When it opens around the summer of 2027, Wichita’s newest supportive housing facility will offer something long missing from the city’s homelessness response: a single place where people can sleep safely, get medical care, meet with counselors, wash their clothes and even bathe their pets — all under one roof.
“Park Landing is the next iteration of the city’s work to not only give people a hand up, but also provide the resources they need to have a community,” Wichita Mayor Lily Wu said.
Wu, other city officials, and United Way and Second Light representatives broke ground on Park Landing, the third phase of the Second Light campus, near 10th and Main on Wednesday afternoon. The roughly $29 million project, once completed, will offer “wrap-around services” — comprehensive and collaboratively-sourced resources and amenities — in a year-round shelter facility…