There are 7 article(s) tagged Kelcey Johnson:

• July 2026

  • City Council renews grant program, approving $13,000 for temporary housing

    The Memphis City Council’s $2.6 million grant fund allocates $200,000 for each council member to propose grants to nonprofits. 

    By Bill Dries July 08, 2026

• June 2025

  • After building homeless shelter in North Memphis, nonprofit looks south

    “There’s a lot of homeless children in Southeast Memphis,” Hospitality Hub Executive Director Kelcey Johnson said. “Southeast Memphis leads the county in evictions, almost three times as many as the rest of the city combined.”

    By Bill Dries June 07, 2025

• May 2025

  • Old Manassas High to become ‘cottages’ for homeless families

    “It’s about the mother of the child who is going to school with your child,” Hospitality Hub Executive Director Kelcey Johnson said. “After school you take your child home. The other mother is taking her child to truck stops.”

    By Bill Dries May 30, 2025

• August 2021

  • Why the City Hall homeless encampment isn’t there anymore

    The director of Hospitality Hub and the head of its fundraising and awareness partner Dragonfly talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the decision to move away from the tent cities and encampments that are part of the approach to homelessness in other cities.

    By Bill Dries August 28, 2021

• June 2021

  • Construction begins on women’s shelter at former inspection station

    The Hospitality Hub undertaking Downtown, on land donated by the city and funded by private donors along with the city and county governments, is next to the Hub’s intake area for the homeless.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2021

• June 2019

  • Hospitality Hub offers ‘the simple acts of kindness’

    Everybody can feel like somebody when they walk into the Hub. Nobody is turned away. With no barriers or judgment, the Hub provides people with the tangible and emotional tools to navigate their next phase on this earth.

    By Willie Boyd Jr. June 01, 2019

• May 2019

  • Hospitality Hub continues efforts to help the homeless in Memphis

    The Hospitality Hub may be undergoing a potential relocation and expansion if the city and county approve millions in additional funding over the next month. 

    By Omer Yusuf May 06, 2019