San Angelo council backs partnership to develop ‘Rock Rose’ service campus for unhoused residents

The San Angelo City Council on June 17 voted 7‑0 to adopt a resolution supporting a partnership with the Concho Valley Community Action Agency to develop the Concho Valley Rock Rose Community Campus on 11.8 acres of city‑owned property.

The resolution backs a plan led by CVCAA to create a service campus organizers say would provide daily coordinated services, case management, noncongregate shelter and a mix of micro and tiny homes to move people from acute homelessness toward stable housing. Mike Burnett, executive director of Concho Valley Community Action Agency, told the council the project is “a call to action” and that “the need is urgent and the time is now.”

CVCAA presented data showing local housing and shelter shortfalls. Burnett said a one‑day point‑in‑time count recorded 173 people experiencing homelessness in the Concho Valley; multiplying that count by two or three, he said, yields an estimated 275–350 people unhoused on any given night in San Angelo, including roughly 100–120 who are chronically…