Talk of Moving Dallas Homeless Shelter Out of Downtown Raises Eyebrows

The future of one of the city’s main homeless service providers seemed suddenly up in the air this week following an unofficial meeting about possibly relocating the service site to Dallas Executive Airport.

While nothing came out of the Tuesday meeting policy-wise, word had been circulating the day before about a push to move The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center out of downtown and into southern Dallas.

Needless to say, some social media users were critical of the prospect. Here’s a sampling:

The Bridge is situated at 1818 Corsicana St. in Council Member Jesse Moreno’s District 2. Crime and homelessness in the area have spurred a new initiative to clean up the neighborhood in anticipation of next year’s World Cup activity, a lot of which will be happening downtown…

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