’re built for 250,” Barber says. “We had 150 men and women and some men on the floor.” Barber says they are also in the process of raising money for the facility, which will house 300 people.
The current building will accommodate 300 men. The planned facility is part of a broader effort by the Mission to expand capacity and better meet the growing need for safe, supportive housing in the Lincoln area.
(Photo: People’s City Mission)