By Lacey Latch | Arizona Republic
SHOW LOW — Tucked back among businesses and loading docks in one of Show Low’s industrial zones, dozens of people gathered last week to celebrate the official start of construction for Victory Village, a years-long project from a local nonprofit to combat homelessness in the White Mountains.
The White Mountain Coalition Against Homelessness was officially formed in 2015, a collection of local groups from across the region who had each been trying to address the issue. In the years since, they used an old motel to house up to 38 people experiencing homelessness in Show Low. After that property was sold, they were left with just a single hotel room and a donated house to cover the countless people in need.
And while they’re still able to help some — they’re currently housing a family of five in the donated home and a young mother and her children escaping domestic violence in the coalition’s hotel room — Victory Village will allow them to house more people at once than ever before.
