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Salvation Army outlines $8.5M shelter plan, says $2.4M grant secured and timeline tied to fundraising
Summary
The Salvation Army told Hopkinsville City Council on Sept. 16 that it has secured $2.4 million from the Kentucky Economic Cabinet toward a proposed consolidated shelter and needs roughly $5.6 million more to meet an estimated $8.5 million construction cost.
The Salvation Army told Hopkinsville City Council on Sept. 16 that it has secured $2.4 million from the Kentucky Economic Cabinet toward a proposed new shelter and service center, and that it needs additional community support to reach a projected construction cost of about $8.5 million.
Lieutenant David Donegan, the Salvation Army’s corps officer in Hopkinsville, and Chris Head, senior divisional resource development director for the Kentucky-Tennessee division, told the council the organization’s shelter and social-service facilities are aging and that consultants found the community both needs and largely supports the shelter’s services — but that the current downtown location has limited fundraising prospects.
"Our mission is... we're simply here to meet human need. Human need being hunger, shelter, and assistance," Chris Head said as he summarized the planning work the Salvation Army commissioned.
What the plan would do: The Salvation Army proposed consolidating its…
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