Liberty Commons
🏡Liberty Commons Community Project
Building Hope. Building Homes. Building Community.
Why Liberty Commons Exists
At the Jerry Ambrose Veterans Council (JAVC), we believe every veteran deserves a safe, dignified place to call home. Too many of our nation’s heroes struggle with homelessness, housing instability, isolation, mental health challenges, substance abuse, or the difficult transition back into civilian life.
Liberty Commons is our answer: a permanent veteran supportive housing community where veterans can live with dignity, stability, accountability, and hope.
The Vision: A Veteran Supportive Housing Community
Working with Selberg & Associates, JAVC has developed a concept plan for Liberty Commons, a planned 72-home veteran supportive housing community in Mohave County, Arizona.
Each home is being thoughtfully designed to provide veterans with safe, stable, independent housing while also connecting them with wraparound support services focused on long-term success, healing, and community reintegration.
Liberty Commons is designed to be far more than housing alone. It will be a community where veterans can:
- Live independently in their own home
- Access transportation and stabilization services
- Receive case management and peer support
- Connect with fellow veterans who share similar experiences
- Rebuild their lives in a safe, structured, and welcoming environment
- Develop long-term pathways toward independence and recovery
We believe veterans often heal best in community with other veterans who understand the unique challenges of military service and transition. By creating a stable and connected veteran-centered environment, Liberty Commons seeks not only to reduce veteran homelessness, but also help combat isolation, substance abuse, and veteran suicide through support, accountability, and community.
From Dream to Reality
JAVC has already constructed and operated seven tiny homes that helped demonstrate how stable housing and veteran-centered community can create real change in the lives of veterans experiencing instability and homelessness.
The organization has secured property for the project and continues working closely with city leaders, community partners, financial institutions, veterans organizations, and state and federal stakeholders to move Liberty Commons forward.
Recent support from the offices of Senator Mark Kelly and Senator Ruben Gallego helped advance the Liberty Commons Congressional Directed Spending request into the federal appropriations review process as part of a proposed $2.5 million veteran housing expansion initiative.
A recent generous contribution from Marcia M. Peterson helped provide additional momentum for the Liberty Commons project, and she has also committed support toward helping fund 2 homes within the community. In recognition of her generosity and long-term commitment to veterans, the 2 homes will be designated as the Marcia M. Peterson Homes.
With continued community support, partnerships, advocacy, and prayer, Liberty Commons is positioned to become a transformational veteran housing initiative serving Mohave County and rural Arizona for years to come.
How You Can Help
Community members, veterans organizations, businesses, churches, and supporters can help make Liberty Commons a reality through advocacy, partnerships, volunteering, and financial support.
Ways to Help
💙 Support Liberty Commons — Giving Opportunities
Your gift helps support the development of Liberty Commons, a planned 72-home veteran supportive housing community designed to provide stability, dignity, and hope for veterans in need.
Contributions help fund housing development, infrastructure, furnishings, transportation support, community gathering spaces, and the wraparound services that make long-term veteran stabilization possible.
🏠 Home Sponsor – $50,000
Helps fund the construction and placement of a complete veteran housing unit within the Liberty Commons community.
🛋️ Half Home Sponsor – $25,000
Shares the cost of developing and placing a housing unit within the community.
🪑 Furnish a Home – $2,500
Provides essential furnishings, appliances, and move-in-ready necessities for a veteran home.
🌳 Outdoor & Community Spaces – $1,500
Supports green spaces, gathering areas, walkways, and veteran community environments designed to promote healing, connection, and stability.
💡 Community Supporter – $1,000
Helps support infrastructure, utilities, transportation services, and shared community resources that allow Liberty Commons to operate successfully.
🧱 Memorial Paver – $150
Honor a veteran or loved one with an engraved memorial paver placed throughout the Liberty Commons community walkways as a lasting tribute to those who served.
No matter the level, every gift helps build hope, housing, and long-term stability for veterans in our community.
💙 Current Community Momentum
Recent support from the offices of Senator Mark Kelly and Senator Ruben Gallego helped advance Liberty Commons into the federal appropriations review process as part of a proposed $2.5 million veteran housing expansion initiative.
In addition, Marcia Peterson generously donated $35,510 toward the project and has committed additional support this year to help fund two homes within the Liberty Commons community.
Be Part of the Legacy
Liberty Commons represents more than housing — it represents a long-term investment in veteran healing, stability, and community.
Community members, veterans organizations, churches, businesses, and supporters are invited to partner with JAVC in helping bring Liberty Commons to life.