Park district cool to warming center in Seaside: Shelter was supposed to open on Saturday – February 10, 2021

Park district cool to warming center in Seaside: Shelter was supposed to open on Saturday – February 10, 2021

SEASIDE — The future of a warming center is in question after Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District board members asked to table the proposal for now.

“This just came in our radar last week,” board member Celeste Bodner said. “There’s a whole coalition of people working on homeless issues for decades. We should be playing a support role, not a main role. I think it’s mission creep and has the potential of alienating folks.”

Read the article in The Astorian here.

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