By james art 
Las Vegas (KSNV) – Non -profit organization dedicated to supporting the families of fallen first responses, now seeks to expand its support as veterans facing homelessness in Las Vegas.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation had planned to build a permanent residential complex with 112 units near the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas.
However, the organization is now exploring alternative places after meeting the challenges of zoning.
Gavin Naples, Vice President of the Town Tunnel Foundation, said: “We went to the planning committee, we had enormous support from the community, no one spoke against the project, but it seems that their mind was already drawn up before we arrived there. “
The North Las Vegas Planning Commission unanimously voted to refuse the non -profit request to adjust five decares in North Pekos and Eastern Centure from the commercial community to multi -family residents.
Naples said the decision was then left to the City Council.
“But the city gave it to understand, no matter what we did, they would vote against it, so I withdrew the application and decided to withdraw the application so that we could reserve our rights on the site, did not smear it,” Naples said.
Naples noted that feedback from local veterans emphasizes the importance of proximity to the Medical Center VA due to the transport challenges.
Non -profit goals are now considering other opportunities to build a permanent home that involves veterans wrapping services.
“It’s a pity, I think a story began to spread to North Las Vegas that we went there because Las Vegas did not want us, we could completely build everywhere in Las Vegas at the drop of the hat, we wanted to be there, we wanted to be there, we wanted to be there, we wanted to be there. We are next to the Campus of VA, we wanted to build something that would make sense that would be beautiful for our veterans, “Naples said.
A spokesman for the city of North Las Vegas said the planning committee denied the request for a re-reconstruction by 7-0 votes, citing the need to provide commercial amenities in the growing area.
The city did not refuse the project as a whole and identified numerous sites in North Las Vegas, zoned in an appropriate way for the project presented to the organization.
“We support the project and we believe that this would supplement the work we are currently doing at our Center for Veterans and Community Resources,” the spokesman said.