The Alliance Church had been providing 30 beds on the North Shore and, while the new strategy does not include a shelter on the north side of the river, it does include transportation.
“To make up for that, we are going to have muster points for folks who need to access shelter and warming spaces and gather and they will be transported by the envision shuttle to appropriate shelter and warming space,” said Helgason.
The church had been asked to provide a stop gap, but Diane Down stated they were unable to secure an operator for the short-term, on-call nature of the extreme weather shelter.
“We were very happy to be part of the first North Shore shelter that was ever offered. The Mustard Seed has some new constraints, and so they were unable to be our operator this year. After our conversations with the city and another potential operator, …