An organization that developed and continues to maintain a 60-unit supportive housing facility in Charlottesville now has a new name.
On September 18, Virginia Supportive Housing began calling itself SupportWorks Housing.
“Building on 35 years of experience working to end homelessness in Virginia, our new name, logo, and graphic platform reflects our continued commitment to combining professional property development and management with integrated support services to deliver measurable results for individuals and communities,” reads a Facebook post from that day.
Under the old name, SupportWorks Housing opened The Crossings at Fourth and Preston in March 2012. That project came with $1.55 million in funding from the city to allow the organization to buy land from Region 10.
A project to create an 80-unit supportive housing facility at the site of the former Red Carpet Inn on U.S. 29 in Albemarle County has been slow to get off the ground. Supervisors approved a rezoning in February 2021 for what has been called Premier Circle. Increasing construction costs lead to budget gaps that have been filled partially with local funds.
Now SupportWorks Housing has rebranded their 80-unit project as Vista 29 and ground will be broken on October 30. That’s according to a story from Emily Hemphill in today’s Charlottesville Daily Progress (paywall).
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