BRIDGE HEALING TRANSITIONAL ACCOMMODATION AWARDED FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK

This year, BOMA Edmonton was proud to present our prestigious Percy Woods City Building Award to the founders of the Bridge Healing Transitional Accommodation Program. Every year, over 26,000 individuals experiencing homelessness visit Alberta’s emergency rooms. After treatments, none of these individuals are provided with a place to stay, perpetuating the cycle of using emergency repeatedly. This cycle leaves people without the shelter and dignity that they deserve.

The Bridge Healing Transitional Accommodation Program is a courageous new program in Edmonton that addresses a gap. The program supports unhoused individuals accessing emergency departments by prioritizing access to housing rather than discharging people back into homelessness. It aims to bring hope to people and alleviate the stress on and costs to our healthcare system. The program will be delivered for $80 a day to give people a place to stay after a visit to the emergency room compared to costs of up to $1,000 a day to keep and care for a patient in the hospital.

“For the winner of this year’s Percy Woods City Building Award, the BOMA Edmonton board of directors felt that we had to continue to select equally powerful, courageous and legacy-creating work that positively impacts generations,” says Lisa Baroldi, president and CEO of BOMA Edmonton. “Their work bridges a gap that provides hope and dignity to unhoused individuals.

The Percy Woods City Building Award, named in honour of BOMA Edmonton’s previous president and CEO, honours a non-member individual or group influencing positive change to the cultural, social, environmental, physical and/or economic aspects of a community through city or community building.

BOMA Edmonton celebrated the best in commercial real estate at our annual Awards Celebration! We recognized commercial real estate industry excellence in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. Companies and individuals are awarded in 15 award categories highlighting customer service, elevating our industry, and furthering sustainability. Other awards include The Outstanding Building of the Year Award, Emerging Leader Award, Pinnacle Award for Innovation, Pinnacle Award for Customer Service, and more.

Some of the local award recipients move forward to represent BOMA Edmonton on the national stage at BOMEX, BOMA’s National Building Excellence Summit. This year, the national Awards Gala will be right here in Edmonton for BOMEX 2023 (September 26-28).