The Starke County Resource Center is partnering with the Trinity Assembly of God church in Knox to provide a warming center Mondays and Wednesdays to those who may need assistance.
Continue readingWarming Center Available Soon in Knox
Knox BZA Grants Special Use Permit for Starke County Resource Center Thrift Store
A nonprofit group aiming to address housing insecurity may proceed with its plans for a thrift store in Knox. The city’s board of zoning appeals Monday approved the Starke County Resource Center’s special use request for the former Knights of Columbus building at 503 East Lake Street, with the explicit stipulation that the property shall not be used as a homeless shelter.
Continue readingKnox BZA Tables Starke County Resource Center’s Thrift Store Proposal
A year after a local nonprofit group shelved its plan to put a homeless shelter in the former Knights of Columbus building in Knox, its alternate plan for the space is now in limbo, as well. The Starke County Resource Center has taken possession of the building at 503 East Lake Street.
Continue readingStarke County Resource Center Volunteers Moving Ahead with Warming Center Plans
While the Starke County Resource Center’s goal of setting up a full homeless shelter is on hold, plans for a daytime warming center are quickly moving ahead. A number of potential volunteers, most of them affiliated with local churches, gathered Monday at the Trinity Assembly of God Church in Knox, where it would be housed. Among other things, they looked at how to go about providing meals, clothes, resources, and programs to people who need help.
Continue readingStarke County Resource Center Suspends Special Use Request
The group behind a proposed homeless shelter has withdrawn its request for the Knox BZA’s permission to use the Knights of Columbus building, at least for now. City officials say a public hearing that had been scheduled for next Monday has been canceled.
Continue readingStarke County Resource Center Seeking Support in Addressing Housing Insecurity
Many Starke County residents are experiencing housing insecurity every day, but currently the resources they need can only be found outside the county. That’s according to Matt Ohime, the pastor of Davis Wesleyan Church who’s spearheading the effort to organize a Starke County Resource Center.
Continue readingStarke County Resource Center to Host ‘Community Contributor Gathering’ Tonight
As the Starke County Resource Center awaits a decision from the Knox Board of Zoning Appeals, the nonprofit group is working to gather volunteers to help make the project a reality. Organizers are hosting a “community contributor gathering” tonight at 7:00 at the Trinity Assembly of God at 22 North Shield Street in Knox.
Continue readingCity of Knox Not Willing to Offer Former Moose Lodge for Proposed Homeless Shelter
The former Knox Moose Lodge will not be offered as a potential site for a homeless shelter, according to Mayor Dennis Estok. “That building was bought for future land use, to help revitalize the downtown area, whatever it’s going to be,” Estok said during Tuesday’s city council meeting. “It was not offered for the homeless shelter, and it won’t be. That is not the original plan for that building. That’s not why we bought it. So that is off the table, as far as I’m concerned.”
Continue readingProposed Homeless Shelter Draws Concerns from Knox Residents
Whether or not a homeless shelter belongs in a residential area was debated during Monday’s Knox Board of Zoning Appeals meeting. A nonprofit group called the Starke County Resource Center is seeking the board’s permission to use the Knights of Columbus building at 503 East Lake Street as a “temporary housing facility for displaced Starke County residents.”
Continue reading
