The downtown San Diego facility will be named the Rady Center following a donation from longtime philanthropists Ernest and Evelyn Rady
The Salvation Army on Thursday announced its most ambitious local project, one that will provide more shelter and services for homeless people than anywhere else in San Diego County.
New shelters and new affordable housing units have opened in the eight months since the count was conducted, but many cities throughout the county still are seeing homeless encampments alongside streets and in canyons. In August, the Downtown San Diego Partnership’s monthly count of homeless people downtown reportedshowed the numbers have continued to increase and had reached 1,623.
With a $10 million gift from Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies and other donations and pledges, the Salvation Army has raised $21 million toward the $30 million matching goal and is launching a capital fundraising campaign to acquire the rest. The Salvation Army’s Centre City Corps building, as seen from the rooftop of the Andaz Hotel, will be raised and replaced by the new Rady Center, which will opened in about four yea
The 100-room Silvercrest housing project for seniors next to the Centre City Corps facility will not be affected by the redevelopment of the site. Another 60 units with a kitchen and bathroom and operated by Wakeland will provide permanent supportive housing for 60 to 70 people, and 30 one-bedroom units operated by Wakeland will provide affordable housing for 30 to 90 people