Tag: Pallet Village

VIDEO: Mariah Baker shares her story of survival with CBC News

AUDIO: CBC Radio reporter Brittany Wentzell visits The Village at Pine Tree Park, where staff and residents share the life-changing impact of the project

“I see their lives changing drastically," reflects Executive Director of the Ally Centre, Christine Porter. Cape Breton Post, January 27, 2025

Tenants find friendship and support in first week at The Village at Pine Tree Park

The Village will be a temporary home for 35 community members experiencing homelessness in CBRM

To quote Erika Shea, President and CEO of New Dawn Enterprises, “This is a beautiful moment.”

Installation of 35 temporary shelters underway for mid-September opening of CBRM Pallet Village

Construction is underway on the site and Pallet shelters are expected to arrive in late July

AUDIO: New Dawn CEO Erika Shea talks progress and plans for the Pine Tree Park Pallet Village set to open in early August

Below are some answers to questions received since the announcement of Pine Tree Park as the location for the CBRM Pallet Village.

Slide decks shared by the NS Department of Community Services and New Dawn Enteprises at the February 12, 2024 Community Information Session on the CBRM Pallet Shelter Village.

In discussions of the proposed CBRM Pallet Shelters and in ongoing discussions of the ways in which downtown Sydney is changing, misunderstandings about the work and clients of the Ally Centre of Cape Breton are common.

The questions below represent questions we have received about the CBRM Pallet Shelter Village over the last two weeks. They have come to us via e-mail and social media. Additional questions can be sent to [email protected].

In a series of white papers, Pallet Shelters looks at the impact of housing on healthcare and on public safety. Pallet Shelters is a US-based social purpose company that designs and manufactures rapid deployment transitional shelters.

The post links to a sample Vulnerability Assessment Tool or VAT. This VAT was created by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. A similar tool wil be used to assign Village units to those who are most in need (who are most vulnerable).