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Commissioner West highlights Veterans Village, recovery campus and regional SHS task force

2599294 · February 6, 2025
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Commissioner Ben West used the Feb. 6 meeting to describe progress on the Veterans Village and a planned recovery campus, and said he will co-chair a new regional task force on supportive housing and services (SHS) with Metro Council President Lynn Peterson to seek coordinated solutions.

At the Feb. 6 Clackamas County Board of Commissioners meeting Commissioner Ben West described recent county efforts to expand recovery-oriented housing and to coordinate a regional response to homelessness and behavioral-health crises.

West said the county will highlight a new recovery-oriented "village" adjacent to the Veterans Village in a media interview and described the Veterans Village as a replicable model for providing shelter, care and…

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