-
The Traverse City Planning Commission has approved a controversial plan to open a homeless shelter off Eighth Street. The 5-to-3 vote came after another…
-
A controversial plan to build a homeless shelter off Eighth Street, near the troubled Traverse City business corridor, faces a critical Tuesday night. The…
-
When you see people who are homeless, especially young people, it can be easy to make assumptions about their lives. At least that’s what Robert Sporny...
-
A new residential project for chronic alcoholics opened earlier this month in Garfield Township. "Dann's House" is a so-called "wet house," a place where…
-
A coalition of churches now hopes to open a shelter in Traverse City with 90 beds sometime early in 2015. Safe Harbor submitted formal paperwork…
-
Some homeless people in Traverse City are writing stories for the first time in their lives.They’re doing it for a new magazine called “Speak Up Traverse…
-
In a split vote Monday, the Traverse City Commission gave final approval to new rules governing homeless shelters. The move paves the way for formal…
-
Tuesday night, new rules for homeless shelters in Traverse City moved a step closer to becoming law. Planning Commissioners voted five-to-three to send…
-
Last September, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a law that made panhandling a criminal misdemeanor, saying it trampled on the...
-
Traverse City expects a big turnout next month for a public hearing on emergency homeless shelters.There are no specific zoning guidelines today.Under the…