MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Communications Manager Andrew Stacy said there are 18 people still living at the Diamond Village encampment off Pennsylvania Avenue, in lower Greenmont. Of that […]
Tag: homelessness
CARES funds sought for Ramada project
Organizers behind the effort to turn the old Ramada Inn property on Scott Avenue into a hub for social services are looking at CARES Act funding to […]
Walk for West Virginia
Presbyterian minister taking steps to help the homeless An old Chinese proverb says, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Well, the same […]
Group tackles homelessness issues at first meeting
An “amazing group of people” with an “amazing set of expertise and resources” gathered at the first meeting by the Morgantown’s special committee on addressing unsheltered homelessness. […]
Diamond Village inhabitants yet to receive housing offers, city forms incentive program
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Communications Manager Andrew Stacy said Thursday that there have been no housing offers made to the inhabitants of the Diamond Village homeless encampment. Further, […]
Postcast 33 – August 21, 2020
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Diamond Village advocate calls council action an ‘ambush’ and a ‘betrayal’
MORGANTOWN — An ambush and a betrayal. That’s how Liira Raines, who represents Our Future West Virginia and Justice for Diamond Village, described Tuesday’s decision by Morgantown […]
Morgantown Council approves plan to eliminate Diamond Village encampment
MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown will post notice on Wednesday that no new residents are permitted to enter the Diamond Village homeless encampment. This represents the […]
DeMasi: Inspections part of an ongoing attack against Bartlett House
MORGANTOWN — Keri DeMasi has been the executive director of Bartlett Housing Solutions since 2004. In that time, the agency tasked with getting the unsheltered into housing […]
MCHD gives Morgantown notice over Diamond Village homeless camp
MORGANTOWN — The city of Morgantown has been notified by the Monongalia County Health Department that it is in violation of state sanitation standards as it pertains […]
