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Big Tent
January 24, 2018
A version of the same story appears in the Torah, the Bible and the Qur’an: Strangers appear at Abraham’s tent, and he welcomes them…In the spirit of that story, New Haven-area churches and synagogues have been raising a metaphorical tent of their own every winter for nine years. Welcoming homeless strangers in need of that same hospitality, Abraham’s Tent is administered by Columbus House, a local organization that runs a 101-bed shelter on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard and aims for “understanding and working toward overcoming the problems which cause people to become homeless,” its website says.
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NBC Connecticut
New Haven Homeless Look for Warmth During Cold Snap
December 28, 2017
Some people in New Haven got out of the bone-chilling cold Thursday by warming up at a downtown public library that is doubling as a warming center. "It’s a nice warm place," Joe S. said. "It’s a comfortable place cause I’m a reader, too."
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Hartford Courant
Veteran Apartment Project In Middletown Gets Final Approvals
December 27, 2017
The state has relinquished a piece of property on the Connecticut Valley Hospital campus Wednesday, making way for 32 units of supportive housing for veterans in Middletown. The New Haven-based Columbus House plans to renovate the former Mary Shepherd Home, originally a dormitory for nurses built in 1924, into apartments with on-site case-management services for veterans.
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Record Journal
Volunteers bring Christmas to Wallingford Emergency Shelter
December 25, 2017
There were almost no cars on the road and snow was gently falling when Joan and Mike Smutko parked their car at the Wallingford Emergency Shelter just after 8 a.m. on Christmas Day.
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WFSB
Outreach team in New Haven makes sure homeless have shelter during cold stretch
December 14, 2017
With the bitter cold temperatures and the snow on Thursday morning, a street outreach team in New Haven was busy on Wednesday.
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Liberty Bank
Liberty Bank Foundation Wins John S. Martinez Community Service Award
December 13, 2017
Columbus House awarded the John S. Martinez Community Service Award to Liberty Bank Foundation at the nonprofit’s annual meeting Dec. 7 at the New Haven Lawn Club. Since 2004 the award has been given annually in recognition of those who have exemplified community leadership and outstanding support for Columbus House programs.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Best Architecture of 2017: Buildings of Quiet Ambition
December 11, 2017
Not every year delivers major architectural stunners, but sometimes there’s something even better—buildings that contribute to a more promising future.
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The Yale Herald
Built to Last
November 10, 2017
54 Adeline Street had been an abandoned corner for several years. Overgrown foliage spilled over the fence onto the sidewalk. An adjacent concrete stretch, dotted by miscellaneous cars, visually compounded the emptiness. The vacant lot always stood out amongst the clapboard houses that line Adeline Street for several blocks in both directions. For the past month, however, 54 Adeline has attracted attention for a different reason.
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Dezeen
Yale architecture students create dwelling in Connecticut for the homeless
November 6, 2017
Graduate students at Yale University have completed a prefabricated building in New Haven with two apartments that will be leased to tenants who are experiencing homelessness.
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Architect Magazine
Yale Architecture Students Design Two-Unit House for Formerly Homeless New Haven Residents
October 25, 2017
The school's annual first-year design/build project has built 29 houses in the city, and this year’s is the first of a five-year partnership, Homeless:Housed, with local nonprofit Columbus House.
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