What You Can Do About Homelessness

Jan 8, 2025, 6 to 8 PM

No panel of experts will make speeches. The program will be only your questions and discussion

After the repeal of the "behavior Ordinance, what can be done that doesn't cost a million dollars.
THINK POSITIVE about the Homeless Crisis. Come together with your neighbors (and homeless people) to discuss
1) What you can personally do: start a one-person emergency shelter with "Dispersed Encampment" inspection per selectboard June 6, 2023. Use Converted Space: shelter units in basements, garages, porches, and non-RV motor vehicles with These spaces can be limited to overnight use.

2) What you can boost: Proposals already on the books
 RV police substation (the original purpose of BCS' RVs). No need to quibble about location.
 More Unarmed police patrol downtown (the pilot of our SAFE Limited Police Disarmament Plan, as endorsed by the safety committee.)
 Police Substation with free rent in BCS headquarters (or any

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