CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The City of Charlottesville hopes to have an emergency shelter open at its 2000 Holiday Drive property in time to clear the Free Bridge homeless encampment by Sept. 1, City Councilor Michael Payne told Cville Right Now on Wednesday night.
“That is the working plan, at this point,” Payne said.
Payne said finding staffing, and funding that staffing, has been the biggest obstacle as City Council, and the working group responsible for planning a permanent low-barrier shelter on the property have explored creating a temporary emergency shelter since January…