An Eden Village tiny home.
A tiny home development for homeless community members can move forward in the city approval process, after gaining planning commission approval.
The Harrisburg Planning Commission on Wednesday recommended approval of the proposed Eden Village tiny home community in South Harrisburg, sending the $6.5 million project to City Council for final approval.
A group of local residents has partnered with Missouri-based Eden Village to bring the tiny home concept to Harrisburg as a way to address homelessness. Eden Village of Harrisburg would construct 32 tiny homes and a 2,400-square-foot community center on a lot at 1103 S. Front St.
Each home would be about 400 square feet and include a bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen.
The development would sit between Veterans Grove, a tiny home village for homeless veterans, and Tunnel to Towers, another housing community for homeless veterans that was recently approved for construction.
Commission member Anne Marek asked about the status of the Capital Area Greenbelt, a portion of which has been impacted by all three of the projects on S. Front Street.
During a council meeting on the Tunnel to Towers project, Capital Area Greenbelt Association (CAGA) members shared that they would look to relocate the Greenbelt. At Wednesday’s meeting, city officials shared that that intention remains and that CAGA has engaged an engineer to assess an alternate path.
“There will be moving parts, but it looks like they’re on track to solve their problem,” said City Solicitor Neil Grover.
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