Alan Graham

It's not cheap.

So we've built 17 of them on the two phases that we have right now.

We're under construction right now on 50 more across the street on that new phase.

And there'll be another 50 over on Burleson Road by the airport where we're under construction there.

Well, there is a population of people that live in our community.

It's about 10% of our population that we call missionals.

Just like a missionary would leave the United States and go overseas somewhere to be a missionary, there are people that have chosen missionals.

and called by the gospel to live in community at Community First Village.

So there's about 50, 60 people that include 40 adults plus about 15 children that live, and more are coming our way.

So that's one of the secret sauces of our community is mixing people in there throughout the community

that have never experienced homelessness but are called to serve alongside and with the formerly chronically homeless.

Yeah, it's pretty funny because initially what we tried to do was partner with the city of Austin.

So we're actually just outside the city of Austin.

We share a property line with the city of Austin.

But for several years, from 2006 roughly, 2005 roughly to 2010, I tried to collaborate with the city of Austin.

Provide us with attractive land anywhere and we'll raise the money to build.

In 2008, April of 08, the city unanimously, city council, granted us a long-term ground lease on 17 acres of land in East Austin.

In July of 08, we went on to a neighborhood meeting.

Myself, the sponsoring council member, some of our team members, assistant city manager,

My wife, Tricia, that just turned into Armageddon.