St. Louis plans to shut down one temporary homeless shelter and open another next week as it continues to struggle with the fallout of forcing Larry Rice to close his controversial facility in the Downtown West neighborhood.
The city has agreed to a ten-month lease for a drop-in center on the corner of Pine and North 23rd streets, just east of Jefferson. The site will replace a 75-cot setup at St. Louis' Weed Control warehouse on North 13th Street.
"The facility looks to be in excellent shape," the city's director of human resources, Eddie Roth, says of the new place.…
The city has agreed to a ten-month lease for a drop-in center on the corner of Pine and North 23rd streets, just east of Jefferson. The site will replace a 75-cot setup at St. Louis' Weed Control warehouse on North 13th Street.
"The facility looks to be in excellent shape," the city's director of human resources, Eddie Roth, says of the new place.…