YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - The group that’s been running a homeless shelter in Yakima says it plans to close the facility at the end of June.
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that Transform Yakima Together says it recently withdrew its application to make the site permanent and plans to close the shelter June 30.
In a letter to city officials, the group’s executive director Andy Ferguson cited local residents and business owners vowing to fight the shelter as well as a more than $1 million price tag to bring the building up to code as reasons to not pursue a permanent shelter.
The group wants to instead establish a permanent location on city-owned land to the east of a former Kmart and has asked for the city’s help with zoning and leasing the property.
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Information from: Yakima Herald-Republic, http://www.yakimaherald.com
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