Alan Graham started a nonprofit group 10 years ago to deliver meals to Austin's homeless population.
But the Mobile Loaves & Fishes founder had an even bigger dream: to create an RV park that would house dozens of homeless people.
On Thursday, the Austin City Council will vote on a proposal to lease 10.6 acres of city-owned land to Graham for that purpose.
The land is on Harold Court, a dead-end street off of Ed Bluestein Boulevard in East Austin. It's bounded mostly by vacant property and is near a city facility where equipment and vehicles are stored.
Graham's park, Park Place Village, would be a gated community with 100 recreational vehicles and 50 cottages of 144 square feet. It would have a central laundry, restroom and shower facility, as well as a main lodge and chapel, Graham said. The park would house 150 to 175 people who are chronically homeless, which is usually defined as having been homeless for more than a year.
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But the Mobile Loaves & Fishes founder had an even bigger dream: to create an RV park that would house dozens of homeless people.
On Thursday, the Austin City Council will vote on a proposal to lease 10.6 acres of city-owned land to Graham for that purpose.
The land is on Harold Court, a dead-end street off of Ed Bluestein Boulevard in East Austin. It's bounded mostly by vacant property and is near a city facility where equipment and vehicles are stored.
Graham's park, Park Place Village, would be a gated community with 100 recreational vehicles and 50 cottages of 144 square feet. It would have a central laundry, restroom and shower facility, as well as a main lodge and chapel, Graham said. The park would house 150 to 175 people who are chronically homeless, which is usually defined as having been homeless for more than a year.
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