Nonprofit Mobile Loaves & Fishes is marking the 10th anniversary of its landmark Community First! Village , the master-planned community for residents exiting homelessness that's now expanding in Northeast and Southeast Austin.

The big picture

The social outreach ministry MLF was started by founder and CEO Alan Graham in the late 1990s. Today, it's nationally recognized for its Community First! housing initiative that now serves hundreds of people in a unique—and growing—neighborhood.

The original village at 9301 Hog Eye Road includes scores of tiny homes alongside features like community centers, a clinic, kitchens, gardens and parks, an amphitheater, and a chapel. The community's design is based around MLF's "Neighborhoods of Knowingness" model that concentrates residential po

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