The official opening of the Pungo location will be determined once Trails of Purpose completes the permitting process. But co-founder Kayla Arestivo hopes to open the gates to military members and veterans in need in the next month.
Trails of Purpose’s planned expansion to Virginia Beach is at a standstill after the city planning department found language in a decades-old land preservation program that bars the nonprofit from providing mental health services for military members at a Pungo farm. Trails of Purpose began leasing parts of One Red Maple Farm in early May with plans to expand its services to a new location, .
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Trails of Purpose, a Chesapeake-based nonprofit that uses horses to support military members, has prepared for two months to expand its services to a new facility to accommodate a growing need for mental health resources. But the City of Virginia Beach found language in a decades-old preservation program that brought the effort to a screeching halt.
Kayla Arestivo and her husband Kyle felt called to provide mental health counseling and services with their Trails of Purpose organization in Chesapeake.