Higher Ground St. Paul (HGSP)
HGSP provides emergency overnight shelter space for 70 women and 190 men every night as well as dedicated areas to house and provide guidance for people needing medical respite care and late stage alcoholic women. On floors 3-5 they have single occupancy units to provide housing for 193 people in need, which also come with shared kitchen and lounge spaces and supportive staffing to help people as needed.
- Completed in 2017
- 111,261 square feet
- Followed Green Communities: (Part of the B3 requirements due to funding by the state of Minnesota)
- Soil cells for trees
- Heating and cooling (including snow melt at plaza) by District Energy
- Lighting control
- Efficient kitchen equipment for the 7 kitchen areas that residents have access to
- 5 story new building
- Wing for late stage alcoholic women (12 women)
- Wing for medical respite care (10 people)
- Pay-for stay area with 60 bunks for men to stay for up to 3 months before moving in to permanent housing
- 3 floors providing 193 single occupancy rooms (plus supportive services) for people with housing inconsistencies