A Sheltered Downtown?

Pontiac is "trying hard to reinvent itself" by turning its downtown into a "regional entertainment district"...so it is squeezing out a 60-year old shelter for at-risk women and children.

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December 9, 2000, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

A request for expanding a local facility for at-risk women and children was turned down for the third time by the planning commission. Their proposed use for the property is a parking lot. "[Social Service] agencies [tend to] locate where rents were lowest and transportation most convenient for their clients...[The planning commission] sided with some business owners who argued that the presence of too many panhandlers and loiterers in the area drives away customers...[C]ity officials say they are protecting Pontiac's long-term interests."

Thanks to Karen Cashin

FULL STORY: Pontiac's Sheltered Downtown

Friday, December 8, 2000 in The Detroit News

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