Downtown Hope Center Expands Job Skills Programs

0:00The Downtown Hope Center, a faith-based nonprofit running shelters and culinary training, plans to buy a nearby office building to boost its job. Skills programs for people recovering from homelessness or jail time. The target is Plaza 201, a three-story building at 201 East Third Avenue, right across from their main women's shelter and soup. Kitchen, they already run baking and catering classes, plus a food truck, and own apartments for women in the area. Expanding here would mean bigger classrooms for new trades, like electrical work, plumbing, and construction to help folks land jobs fast or start. Businesses. Executive Director Sherry Laurie says this move would open doors to more workforce training beyond just food skills. A big Avatar group has pledged to match donations dollar for dollar, up to $1 million, while the building lists for $2 million. $150,000, setting the stage for real growth in the neighborhood that wraps Anchorage News today.

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