Tag Archives: Shalom Community Center

With temperatures falling below freezing as we approach mid-winter, the city has opted to evict the tent residents at Seminary Square. Almost simultaneously, Beacon, Inc. (formerly the Shalom Community Center) announced the opening of a new low-barrier shelter in a large commercial gym facility near Switchyard Park. Beacon’s executive director appeared on Big Talk in October; let’s listen to the …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, January 18th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty speaks with Reverend Forrest Gilmore, executive director of Beacon Inc, about the opening of the organization’s new Winter Homeless Shelter. Also coming up, we have the latest edition of A Few Minutes with the Mayor – where listeners pose questions to …

This is the WFHB Local News for Friday, August 21st, 2020. Later in the program, Diane Walker – contributor for the Limestone Post, continues her conversation with Jacob Sipe – executive director of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority in Part III of her ongoing series. Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner covers …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 27th, 2020. In today’s program, WFHB Correspondent Alex Dederer talked to Forrest Gilmore, executive director at Shalom Community Center, about a virtual fundraiser to benefit its homeless shelter. Also in the next half hour, you will hear ‘A Few Minutes with the Mayor.’ In today’s segment Mayor John Hamilton talks about …

Today hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome Rv. Forrest Gilmore, Executive Director of Shalom Community Center, Ms. Amber Skoby, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, and Nicole Johnson, a Crestmont resident and community advocate. They discuss how Bloomington is trying to meet the challenge of serving the city’s homeless who are now having to deal with health precautions …

Today we begin to take some kind of measure of the impacts of the so-called novel coronavirus or COVID-19 in our communities. Throughout, we’ll be accompanied by “Love” and “Compassion,” two tracks from John Coltrane’s last recordings with McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison. Recorded on September 2, 1965 and released in 1977 on the album First Meditations, this has …

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton and patrons of the Shalom Community Center will sleep on the streets, this Friday night. The solidarity sleep out aims to raise funding for the area emergency homeless shelter, and bring awareness to the experiences of the chronically homeless in Bloomington and the surrounding area. Mayor Hamilton will be joined by City of Bloomington Communications Director …

Shalom Community Center in Bloomington received hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund a new Housing First development.  Executive Director Forrest Gilmore said the Davis Homes are the latest Housing First development, aimed at reducing area homelessness. The Davis Homes Apartments Initiative received a $322,000 Federal grant from Housing and Urban Development on Friday.  Davis Homes Apartments are expected to be in development …

Schools across Indiana and much of the Midwest are cancelling classes, as temperatures drop into dangerous territory; An Indiana lawmaker’s efforts to eliminate the state’s child labor laws have raised conflict of interest concerns; The Herald-Times of Bloomington is among 8 Indiana newspapers sold to Gatehouse Media; A hike in storm-water fees proposed by the City of Bloomington Utilities Department could get even …

Monroe County Election officials are verifying ballot tabulations in the Monroe County Council District 2 race; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, acting on behalf of the state, is filing a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill was elected by his peers this weekend as the vice chair of the Republican Attorneys General Association; A Catholic High School guidance counselor, who …