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Against the homeless center, but willing to help pay for it

By Adam Beam | Published: June 9, 2010
The decision on whether Columbia City Council will help pay the operating expenses for the Main Street homeless center rests with two council members: Tameika Isaac Devine and Daniel Rickenmann. Both say they don’t support the homeless shelter’s location, but are willing to fund it. Here’s why: Rickenmann: To me, we know what’s going to [...]
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Cooperative Ministry, not USC, to operate city's winter shelter

By adam beam | Published: October 8, 2009
Last month, I wrote about how Columbia was outsourcing its winter homeless shelter operations to USC, who would partner with the Cooperative Ministry to provide services. Now, it appears those roles have reversed. The Cooperative Ministry will operate the shelter and will partner with USC, who will provide case management services. The reasons for the [...]
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USC officials courting Hollywood-Rose Hill neighborhood

By adam beam | Published: April 20, 2009
USC athletic officials will meet with the Hollywood-Rose Hill neighborhood association tonight, the first formal contact between the two groups about the university’s planned $49.9 million facilities project on Heyward and South Marion streets. USC is wise to meet with the neighborhood before it goes to the planning commission in May to ask for special [...]
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Downtown homeless shelter could benefit from down economy

By adam beam | Published: April 16, 2009
When a group of business leaders and service providers announced they were going to put a homeless shelter on Main Street, they thought they needed $15 million to do it. Not anymore, courtesy of the struggling economy. Mac Bennett, an MHA board member and president and CEO of United Way of the Midlands, told a [...]
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Lots of meetings today

By adam beam | Published: April 15, 2009
9 a.m.: Columbia City Council meeting at City Hall, where council members are expected to vote on changes to retiree health benefits. 5 p.m.: 5 Points Parking Advisory Committee meets at the MLK Community Center for an update on a parking study. 6:30 p.m.: Mac Bennett, board member with the Midlands Housing Alliance, gives an [...]
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