The Brief
- Urban Alchemy lays off over 100 workers
- The layoffs come after its contract with the city expired on Tuesday, Sept. 30
- It was under contract to run the ARCH and the 8th Street Women’s Shelter
AUSTIN, Texas – Urban Alchemy has laid off over 100 workers following the end of its contract with the city of Austin to run two downtown homeless shelters.
What we know:
According to a WARN notice with the Texas Workforce Commission, Urban Alchemy laid off 55 workers at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH) and 54 workers at the 8th Street Women’s Shelter, formerly the Salvation Army shelter, on Sept. 30.…