Adaptive reuse of former school building in Ward 6 (Case 4335)
Summary
One Voice is turning the former school at 2909 Oak Forest Dr. into a community resilience hub with a rentable event space, workforce training kitchen, food hall, clinic, and up to 200 emergency shelter beds. It's a $10 million, three-phase project on ten acres, funded partly by a $1 million Hewlett Packard Foundation grant.
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Last discussed Jul 20, 2026.
Impact analysis
About $10 million total, with $1 million already secured from the Hewlett Packard Foundation; fundraising starts within 30-60 days.
Residents of the surrounding neighborhood and the wider community needing meeting space, job training, food services, or emergency shelter.
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