CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – The Salvation Army is running up against a deadline in its long-awaited efforts to expand homelessness services in Charlottesville.
The organization has already raised $15,074,934, a little more than half of what it needs to tear down its current Ridge Street shelter facility and build a new and bigger one as part of its Center of Hope Capital Campaign. But the Salvation Army needs about $2.3 million in cash by December 31, or else construction plans could stall.
Major Donald Wilson, the Salvation Army’s new officer in charge, says the money is crucial to helping address gaps in homelessness services in Charlottesville, which has only grown more prominent in recent years…