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Colorado Springs Mayor addresses city’s response to sheltering homeless population during extreme cold

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — In the wake of the extreme cold that gripped Colorado Springs earlier this month, Mayor Yemi Mobolade discussed the city’s response, in his first monthly press briefing of the year. He highlighted both the successes and shortcomings of the city’s efforts in sheltering the homeless population during the frigid weather. Mayor Yemi […]

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City Council

Residents criticize City Council’s decision to pass on sidewalk grant | For Subscribers Only | #citycouncil

Several residents made their disapproval known to City Council Tuesday about their passing on applying for the Texas Department of Transportation’s Transportation Alternatives Program grant last month. The Council rejected one of two grant applications to the program that would have provided 80% of the funding for sidewalk improvements. The rejected project would have built […]

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City Council

Wilmington City Council approves Masonboro Trail Project funding, purchase of Salvation Army property | #citycouncil

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – The Wilmington City Council approved a purchase of a property owned by the Salvation Army and funding for the Masonboro Trail Project at its meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Masonboro Loop Road Trail Project construction contract The Wilmington City Council unanimously voted to sign a $1.53 million construction contract around one […]

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City Council

Galveston homeless rate: Texas island’s city council points at pandemic factors, jail, hospital for population spike | #citycouncil

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — Galveston city leaders believe homelessness is on the verge of being out of control, but those in the community already fear it is. Pandemic-driven homeless spike The impact of the pandemic is still taking its toll in Galveston, not from patients at the hospital, but what homeless shelters are experiencing. “We […]

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