CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The City of Clarksville is responding to growing public concern and what it calls misinformation surrounding a proposed ordinance involving homeless services ahead of a City Council meeting.
In a statement released this week, city officials clarified details about an ordinance that would authorize the City of Clarksville to purchase a property known as The Well, located at 224 Union Street, and partner with Clarksville-Area Urban Ministries to expand services at the site.
According to the city, the ordinance does not create a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week homeless shelter and does not introduce a new homeless population into downtown. Officials say the proposal focuses on improving and consolidating services that are already being provided in the downtown and Madison Street corridor.
The city says services at the site would include expanded case management, food access, shower and laundry services and emergency sheltering only during extreme weather conditions…