Warm inside, cold shoulder outside

Multnomah County only concerned with what went on inside the warming center

Multnomah County’s overnight warming center at Northwest 14th Avenue and Hoyt Street sheltered more than 100 people during the cold snap earlier this month. But Chase McPherson, executive director of the Northwest Community Conservancy, said the spillover effects on the neighborhood weren’t pretty or well-managed, if they were managed at all.

The county’…