LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A mission to help homeless veterans get back on their feet is one step closer to breaking ground on Louisville's' south side.

"Camp Restoration," is a future community for homeless veterans needing transitional housing and other resources. On Friday dozens of supporters of the project including Mayor Greg Fischer, D-Louisville, and the project creator Jeremy Harrell gathered in the 4-acre-grass plot where the homes will be built. "What’s going on here at Camp Restoration will be an amazing, amazing addition to the services we can offer our veterans, " Mayor Fischer told the crowd.

Lousiville's Office for Veterans Coordinator John Miles III says the community will go beyond temporary housing. "VA will be providing services for our veterans so we’re not just leaving them here to be housed. They will have access to services," Miles says. The enthusiast ceremony included several veterans currently struggling to keep regular housing including Army Veteran Kyfey Hicks-Jones. I went overseas. "When you don’t have permanent housing it’s very hard if you don’t know the resources that can help you," Jones tells Spectrum News 1. The homes will be built for large storage containers a popular option in recent years for creating smaller yet modern living spaces.

“In the past year, I’ve just been fighting homelessness. So you can go from being up top to down on the bottom just like that. So to have a community to feel like I’m not alone but to finally get my feet back underneath me," a veteran told the crowd. 

Camp Restoration is expected to break ground in the coming months.

The Louisville architecture firm Luckett & Farley is providing design work for free.