Tag: unhoused
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Holiday weekend weather necessitates adding more overnight shelter beds for street people in Colorado Springs
Colorado Spring property manager Tracey Porter usually can be found at lunchtime on Mondays feeding street people from her perch inside a mobile kitchen known as Food Trucks Against Homelessness. But on the first day of December, she was inside an old large gymnasium on the property of The Sanctuary Church dishing up baked ziti,…
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Expansion of Colorado Springs’ ‘sit-lie’ ordinance passes despite objections
The expansion of a “sit/lie” ordinance that prohibits anyone from blocking access and movements on sidewalks, alleys, roads and other public right of way in the central and westside commercial districts of Colorado Springs received final approval from City Council Tuesday, but not without objections. Councilwoman Yolanda Avila said in voting against the proposal at…