The Tunnel to Towers Foundation held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new “Atlanta Veterans Village” on May 17 in Mableton. When completed in 2025, the location at 65 S. Service Road will provide permanent and transitional housing to nearly 100 veterans in Atlanta and surrounding areas.
At the groundbreaking, Tunnel to Towers (T2T) announced details of its plans to turn the former Wingate by Wyndham Hotel into a Veterans Village. These include the plans to include: long-term living spaces will include apartments with a bedroom, living room, kitchen, and bathroom; as well as a renovated facility with a gym, business center, great room, cafeteria, and commercial kitchen.
The facility in Mableton is part of the nationwide Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s Homeless Veteran Program. In 2023, the Foundation provided housing assistance and services to more than 3,000 veterans.
“This new Homeless Veterans Village in greater Atlanta is a part of Tunnel to Towers’ commitment to eradicating veteran homelessness nationwide. In a few short months, this facility which was once a blight on this community, will soon serve as a beacon of hope, says Gavin Naples, Vice President of the T2T Homeless Veteran Program. “We want to ensure that the men and women who served our country have a dignified home they can call their own and facilities like this one are the least we can do for those who sacrificed so much. We will not let our heroes down.”
The Foundation’s Homeless Veteran Program currently provides housing to Veterans in Riverside, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Austin, TX, and Phoenix, AZ. Additionally, it is in the process of creating homes for Veterans in twenty other cities including Las Vegas, NV, Denver, CO, and Orlando, FL.
More information about T2T’s Homeless Veteran program can be found here.