Join us, bring your family — All are welcome at the Big Reveal on Sunday, October 5th @ 3pm, at 1508 Davie Street (corner of Oak Bay Ave & Davie Street).
The Herowork’s Extreme Reno Project for Threshold Housing Society is in it’s last stage. Only one more weekend to complete the job, and the Big Reveal is this Sunday. Photograph by Adrian Lam, Times Colonist
This is what Times Colonist’s Sarah Petrescu has to report —
For the past two weeks, the corner of Davie Street and Oak Bay Avenue has been a hub of community help and fast-paced construction in a massive effort to create housing for the capital region’s homeless youth.
“It’s been wild,” Paul Latour said.
The founder of Hero Work, a local organization that helps non-profits with renovations funded and powered by the community, was standing outside the four-unit apartment building donated to the Threshold Housing Society a few months ago. Threshold is a non-profit society that provides supportive and semi-independent housing for youth, ages 16 to 21, who are at risk of homelessness or in government care.
The anonymous donor wanted the $725,000 building to help those in need, but the building needed a complete makeover. That’s where Latour’s program came in…
Read more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/volunteers-turn-victoria-apartment-building-into-housing-for-youth-1.1398570