"It Takes A Village" presentation by Andrew Heben

 

Focus: How we can sustainably address issues of homelessness and affordable housing through low-cost, community-oriented approaches—primarily in the form of tiny house villages—with reference to research from Tent City Urbanism: From Self-Organized Camps to Tiny Hosue Villages and the founding of Opportunity Village in Eugene, OR.

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PART I: OVERVIEW 

 

A. Background Information

• The demand for progressing from camp to village

 

B. Existing Examples

• Seattle, WA

• St. Petersburg, FL

• Portland, OR

• Eugene, OR

• Olympia, WA

• Ithaca, NY

• Madison, WI

• Austin, TX

 

C. Models

• Rest Area

• Sanctuary Camp

• Transitional Village

• Affordable Village

 

PART II: OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE

 

A. Planning

• The process for taking Opportunity Village from concept to implementation

 

B. Building

• A look at how the village was built through a collaboration of residents and community volunteers

 

C. Placemaking

• A look at the kind of collaboration that has occurred simply by making space available for existing community resources

 

D. Data

• A look a the data that has been collected during the first year of operation

 

PART III: QUESTION & ANSWER

 

PART IV: SMALL GROUP SESSION 

 

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