Veterans United Gives $1 Million to Welcome Home, A Community for Veterans
A $1 million gift is helping pay for the construction of a community for homeless Veterans in Columbia.
Planning and Zoning Commission Approves Veterans’ Campus
A new shelter for homeless veterans got the go-ahead from the Planning and Zoning Commission Thursday night! Read More..
12 year old girl gives Welcome Home, Inc. $1,000 on Veterans Day
Kaity Roberts, a Columbia native, started her own business called “Saving Soldiers” last summer. Roberts sells paracord survival bracelets to generate revenue and she gives the proceeds to shelters for…
Housing authority awarded funding for Veterans’ housing
The federal departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs this week announced a $100,932 award to the Columbia Housing Authority to support 25 housing choice vouchers for the…
Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission green lights Veterans Campus rezoning
The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission voted Thursday to recommend approval of a rezoning request to allow construction of a campus for homeless and low-income veterans on a roughly 4-acre tract at 2112 Business Loop 70 E. that formerly served as the site of the Deluxe Inn motel.
Cooperation creates campus plan for Columbia Veterans
A partnering of three local agencies would create a campus to house dozens of homeless and struggling veterans in Columbia. Read more