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An item from the Eagle’s Opinion Line:
“Open a homeless shelter in any vacant building in the wealthy part of town. The wealthy then will build a shelter in the poor part of town, pay the heating bill and even donate the food, just to keep the homeless out of their area.”
Sounds like a plan to me. Anyone know of a good vacant building?
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3 comments:
The former Dillon's store at 13th and Waco is now vacant and for sale, as well as several houses in the Midtown neighborhood. I would think most people would think that's a poorer neighborhood. However, we already have a halfway house here. Also, I have hopes that some enterprising person will put in another grocery store at 13th and Waco.
I don't care where it is located, but I do think that converting those large vacant buildings has some merit. How about the old "Homeland?Food-4-Less" on East Harry just West of Oliver. I consider that part of my neighborhood, and I wouldn't mind a homeless shelter located there. We will never have a shelter if we don't start someplace.
The two suggested spots are both in semi-at-risk neighborhoods, and I really like the original idea of putting a shelter in a wealthy neighborhood. Even if it was summarily moved as quickly as possible, it would force people out of their comfort zones even if only for a moment or two. It dismays me that Dillons and other stores are fleeing the inner city, and I would rather see something of benefit to these communities in those spots - a community garden, a quality grocery store - than a homeless shelter. I realize this is pie-in-the-sky, but as long as we're spouting on line. How about buying up all the gas-guzzling Hummers, gutting them, and making THEM available for people to make homes inside of? They're big enough to live in!
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