Del Norte County will offer a sneak peak at its comprehensive emergency shelter and micro village project at a town hall meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Crescent city. | Image courtesy of Del Norte County
Del Norters will be able to get a sneak peak at the county’s emergency shelter and micro village project on Tuesday.
Designed to provide a comprehensive pathway out of homelessness, the 60-bed emergency shelter and 50-unit micro village is being spearheaded by the Del Norte County Department of Health and Human Services and Del Norte Mission Possible.
Both facilities, along with restrooms and a commercial kitchen, will be housed on county-owned property on Williams Drive and is being paid for through $10 million in state Encampment Resolution Funding grant dollars.
Hosted by DHHS and Del Norte Mission Possible, Tuesday’s town hall meeting will feature an overview of the project and Q&A session. The meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Hall at 810 H Street in Crescent City.
Del Norte County received $10.8 million in ERF dollars in November 2023 and in February 2024 — after a years-long effort by Del Norte Mission Possible to find a suitable location — county supervisors agreed to house the emergency shelter alongside the micro village.
The county completed asbestos remediation on the old mental health building last summer and fall before Crescent City Fire & Rescue conducted a training burn in December.
Construction on the 6,700 square-foot metal building that will serve as the emergency shelter, along with the micro village is expected to be done in June. In February, DHHS Director Ranell Brown told Redwood Voice Community News that individuals could begin operating the shelter by September.
The ERF program requires the county to operate the shelter through March 2027.
