The Leadership Columbia Class of 2023 (LC23) is pleased to announce its partnership with Homeless No More. As part of the Leadership Columbia program, each class chooses a project that makes an impact in the community. This year’s class project is a comprehensive undertaking that includes physical enhancements to St. Lawrence Place, Homeless No More’s transitional shelter offering support services, life skills training and up to two years of housing for families experiencing homelessness.
Read MoreHousing has become an important issue for Columbia. So often you hear about the obstacles major cities face when it comes to keeping their communities affordable and livable. Cities like our own are not exempt from this issue and the conversations we can have around the issue.
Read MoreOn March 8, 2023, Homeless No More’s President & CEO, Dr. Lila Anna Sauls, participated in a Northeastern University panel discussion about the journey of transformational women leaders embracing and stipulating equity in their respective fields.
Read MoreFacing a monetary crisis or dealing with the strain of making ends meet can bring extra stress. Add having your rent increased by several hundred dollars, or the inability to pay your mortgage can feel like an impossible burden. There is a resource for those in need in the Columbia area - Homeless No More. Led by president and CEO Lila Anna Sauls, the Homeless No More team saw that there was a housing problem in Columbia, South Carolina. The solution - find more affordable housing in the area.
Read MoreA motel on Two Notch Road in Columbia will be redeveloped into affordable housing for families with children.
Read MoreUnited Way of the Midlands and Homeless No More announced the development of Grand Village, a new housing development that is replacing Grand Motel and Apartments on Two-Notch Road.
Read MoreThe United Way and Homeless No More are planning to transform an old motel and apartment complex on Two Notch Road into an affordable housing development.
The $9 million project, funded through donations, will rehab the existing apartments and motel, as well as construct a new building for the community center, according to a news release.
Read MoreThe Grand Village, a gated community will replace the Grand Hotel located at 3003 Two Notch Road. Sara Fawcett of United Way of the Midlands and Dr. Lila Anna H. Sauls President and CEO of Homeless No More announced the up coming development.
Read MoreOn Thursday, leaders with the non-profits Homeless No More and the United Way of the Midlands announced plans to transform the old motel on Two Notch Road into an attainable housing apartment complex for young families.
In an homage to the motel, the complex will be named the “Grand Village.”
Read MoreUnited Way of the Midlands and Homeless No More announced the development of Grand Village, the city’s newest housing development that’s replacing Grand Motel and Apartments on Two-Notch Road.
Grand Village will provide 40 efficiencies, two- and three-bedroom homes for families with children with affordable rents. Grand Village is an example of Homeless No More’s innovative approach to bringing quality, beautiful design with affordability and a sense of community in mind.
A derelict motel on a busy stretch of Columbia’s Two Notch Road will be remade into a gated community with mixed rents for families to find attainable housing. Under the plan, the Grand Motel at 3003 Two Notch Road, a storied but deteriorating motel built in the 1950s, will become Grand Village, a gated housing village with 40 apartment homes at varying price points and a community center.
Read MoreA $10 million project to repurpose the Grand Motel on Two Notch Road into an affordable housing community for mixed incomes is underway.
Homeless No More and United Way of the Midlands announced the new development plan to the public Thursday morning at the Grand Motel.
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