Georgetown pallet village

Funding woes jeopardize future of Georgetown pallet village

Jose Castaneda PerezCulture, Headlines

This story was originally published on Spotlight Delaware.  Georgetown’s transitional housing pallet village is facing a funding shortfall, jeopardizing the project that houses 40 people experiencing homelessness in Sussex County. The village’s nonprofit operator, The Springboard Collaborative, was hoping to receive a $1.5 million grant this year from the Longwood Foundation, the Wilmington-based charitable grantmaking foundation linked to the du Pont family. …

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Pallet village locations discussed at city workshop

Terry RogersGovernment, Headlines, Milford Headline Story

Several months ago, Springboard Collaborative, who operates a transitional housing pallet village in Georgetown, provided information to Milford City Council on how their village operates. Council has expressed interest in creating such a village in Milford to try to address a growing homeless population. The three locations included a parcel of land off of Milford Harrington Highway near the city …