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IFC
Shelter Looking for New Home
by Ross Weidner
Snow and the falling temperatures have the
homeless searching for a warm place to sleep.
Some Chapel Hill residents are worried about
where the homeless will be spending their
nights.
The Inter-Faith Council homeless shelter on Rosemary Street is looking for
a new, larger place to call home.
But at last week's town council meeting, 20 residents of Legion Road entered
a petition trying to block the IFC from moving the shelter to their neighborhood.
Chris Moran, executive director of the IFC, says his organization is used to
opposition from people who aren't comfortable with the idea of a homeless shelter
in their neighborhood.
“Anything that looks different is going to seem scary to some people,” Moran
said. “Our job is really to help as many people as we possibly can [learn]
about who homeless individuals are—that they're just like you and me.”
The town-owned land on Legion Road is next to the Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery.
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