- A tiny home village in Longmont, Colorado, built by volunteers to house unhoused veterans, is now fully operational after community fundraising helped complete construction.
A tiny home village built by volunteers to give unhoused veterans their own homes is now operating at full capacity in Longmont, Colorado, after community fundraising helped the nonprofit behind it finish construction. The Veterans Community Project of Longmont, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, built the 26-unit village to provide transitional housing and support for veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness, according to 9News.
The project hit several snags before it ever got off the ground. Executive Director Jennifer Seybold said the group broke ground in March 2020, an inconvenient moment that led to delays, and construction was later paused with only six units complete when the nonprofit ran into a funding issue. Seybold said costs also skyrocketed after the pandemic, which organizers also weren’t prepared for.
The Morgridge Family Foundation stepped in with a monetary gift of $400,000, and a northern Colorado foundation identified in project materials as the Knopf Family Foundation added another $200,000 to the nonprofit’s donation total, Seybold said. Community donations, including proceeds from Next’s Word of Thanks campaign, covered the remainder needed to finish the build…