I was fortunate to see Pastor Harold Bare and Lori Ann Strait of Hope Community Center interviewed on the Ryal Thomas Show.  There could be much to expand upon from their comments on Hope’s care for Charlottesville’s homeless. 

With Hope Community Center’s homeless shelter closing this week, Rick, a Charlottesville cook who has lived there since February, has secured his future accommodations: He bought a $17 tent and has been scouting locations in the woods.

Under pressure from city officials and hemorrhaging money, the owners of the Hope Community Center will close their homeless shelter by the end of the month.

The Hope Community Center can continue to operate a homeless shelter in the coming months while the organization seeks a permit from the city to permanently keep its doors open, Charlottesville’s zoning board decided on Thursday.