Portland asks for donations to support asylum seekers as city prepares to open Expo
The Expo is slated to open Monday as a temporary emergency shelter for up to 300 asylum-seeking individuals and families.
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The Expo is slated to open Monday as a temporary emergency shelter for up to 300 asylum-seeking individuals and families.
This is Part II of a two-part series on the housing crisis in the Midcoast. Last week’s Camden Herald ran Part I, and it is available at knox.villagesoup.com.
The 208-bed Homeless Services Center in Riverton will replace the city's Oxford Street Shelter and comes as the city is seeing crisis levels of homelessness.
Danielle West says the city will be seeking assistance from community and nonprofit groups when it opens the Expo as a temporary shelter around April 10.
Staff plan to open the Expo as early as April 10 as a temporary shelter until a private effort to open a new shelter on Blueberry Road is complete.