The Bridge

Leaders of Home Sweet Home Ministries in Bloomington and Hope on 5th in Lincoln shared stories about housing shelters during Tuesday's Women to Women Spring Forum at the Bloomington Public Library.

Shelter villages offer temporary and private places for the unhoused to sleep and store belongings. One of the newest, The Bridge, opened recently in central Illinois.

The head of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council says addressing residential needs is one key piece to realizing business growth in Bloomington.

After four nights of operation, The Bridge has 48 residents, leaving eight beds still available.

A 48-cabin shelter village was dedicated Tuesday during a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the McLean County Chamber of Commerce.

The public is invited to tour Bloomington’s soon-to-open non-congregate shelter village for the unhoused during an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony next week.

Home Sweet Home's non-congregate shelter village, The Bridge, aims to be a more accessible path from homelessness to stable housing. Here's how it'll work.

The Bridge was originally expected to be open this winter, but Home Sweet Home CEO Matt Burgess said it will not likely open until January.

After funding shortfalls and federal policies that have created new challenges for the housing industry, one leader in housing says hope and unity is what will carve a path forward.

After several years of planning, two public forums, getting funding approval and securing the location, Home Sweet Home Ministries broke ground on its new shelter village, The Bridge.