Hero's Bridge Village
Donate NowSponsorship Opportunities For Every Budget
Businesses, families, and civic organizations are choosing to put their stamp of approval and their name on this special community. Choose the sponsorship opportunity below that you would like to see your name on.
Community Center
$2,500,000
Cottages
$50,000
(44 Available)
Walking Trail
$75,000
Café
$10,000
Community Garden
$10,000
Outdoor Living Space
$10,000
Food Pantry
$10,000
Senior Tech Library
$10,000
Health Care Room
$10,000
Fitness Center
$10,000
Click here to Buy a Brick
$100-$500
If you would like to participate in one of these options, please email info@herosbridge.org.
Hero’s Bridge Village:
Where Innovation Meets Need



Hero’s Bridge’s programs work cohesively to help aging veterans remain in their homes. But not every veteran can age in place and for them, we are building the Village.
The Village is a pocket community that will occupy a four-acre vacant lot adjacent to the Warrenton United Methodist Church in the Business District of Warrenton, VA. The Village will be nestled among an existing residential community where most homes were built in the 1950s.
The 44 craftsman-style cottages in the Village are designed as duplexes placed into quads inviting the veterans to connect and support each other as they did during their time in service.
The quads will be around a shared open space with landscaped weaving sidewalks encouraging activity and fresh air.
Residents surrounding the common space will be invited to take part in its care, hereby enhancing their sense pride and ownership.
Residents will use walkways to access their mailboxes in the Community Center, further encouraging socialization. This deliberate all-pedestrian community
encourages neighbors to easily know one another, find friendships or a helping hand.

Our Battle Buddies will be fully dedicated to assisting with supportive services of transportation, nutrition, and
wellness checks to reduce the number and frequency of calls that EMS, healthcare, and public supports currently received from seniors.
The Hero’s Bridge Village will recreate the bonds and friendships that veterans naturally share, which are the basis for healthy, livable communities that allow our veterans to age in place.
Meet the Village Veterans
Veterans ages 65 and older who would benefit from a supportive community will be eligible to live in the Village.
Hero’s Bridge already has a waitlist of 30 veterans, ages 67 to 93, for the project.



Of Those on the Waitlist:
%
no longer drive
%
live locally in the Piedmont region of Virginia
%
are low income
%
are socially isolated
%
currently live in substandard conditions
have died while waiting
The Need
Prior military service, especially in combat, has been shown to greatly affect the aging process.
While some veterans do well, many others experience chronic illnesses from Agent Orange and other wartime exposures. The loss of a spouse, retirement, or illness often sends these heroes in a downward spiral and the military culture they know keeps them from asking for help. Everyday Hero’s Bridge receives calls from hospitals, emergency rooms, social services, churches, and other organizations asking us to help with an older veteran. We assist many of them in their own homes, but some situations are just too severe to help them where they are.
They Need A Village
A safe, clean home is a basic necessity, essential to a human’s well-being. We have a responsibility to ensure every senior veteran has safe and supportive housing. For our older heroes, trying to sustain big, unmanageable houses can be what tips the scales from independence to dependence.
Hero’s Bridge Village will be the first of its kind community dedicated exclusively to aging veterans to lift our aging veterans out of substandard living conditions and social isolation.
The Hero’s Bridge Village will radically change the lives of these veterans as well as the culture of our community.
Our veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam have already given so much, the least we can do for them is provide affordable and supportive housing.

Statistics
veterans sleep on the street each night in America
Average Social Security Check:
$1781
Average Rent
$2148
Average Social Security Check:
$1781
Average Rent
$2148
Half of America’s
veterans are over
age 65
Half of America’s
veterans are over
age 65
%
increase in homeless veterans since 2009
%
of the homeless are veterans
Homeless veterans
over age 55 increased by
150%
since 2010.
Homeless
veterans
over age 55 increased by
150%
since 2010.
Location
Adjacent to the Warrenton United Methodist Church located at 341 Church Street, Warrenton, VA.
The location of the Village in the Warrenton Business District provides veterans easy access to critical services such as EMT/hospital, medical specialists, and convenience for shopping and prescription fulfillment.

Budget Estimates

Village Speakers Welcome
We are happy to share that our first of two public hearings is scheduled for September 17th at 7:00 p.m. at Town Hall 21 Main St. Warrenton. We Need You!! This will finally be your chance to make your voice heard. Public opinion is one of the the most important...
The fierce debate over Hero’s Bridge plans to build tiny homes for elderly vets
Listen to the podcast. This week we’re talking with Molly Brooks and retired Coast Guard Officer Sean Hagerty from the veteran support organization Hero’s Bridge. They work to help aging veterans find affordable housing, healthcare, and even coordinate rides to...
Planning Commission debates zoning for Hero’s Bridge Village
A public hearing on the development is slated for Sept. 17 Should Warrenton make it easier for Hero’s Bridge to build 44 affordable housing units for military veterans? Or should zoning laws be interpreted strictly, which would block the project? And does a 2020...
Errant voicemail raises questions on whether Hero’s Bridge plan can get a fair hearing
Two Warrenton Town Council members are under fire after a voicemail sent accidentally to the wrong person raised questions about whether a proposal for a new veterans’ housing project can get a fair hearing. Council member Bill Semple, who thought he was leaving a...
The Need for the Hero’s Bridge Village
Prior military service, especially in combat, has been shown to greatly affect the aging process. While some veterans do well, many others experience chronic illnesses from Agent Orange and other wartime exposures. The loss of a spouse, retirement, or illness often...
Town of Warrenton Notice of Public Hearing
The Town of Warrenton will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the Warrenton Town Hall Council Chambers (first floor) located at 21 Main Street, Warrenton, Virginia on the following: ZMA 2023-01 Warrenton United Methodist Church/Hero's...
Village updates, organization activities, and more in our August newsletter
Read the August newsletter. Hero's Bridge continues the arduous process of requesting that the land proposed for the Village project be rezoned. The process is lengthy, time-consuming, and costly. For months, we have met with lawyers, engineers, and town zoning staff...
Hero’s Bridge May Highlights
Affordable housing can be built. It takes social entrepreneurs and philanthropists to brave the obstacles and the opposition. Reporter Tim Carrington with the Rappahannock-based Foothills Forum explains how the Hero's Bridge Village illustrates the potential for...
Emerging solutions: What it takes to build affordable housing
Hero's Bridge CEO and Founder, Molly Brooks, was interviewed for this piece in Rappahannock News. The Hero's Bridge excerpt is copied below. Read the full article here. Fauquier | Hero’s Bridge Village: Solution or division? In Warrenton, a senior housing proposal...
George W. Bush Institute Stand-To VLP Scholar spotlight: Molly Brooks
Molly Brooks, CEO and Founder of Hero's Bridge and 2022 Veteran Leadership Scholar, shares how her organization is leading a movement serving our nation’s elderly veterans and how a Veteran Leadership Program collaboration is helping to maximize its impact. Please...
Hero’s Bridge Village Receives $1 Million in Federal Funds Secured by Congresswoman Wexton
Funding included in FY24 appropriations bills will support construction of new affordable housing and supportive services for aging veterans in Fauquier County WARRENTON, VIRGINIA – The nonprofit Hero’s Bridge has been awarded $1 million to support the construction of...
Spotlight: The Small But Mighty Creekside Veterans Club
The Creekside Veterans Club raised $10,000 for Hero's Bridge Village. "We are incredibly grateful for the Creekside Veterans Club's generous donation," said Molly Brooks, Founder and CEO of Hero's Bridge. "This donation will go a long way towards transforming The...