CONWAY — Months after the headline-grabbing arrests of more than a dozen homeless people outside a Myrtle Beach coffee shop, Grand Strand leaders are nearing a framework for what they hope will be long-term solutions.
Dual studies are underway across the region as intake numbers mount along with frustration from activists who are pressing for immediate reform. On Oct. 13, two of them gave impassioned pleas just a few hours apart.
“People are dying. And personally, I’m tired of watching it,” Eastern Carolina Housing Organization chief Joey Smoak said. “I don’t know any other way to put it. This is a plea for your help.”…