Tagged: homeless

Local/Regional News
3:17 pm
Thu July 5, 2012

Mayor Names 31 to Commission on Homelessness

LEXINGTON, Ky. - After hearing from 116 volunteers, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray named 31 people Thursday to a new Commission on Homelessness.

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Local/Regional News
4:54 pm
Tue February 21, 2012

Hope Center Dedicates New Buildings for Homeless Men

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Hope Center is getting some much needed space to serve homeless men in Lexington. A new cafeteria building and 144-bed recovery house were dedicated Tuesday on Loudon Avenue, just down the road from the Hope Center emergency shelter.

"The emergency shelter actually has 118 beds in it and almost each night it houses 250 men. That many men are sleeping on the floor, so we needed more space," says Carrie Thayer, Director of Development for the Hope Center.

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