Howard House bids adieu
Darren Handschuh - Jan 11, 2021 - Get Involved

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With a new facility in place, the old Howard House building is no longer needed.

Crews have started demolishing the 1970s-era building to make way for a new facility.

Howard House was decommissioned after Our Place was completed in the spring of 2019. Our Place is a 46-bed shelter for people in need of a place to spend the night.

Our Place was built adjacent to the Howard House building, and the land currently occupied by the aged building will soon house a 52-unit supportive housing apartment complex similar to My Place, which was also completed in 2019.

Supports at My Place include employment, addiction and mental health programs, and staff.

Randene Wejr, with the Turning Points Collaborative Society that operates the facilities, said ground breaking on the new apartment complex is planned for the spring.

“It served its purpose for so many years,” Wejr said of the old, grey building. “At this point it had out lived its usability.”

Wejr said the plan is to start construction on the new apartment building in the spring.

“And if all goes well, we should be open late this year,” Wejr said.


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