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First Step Florence - Volunteers Needed

  • Carleton Hart Architecture 630 SW 5th Ave., Suite #400 Portland, OR 97204 United States (map)

Architects, engineers, landscape architects, and students, this is your chance to help AWB-Oregon design housing for families in need on the Central Oregon coast.

Tuesday, July 8th, 6 PM, Doors open at 5:45 PM, Light refreshments

Hosted by: Carleton Hart Architecture

630 SW 5th Ave., Suite #400, Portland, OR 97204

RSVP to receive instructions for accessing the building: volunteer@awboregon.org

We're assembling a team to develop a 2.87 acre site owned by non-profit First Step Florence, just north of Florence and east of Highway 101. We'll be working with our partner organization on site planning, site infrastructure, and building design.

Since 2017 First Step has been providing unhoused families with a safe and stable place to live and an array of supports to prepare them for the transition to a more permanent situation. Currently First Step houses three to four families at a time in travel trailers and a foldable house. The new development—First Step Florence on Spruce Street—will include six to eight two-bedroom units, likely in the form of attached duplexes. Each housing unit will be approximately 450 square feet.

Please join us to find out more about AWB-Oregon and this new project!

Earlier Event: April 23
Haiti Eye Clinic Information Meeting