A low-barrier, emergency winter shelter is set to open tonight for people experiencing homelessness in Bloomington. Reverend Forrest Gilmore, executive director of Beacon Inc., announced the opening of Beacon’s Winter Shelter in an interview with WFHB Correspondent Aaron Comforty on Monday. “It was prompted by urgency,” said Gilmore. The low-barrier shelter will open inside the Warehouse across from Switchyard Park …
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On tonight’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea examine the City of Bloomington’s current efforts to address homelessness and how to handle the homeless people residing in some of the city’s parks with a panel of community advocates for the homeless. While some criticize some of the tactics employed by the City of Bloomington as …
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As Covid cases continue to rise, cases in Monroe County have gone up to above 10%, forcing schools to shut down all in-person sessions. At the same time, Bloomington officials are attempting to remove the homeless from public property. Earlier this week, the parks department in Bloomington tried to ban personal tents on all park property. Melanie talks about how …
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