Kitchen, backup generator and more day space stay in plan for Madison men's shelter - Isthmus
Madison and Dane County officials propose to boost funding for the joint project to preserve key features.
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Madison and Dane County officials propose to boost funding for the joint project to preserve key features.
"I think it's a much-improved concept," said Ald. Amani Latimer Burris, who represents the site. "It shouldn't look like a prison."
Project leaders are revising design plans for Madison’s permanent men’s shelter amid high construction costs, but moving ahead on the project.
'We need to do better by this population,' Madison Director of Community Development says
Since it opened two weeks ago, as many as 205 people on any given night have used the new temporary shelter on Madison's east side for men experiencing homelessness.