Union Gospel Mission

28-Jun-09
mark g

The Union Gospel Mission claims to have found its new home. They are trying to reside in my community off Signal Mountain Road at the base of Signal Mountain and across from Mountain Creek Rd. As much good as the Mission may bring, I think it's a terrible thing to bring alcoholics, drug addicts, and convicts of all kinds into a residential neighborhood. Not only will this bring down property value in an already struggling economy, but it endangers everyone in the community. It is known that with homeless shelters of any kind theft, vandalism, panhandling, and harassment will increase and the safety of residents and their children will be compromised. As good as the Union Gospel Mission seems to be, why is it damaging a community. There are tons of foreclosed businesses for sale not located in residential areas where they could rebuild their mission.