New Heights
New Heights Redevelopment
Carpenter’s Shelter served more than 700 homeless and formerly homeless children and adults last year.
About - New Heights
Since our inception, Carpenter’s Shelter has evolved from a small group of concerned citizens providing bedding on cold nights into a leader in finding solutions that permanently end and prevent homelessness. Our comprehensive services meet the immediate needs of individuals and families experiencing homelessness; our continuum of essential programs and ongoing support help them work toward permanent homes where adults are stable, and children can grow and thrive. We are open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, and serve more than 700 children, women, and men each year.
In 2018, after the partnership with Housing Alexandria was finalized, our redevelopment project to house our new state-of-the-art building located on the first floor with ninety-seven affordable apartments (The
Bloom) on the six floors above began. The teardown of the old, retrofitted DMV at 930 N. Henry Street started. All services, volunteers and staff moved to the shuttered Macy’s at Landmark Mall, and Carpenter’s Shelter embarked on the $2 million New Heights Redevelopment and Capital Campaign.
In November 2019, Carpenter’s Shelter announced six months earlier than expected that we had reached our goal through a generous gift from Amazon. Other major donors included the Phillip L. Graham Fund, The Hoffman Family, David E. Offutt, III Charitable Trust, Earl W. Stafford and 534 heartfelt contributions from the community. Final contributions came in to push us well over the goal.
Carpenter’s Shelter moved into a brand-new facility in November 2020 and celebrated with a grand opening ceremony and tours. Our new building provides the infrastructure for Carpenter’s Shelter to meet community needs for decades to come.
Demolition and Construction of the New Heights Building
In 2018, after the partnership with the Housing Alexandria was finalized, our redevelopment project to house our new state-of-the-art building located on the first floor with ninety-seven affordable apartments (The Bloom) on the six floors began. The tear down of our current home at 930 N. Henry Street, a retrofitted DMV building started. All services, residents, volunteers and staff moved to the shuttered Macy’s at Landmark Mall, and Carpenter’s Shelter embarked on the $2 million New Heights Redevelopment and Capital Campaign.
In November 2019, Carpenter’s Shelter announced six months earlier than expected that we had reached our goal through a generous gift from Amazon. Other major donors included the Phillip L. Graham Fund, The Hoffman Family, David E. Offutt, III Charitable Trust, Earl W. Stafford and 534 heartfelt contributions from the community. Final contributions came in to push us well over the goal.
Carpenter’s Shelter moved into a brand-new facility in November 2020 and celebrated with a grand opening ceremony and tours. Our new building will provide the infrastructure for Carpenter’s Shelter to meet community needs for decades to come.
Carpenter’s Shelter Becomes the Operator of Alexandria Community Shelter (ACS)
In December 2023, Carpenter’s Shelter deepened its partnership with City of Alexandria by assuming operations of its Alexandria Community Shelter (ACS.) ACS is a 64-bed emergency residential shelter that serves both individuals and families. The Alexandria Community Shelter is funded by the City of Alexandria Department of Community and Human Services’ Office of Community Services.
In the News
Carpenter’s Shelter’s New Heights Campaign and property redevelopment project have appeared in The New York Times and featured in local news! Browse the articles below to learn more!
- “Amazon Donates $300K for Future Alexandria Shelter, Low-Cost Apartments,” Neal Augenstein, WTOP (18 November, 2019)
- “Amazon Donates $300,000 to Homeless Shelter and Affordable Apartments in Alexandria,” Heather Graf, WJLA (18 November, 2019)
- “Homeless Facility in Alexandria gets $300,000 boost from Amazon,” Antonio Olivo, Washington Post (18 November, 2019)
- “Amazon Makes Major Donation To Alexandria’s Homeless Shelter,” Emily Leayman, Patch Del Ray (18 November 2019)
- “A Macy’s Goes From Mall Mainstay to Homeless Shelter,” Michael Corkery, The New York Times (13 June 2018)
- “Carpenter’s Shelter Launches $2 Million ‘New Heights’ Campaign,” Alexandria Living Magazine (15 May 2019)
- “Carpenter’s Shelter Launches New Fundraising Effort For New Building,” Emily Leayman, Patch (14 May 2019)
- “Carpenter’s Shelter Launches New Heights Campaign,” James Cullum, The Zebra (10 May 2019)
- “Ground Breaks in Alexandria for New Carpenter’s Shelter and Bloom Affordable Apartments,” Mary Wadland, The Zebra (30 August 2018)
- “Carpenter’s Shelter, AHDC Project Breaks Ground,” Alexa Epitropoulos, Alexandria Times (30 August 2018)
- “Partnership Gives Landmark Mall New Purpose,” Betsey Micklem, ACT for Alexandria for Alexandria Gazette Packet (20 August 2018)
- “AHDC to Break Ground on The Bloom, New Carpenter’s Shelter,” Alexandria Times (16 August 2018)
- “Affordable Housing and New Carpenter’s Shelter to Break Ground,” Emily Leayman, Patch (16 August 2018)
- “In Metro DC, a Dead Mall Now Provides Housing for the Homeless,” Steve Dubb, Nonprofit Quarterly (11 July 2018)
- “The Future of Suburban Homelessness? As Malls Empty, an Old Macy’s Becomes a Homeless Shelter,” Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post (6 July 2018)
- “Empty Macy’s is Turned into a Homeless Shelter in Virginia,” Luciani Gomes, BBC (5 July 2018)
- “Carpenter’s Shelter Gains ‘New Heights’: Macy’s Move Will Help Transition Shelter to New Multi-Story Home,” Amanda M. Socci, The Zebra (1 July 2018)
- “Old Landmark Mall Macy’s Turns Into Homeless Shelter,” Janice Park, WUSA9 (18 June 2018)
- “Carpenter’s Shelter Moves to Landmark Mall,” James Cullen, Alexandria Gazette Packet (18 June 2018)
- “Carpenter’s Shelter Begins New Heights Redevelopment Project, Relocates to Landmark Mall,” AlexandriaNews.org (7 June 2018)
- “Alexandria Homeless Shelter to Temporarily Move into Landmark Mall,” Kelly Rule, DCW50 (25 May 2018)
- “Alexandria Homeless Shelter Moving Into Shuttered Landmark Mall Next Month,” Erica Jones, NBC4 Washington (24 May 2018)
- “Carpenter’s Shelter to Move into Landmark Mall in June,” Alexandria Living Magazine (7 May 2018)
- “Homeless Shelter Expected to Open in Landmark Mall’s Shuttered Macy’s by Spring,” Katie Arcieri, Washington Business Journal, (13 Feb 2018)
- “Carpenter’s Shelter Eyes Landmark Mall for Temporary Move,” Alexa Epitropoulos, Alexandria Times (5 Oct 2017)
- “Carpenter’s Shelter to Temporarily Relocate to Former Landmark Macy’s Store,” Carla Branch, AlexandriaNews.org (27 Sept 2017)
- “Macy’s at Landmark Mall Could Become Homeless Shelter,” Mike Carter-Conneen, ABC7 (26 Sept 2017)
- “Empty Landmark Mall Macy’s May Get Interim Life as a Homeless Shelter,” Karen Goff, Washington Business Journal (25 Sept 2017)
- “Carpenter’s Shelter Project Approved in Alexandria,” Vernon Miles, Alexandria Gazette Packet (12 Dec 2016)
Campaign Donors
We would like to offer a huge, heart-felt thank you to all of the donors who supported the New Heights Campaign! Please contact Meghan Cole, Development Associate via email for any errors or questions.
$5,000 and above
| Elizabeth Wilmot & Peter Adler | Jim & Sheila Fleming | (In Memory of Sam Davidson) The Motley Fool |
| Amazon | Neil & Kelly Gillespie | Robert Musser – The Musser Fund |
| Anonymous 1 | Good Shepherd Lutheran | Timothy R. O’Hara |
| Anonymous 2 | The Goodhart Group | Daniel E. Offutt, III Charitable Trust |
| Anonymous 3 | Grace Community Church | OLIFF PLC |
| Anonymous 4 | Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC | Passport Auto Group |
| Anonymous 5 | Rita Grazda | Philip L. Graham Fund |
| Anonymous 6 | Joan & Jeff Greene | Jennifer & JB Poersch |
| Guy Anthony & Asha Sharma Anthony | Charlotte Grzebien | Revada Foundation – Dan & Gloria Logan |
| Ginny & Michael Royal and Mary & Neil Aronov | Mary Stuart Hall | Louise Roseman |
| J. David Bailey | Steve McMahon, Cynthia Alksne & Beth Hamed | Rotary Club of Alexandria |
| Fran & Rich Becker | In Honor of Val & Dottie Hawkins | Ruth Kane & John Runyan |
| In Honor of Contributions from Beth El Hebrew Congregation | Val & Florence Hawkins | Carson Lee Fifer, Jr. & Sarah E. Savage |
| Robert & Sabine Bisson | Heanue-Munson Family | Matt & Amy Sheldon |
| The Booma Family | Meghan & Patrick Hendy | Elizabeth & John Siegel |
| Robert & Karen Boyd | Lisa & Phil Herget | Hon. David G. Speck & Marcia Neuhaus Speck |
| Hilary & Robert Brandt | Hoffman Family | Earl W. Stafford |
| John & Lynn Brennan | John & Diane Hynes | Barry & Margaret Stauffer |
| Lisa Jacobs & Paul Brinkman | William & Janney Jay | The Steene Family |
| Michael & Patty Carr | The Keene Family | Greg & Pam Sullivan |
| Caudron Megary Blackburn Wealth Management | Maria Bothwell & Jeff Kline | Dr. John Sherner & Dr. Christine Thayer |
| Ashley & Sam Chamberlain | The Kohm Family | Jen Lachman & John Villar |
| The Dr. Francis P. Chiaramonte Family Foundation | Susan & Gary Labovich | Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation |
| Adam Cole | Peter Lunt & Pilar Vasquez-Lunt | Laura Rose & Eric Wazorko |
| Columbia Capital | Mike & Joy Lyden | Kim & Bobby Weir |
| Christopher W. Brown & Mimi Conger | GEN (Ret) Stanley McChrystal & Annie McChrystal | The Wells Fargo Foundation |
| Cotton & Company LLP | Gibson Pate McMahon | Ada L & Albert M Wibel Foundation |
| Spencer & Carol Dickerson | The McMurray Family | Nancy DiPaolo & David Williams |
| Element 84, Inc. | Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation | In Memoriam, Doctor Wineland |
| Mr. & Mrs. E. Tazewell Ellett | K.C. & Collin Moller | The Jonathan F. Wolcott Family |
| Finn & Violet | The Moody Family |
$1,000 to $4,999
| Access Accounting Services | Michael & Maureen Doyle | Eli Peterson |
| Agudas Achim Congregation | Shannon C. Doyle | Phase Foundation |
| Mary Alexandre | Steven Duffield | Andrea & Scott Ponsor |
| Alfred Street Baptist Church | Rob Dugger | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church |
| Nancy Appleby – Appleby Law PLLC | Shawn & Sirine Fisher | Stephanie Schriock |
| Lydia Arnold | Edward D. Fletcher, Jr. | Kristine Schulz |
| William Ashford | Stephen Frerichs | Peter & Nancy Sheldon |
| Patricia Barbarowicz | Tom Gardner | Moira A. Skinner |
| David & Beth Bartlett | Charlotte A. Hall | Greg Souchack |
| Maribeth Bersani | William Hecht | The Thorpe & Sramek Family |
| Richard G. Bert | Matthew Jacobson & Susan Heitker | Ingre Stackhouse |
| Mary Ann Bier | Robin Z. Hellmuth | Anita Stribling |
| Deborah Bombard | Emaline Davis Henard | Phil Sunderland |
| Edith Bullard | Holland & Knight LLP | Michael Syracuse |
| Lisa Chimento | Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill | Jim Taylor |
| Christ Church | Raymond A. Jacobsen, Jr. | Willie Covington & Dr. Sharon Taylor |
| Christ the King Church | Susan Kelly | Kristin & Chris Teeters |
| In Honor of Fran Becker by The Clark Family | Edward V.A. Kussy | Mark Tonsetic |
| Commonwealth Baptist Church | Kye Lee-Abboushi | Transurban |
| Ed Creskoff | Claire Lesuer | Walter P. Tyree IV |
| Jeff Creskoff | Julie Angus & Joseph Markoski | Jennifer A. Vasiloff |
| James & Suzanne Davis | John McEvoy | George Walker |
| Alison & Marc DeCourcey | Gary & Noelle McGlynn | Janet T. Walker, LPC |
| Windsor Demaine | Michelle J. Millben, Esq. | Washington Street United Methodist Church |
| Catherine & Henry Desmarais | Hannah Moore | Westminster Presbyterian Church |
| Spencer & Carol Dickerson | Jim & Nikki Morrell | Yes& |
| Beverly Dietz | Pamela Nolan | |
| Joyce Douglas | Nordstrom |
Below $500
| Joan G. Sprigle Adair Trustee | Debra Hill | Michele Pilc |
| Alexandria Business & Professional Women’s Network | William J. Hill | P. Pilone |
| Alisha & Cameron Alford | David Hohman | Angela Pittman |
| Steven Akey | Marianne H. Holmes | Amy F. Poe |
| Thomas E. Anderson | Eleanor J. Holsopple | Louise A. Priest |
| Priscilla Andre-Colton | Jill Hoover | Simone & Steven Putnam |
| Anonymous 7 | Rollin L. Huntington | John F. Quinn |
| Susan Athy | Thomas W. Hussey | Claire Randall |
| Manuel & Cheri Avila | Lindsay Hutter | George Rasmussen |
| Karen Bailey | Cynthia Ingersoll | Tovah R. Ravitz-Meehan |
| Jane F. Baird | Lauren Irish | Lauren Ray |
| Diana S. Banat | Anne Jillson | Robert Redmond |
| Jeffrey R. Barnes | Nicolas Jimenez | Alice C. Reid |
| Brittany Baron | Christine Joachim | The Reo Family |
| In Honor of Mr. William Barrick | Janet Johnson | John Repetti |
| The Battey Family Charitable Fund | Aleksandar Jovovic | William & Patricia Rhodes |
| Nancy G. Berg | Barbara Kates | Jessica Richardson |
| Jack Berman | Maria Kazanowska | Denise Pat Rizzuto |
| Abraham David Bernanke | Meghan & Jeff Keller | Edward L. Roberts, Jr. |
| Cassie & Bradley Beychok | Kathleen Kelly | Mary Rock |
| Michael S. Bogdanow | Elizabeth Kiker | William D. Rogers, Jr. |
| Murray Bonitt | Annette L. Kilian | Donovan Roley |
| Glennis G. Botelho | Karen Kinard | Carlos Rosales |
| Ellen Bradley | Katherine M. Kirchgraber | Kathleen M. Russell |
| Barbara Brenman | Ann Korky | Cathryn Sacra |
| William V. Brierre, Jr. | Joan M. Kotze | Joyce C. Sanchez |
| Timothy Brightbill | Johnel Lance | Suellen S. Savukas |
| Alan M. Brody | Mary Langley | Jacqueline Schenkel |
| Kara Brosmer | Patricia Larsen | Diana Schwanhausser |
| James T. Brown | Jenifer T. Larson | Seizure Tracker LLC |
| Emily Buckman | Joseph A. Lastelic | Robert Shapiro |
| Jaclyn Buckreis | Robert Harry Latiff | Marilyn R. Sharp |
| Sandra M. Buerle | Jean A. Lee | Melissa Shelby |
| Amoret Bell Bunn | Belaine J. Lehman | Robin Shultz |
| Barbara A. Burke | Ernest J. Lehmann | David W. Siegrist |
| Phylius Burks | Judith Lelchook | Jane N. Sigmon |
| Rebecca Burns | Robert Leonard | Charles E. Silva |
| Mary Caldwell | Caroyln M. Lethert | Etheline L. Simon |
| Elizabeth M. Calvey | Cecilia Lewis | Linda Simon |
| Caroline Carbaugh | Jessica Lewis | Noah Simon |
| William S. Carnell | Cynthia R. Lilley | Mark Silberer |
| Marcia A. Carpentier | Robert Lineberry | Elizabeth C. Smith |
| Judy Carter | Ann L. Loughlin | Jeanette E. Smith |
| Elizabeth Cassidy | Evelyn Luis | Maggie Smith |
| George & Marguerite Chadwick | AnnMarie Maccubbin | Gisle Sorli |
| Maria Clark | Kathy Madrick | Ronald Southwick |
| Stephen Cloud | Mary Catherine Malin | Susan J. Spear |
| Jim Coakley | Joseph Mancias, Jr | John D. Spevacek |
| Carolyn Coberly | Shirley Marshall | St. Paul Christian Center |
| Barbara Coffey | Howard Mason | Peter Stackhouse |
| William Collins | Trenton Mason | Patrcia A. Sugrue |
| Jill Cook | Camille Massie | Frank W.A. Swoboda |
| Barbara & Edward Cotter | Arra Ann Mazor | Alfred W. Tate |
| Sgt. Maj (Ret) Linda Cotton | David & Lynn McCreedy | Haskell Taub |
| Nancy Lee Coughlin | Jennifer McCulloch | Detra C. Taylor |
| Brenda Gale Cox | Mary Ann McDonald | Susan S. Thompson |
| Teri & Rob Culbertson | Sarah McElwain | Channa Threat |
| Barbara Currie | Robert McKernan | Veronica Tinsley |
| Joseph B. Daley | Arin F. McNamara | Linda M. Tolkan |
| Bruce Cameron Davidson | Catherine C. McPeek | John Tolleris |
| Rebecca S. Davies | June McSwain | Joseph & Patricia Toole |
| Nanette L. Davis | Mark E. Meranda | Susan G. Tuttle |
| John Decker | Rachel A. Mercer | Barbara Tyeryar |
| Alex Deringer | Patricia Meyers | Catherine Tyler |
| Assumpta Ann Dermody | April Miller | Meredith Upchurch |
| Carolyn Maurer Devilbiss | Jeff Miller | Anne Marie Van Atta |
| Kerry & Eva Donley | Steve Miller | Marian Van Landingham |
| Tracie Dorfman | Barbara S. Moffet | Steven P. Varrecchio |
| Lisa Dougherty | Christina Mooney | Sally Veith |
| Basil Eliopoulos | Joan Moore | Elmira Vogtmann |
| Lynda Erinoff | Erin Morehouse | Kenneth Wainstein |
| Carol Erion | Patricia Mueller | Mary A. Warner |
| Margaret Errington | Marsha Murphy | Patricia Waterfield |
| Maria Evans | Joan Myers | Carol J. Weber |
| Gerald W. Fauth | Patricia Myers-Hayer | David Weingart |
| Michael Fierro | Charles Nash | Fowler West |
| Janice R. Foley | Thomas Neer | George West |
| Brian Foster | Carol O’Shaughnessy | In Honor of Kim Weir |
| Darlene Freeman | Leslie A. O’Sullivan | Louise P. Welch |
| Catherine Garland | Charlotte E. Olson | Richard T. Welborn |
| Brian Gaston | Ruby Osia | Terry White |
| Nick Gehrig | Col (Ret) Tofie M. Owen | Cliff Whitham |
| Nancy Giblin | Faye M. Padgett | Rance Rothwell Willis |
| Pamela B. Gilbert | M. Ann Parham | Bill & Terese Winslow |
| Wendy Ginsberg | Kristen Parker | Sharon W. Witiw |
| Barbara & Stephen Glomb | Mary-Parker Lamm | Margaret A. Wohler |
| Steve Greanias | Robert Pascal | Xavier S. Wong |
| Richard A. Green | Bob & Gay Pasley | Joyce M. Wood |
| Judith P. Grey | Ellen Patrick | Brian Woodburn |
| Carol Goodloe | Hal W. Pattison | David B. Wynne |
| Lynnette Goree | Gwen & Jerome Paulson Charitable Fund | Sandra L. Yamamoto |
| Priscilla H. Hall | Carrie Pedroza | Janice Yeadon |
| Marilyn J. Hansel | John Pellett | Martha G. Young |
| Jean Hartung | Anita I. Pelley | Kara Youree |
| In Honor of Val Hawkins | Rebecca L. Penick | Elizabeth Yu |
| Glenna Hecht | Mary Ann Phillips | Stratis Zervos |
| Mary Page Hickey | Jeannette M. Pickett | Harold B. Zimmerman |
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