Special meeting called on Northwest shelters

Public invited to participate in online forum on Wednesday night

Blanchet House said it intends to open a 75-bed overnight women’s shelter at Northwest 17th and Lovejoy streets.

The president of the Northwest District Association has invited neighbors to an online meeting of its Shelter Committee. Todd Zarnitz, noting “near universal opposition to these projects in their current form,” is welcoming open discussion.

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