“Anybody can come through our gates 8 am-10 pm and use all of our facilities. We have hot showers, a telephone, free computers internet-ready, our commons, offices, [and a free store of donated items.] Anybody has access to this.” Tour guide Jon Hawkes highlights this community’s generosity to the larger community: its residents well understand what homeless people need. Visit their greenhouse, gardens, houses, and business enterprises — all built with ingenuity on a city-owned site. [dignityvillage.org]
Links:
[1] http://www.wordpress.peakmoment.tv/conversations/?p=509
[2] http://blip.tv/file/get/Peakmoment-PM223blip128.mp3
[3] http://www.dignityvillage.org