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They are the main provider for men in need of shelter in Dane County. For many years, Porchlight provided overnight shelter through basement facilities in 3 Madison churches on the square, with Grace Episcopal Church as the main shelter. But the COVID-19 Pandemic presented a new challenge in Porchlight’s history. Kim Sutter is the Director of Services for Porchlight. When the pandemic hit, she and her colleagues knew they were going to need a new facility to properly follow COVID-19 precautions. “The city and county rallied around us to find a new space where we could fit everyone into th...

At 5:01 p.m. Wednesday, the first homeless men arriving on multiple buses entered Madison’s new temporary homeless shelter at the city’s former Fleet Services Building on the East Side, the future home of the Madison Public Market. Carl “CJ” Parkin, homeless since mid-July and one of the first inside, moved through screening for COVID-19 and chose a bed in a corner of the massive space and then got bedding and a towel from Christopher Conner, who is also homeless and volunteering at the men’s shelter. “Given the time they’ve had to set it up, it’s actua...