OCTOBER 22 - 29, 2025
VOLUME 32, ISSUE 41
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Shelter closes 3 days a week with little warning Brandon Leuallen The Business Times
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ith only about 24-48 hours’ notice, the adult homeless shelter operated by Homeward Bound of the Grand Valley on North Avenue closed for three days over the weekend of Oct. 10-12, leaving many people that take shelter there with nowhere to go as rain and cold temperatures moved through the area. Homeward Bound said in a statement the closure was primarily due to grant-funding cuts and a lack of foundation support. The organization announced late in the week its North Avenue shelter will be closed Fridays through Sundays until further notice. The partial shutdown caught the community and those staying at the shelter by surprise. No prior warning appeared on the nonprofit’s social media pages, and there were no public requests for donations or volunteers in the weeks or months prior, asking for community help in avoiding the indefinite threeday-a-week closure. “I rolled up and got kicked out for staying between the dry box and the building,” said Catherine Moore, one of several residents interviewed outside the shelter. “They told us either last Wednesday or Thursday. We didn’t get advance warning. People have been scrambling to find places to stay. Somebody stayed under the river bridge on 29 Road.” See story Page 5
Owning their future Moon Mountain Minerals bought the building 2 doors down and is renovating its future home. — See story on Page 2
Jeremy Bergen stands in the middle of Moon Mountain Minerals, 338 S. Second St., a store he and his wife, Jessica, bought three years ago. Now, the couple owns the nearby building that used to belong to Simmons Lock & Key and will relocate Moon Mountain Minerals there once they finish renovating it, possibly in January. Photo by Tim Harty.
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