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CHRIS VETTER
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
When Mike Cohoon began working on plans for tiny homes â portable homeless shelters â he envisioned a long-term plan of creating the âHope Village,â bringing the tiny homes into one central location, which would also include a permanent building that features showers and bathrooms.
That plan is moving closer to reality.
Cohoon, a pastor at Landmark Christian Church in Lake Hallie, said his group is planning to purchase a former dental office at 1825 Kennedy Road on the East Hill of Chippewa Falls. The tiny homes would be placed behind the 2,000-square-foot building, with the dental offices gutted and renovated.
CHIPPEWA FALLS â When Mike Cohoon began working on plans for tiny homes â portable homeless shelters â he envisioned a long-term plan of creating the âHope Village,â bringing the tiny homes into one central location, which would also include a permanent building that features showers and bathrooms.
That plan is moving closer to reality.
Cohoon, a pastor at Landmark Christian Church in Lake Hallie, said his group is planning to purchase a former dental office at 1825 Kennedy Road on the East Hill of Chippewa Falls. The tiny homes would be placed behind the 2,000-square-foot building, with the dental offices gutted and renovated.