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Tunnel to Towers breaks ground on 84-unit Veterans Village in Harrisburg
Summary
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation held a groundbreaking ceremony in Harrisburg for an 84-unit Veterans Village that the nonprofit says will pair permanent supportive housing with on-site services to help unhoused and at-risk veterans. City and state officials pledged support; no formal city approvals or votes were recorded during the event.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Tunnel to Towers Foundation on Monday broke ground on a Veterans Village on riverfront property in Harrisburg that the foundation says will include an 84-unit permanent supportive housing program — a 64-unit apartment building plus 20 “comfort homes” — and on-site services for veterans.
The project, the foundation said at a public ceremony, will pair high-quality housing with behavioral health care, case management, employment assistance, peer support, financial counseling, legal advocacy and other services. The foundation’s leaders, along with Mayor Wanda R. D. Williams and state and military officials, described the site as a long-term effort to reduce veteran homelessness in the region.
Bradley Blakeman, identified at the event as a Tunnel to Towers Foundation board member and the ceremony host, said the Village was ‘‘to honor our nation’s heroes’’ and invited attendees to tour a model comfort home set up at the site. Frank Siller, the…
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