Safe Harbor Shelter

The Traverse City homeless shelter normally closes its doors for the summer at the end of April. But this May, the shelter will stay open.

Commissioners provided the last piece of a funding puzzle for a shelter serving people experiencing homelessness. Safe Harbor hopes to expand its services beyond the current October-to-April season.

While officials backed the idea, it still has a long way to go before it becomes reality.

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