The Joppa Village

Help lift 50 homeless individuals off our streets

Provide permanent housing in a safe, supportive environment

Help Joppa replicate Community First! Village, which is a proven model for providing permanent homes for chronically homeless individuals and a highly successful village neighborhood. This vibrant community in Austin, Texas, is home to nearly 400 formerly homeless individuals. See this overview video on YouTube.

The project is being guided by the Joppa Village Coalition, which is chaired by Carl Voss and includes Angela Connolly, Linda Westergaard, Mike Simonson, Matt Anderson, Amber Lewis, Frank Cownie and Joe Stevens.

Our development team includes BSB Design, Simonson & Associates, Snyder & Associates, and others. It is being led by Joppa board member Jim Hagberg, CEO of Blackstone Industrial Services, along with Vernon Delpesce, who oversaw the development of the thriving YMCA supportive housing campus and by Curt Carlson, a retired John Deere project engineer. Tim Urban has been working closely with the team to develop a Master Plan for the property.

DART helped develop the Joppa Village DART Transportation Plan, and Broadlawns Medical Center and Free Clinics of Iowa are working to help plan an on-site medical clinic. Casey’s has expressed interest in hiring residents to work in their nearby convenience stores. The Village is truly a collaborative project with the widespread support of over 100 partners in central Iowa!

Join us and make a gift today to help make this project a reality.

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