THE FOLLOWING STORY IS BY BILL PICKETT
As temperatures dip, some cities have opened warming shelters, but Mayor Rickey Williams, Jr. says there are no plans to open shelters in Danville. He noted during Tuesday evening’s city council meeting that the last time the American Red Cross assisted in opening warming shelters in the city nobody used them.
Homelessness took center stage during a discussion at Tuesday evening’s city council meeting. Mayor Williams says the city is considering a twofold approach for it…
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{AUDIO: “Number one, to take CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) money and use that to rehabilitate the former Dayspring Center, which is currently the Rescue Mission on Bowman Avenue. That’s number one. Number two is to provide some on-going funding support for the operations of that center as well.”}
Danville Community Development Administrator Logan Cronk says the city met with the Rescue Mission Board early last week. He said it is estimated it would cost between $1.7 to $2.3 million dollars to get their former shelter site at Bowman and Fairchild renovated. He said the estimated cost of renovating the current Rescue Mission – at the former Dayspring Center on Bowman Avenue is between $120-thousand and $200-thousand dollars. No action was taken on funding the shelter.
As temperatures dip, some cities have opened warming shelters, but Mayor Rickey Williams, Jr. says there are no plans to open shelters in Danville. He noted during Tuesday evening’s city council meeting that the last time the American Red Cross assisted in opening warming shelters in the city nobody used them.
Homelessness took center stage during a discussion at Tuesday evening’s city council meeting. Mayor Williams says the city is considering a twofold approach for it…
{AUDIO: “Number one, to take CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) money and use that to rehabilitate the former Dayspring Center, which is currently the Rescue Mission on Bowman Avenue. That’s number one. Number two is to provide some on-going funding support for the operations of that center as well.”}
Danville Community Development Administrator Logan Cronk says the city met with the Rescue Mission Board early last week. He said it is estimated it would cost between $1.7 to $2.3 million dollars to get their former shelter site at Bowman and Fairchild renovated. He said the estimated cost of renovating the current Rescue Mission – at the former Dayspring Center on Bowman Avenue is between $120-thousand and $200-thousand dollars. No action was taken on funding the shelter.
