COLUMBUS, Ind. — The city’s administration is taking steps to address perceptions that homeless people are loitering, stealing and using drugs in or near an emergency housing shelter.
On Monday, about 65 people showed up at Columbus City Hall to learn how the city intends to address their concerns about the Brighter Days shelter that has operated out of a former fire truck maintenance facility, at 421 Mapleton St., for the past two years.
Beginning Nov. 1, the Recovery Engagement Center will be open between 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, Columbus Township Trustee Ben Jackson said, giving shelter residents a place to go. Also, the Columbus Police Department will begin increasing vehicular and bicycle patrols in that area of the State Street corridor, Police Chief Jon Rohde said.
Please read Wednesday’s edition of The Republic for more details.
