From Kansas City-
A new community center is expected to be announced at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and may be a huge help to the homeless population in Kansas City.
The community center, at 8th Street and The Paseo Boulevard, is part of an idea that has been in the works for seven years. Leaders with the downtown council say hunger and homelessness is a real problem in Kansas City and that many people don't have access to services they really need. Some of the homeless are more than 22 blocks from shelters.
To help, the Downtown Council bought a building three blocks away from all shelters and equipped it with both food and emergency services.
Downtown Council members said it was needed.
"A lot of people were being preyed upon if you will in their search for both food and emergency services and by having this just three blocks from all the major shelters, they're gonna be able to get more counseling services, shower, wash their clothes," Sean O'Byrne, vice president of the Downtown Council said.
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