{"id":7252,"date":"2022-02-15T20:27:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T20:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=7252"},"modified":"2022-02-15T20:27:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T20:27:17","slug":"zoning-officials-stop-church-from-opening-40-bed-shelter-in-sub-zero-temperatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=7252","title":{"rendered":"Zoning Officials Stop Church From Opening 40-Bed Shelter in Sub-Zero Temperatures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;roughly 80 homeless people who live in the upstate community, and who have few options for escaping the dangerously frigid weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About half of those people could be housed on the second floor of a building owned by the city&#8217;s Free Methodist Church, where 40 empty beds sit ready to welcome people in from the cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stopping that from happening are Gloversville&#8217;s zoning officials, who say that the commercial zoning of the church&#8217;s property and its downtown location prohibit it from hosting a cold weather shelter. Those empty beds will have to stay that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The situation is dire up here and the city just refuses to let us open,&#8221; says Richard Wilkinson, the pastor of Gloversville&#8217;s Free Methodist Church. &#8220;It&#8217;s heartbreaking knowing there&#8217;s people out there.&#8221;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-reason-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7FcXwaGVVK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/01\/14\/while-temperatures-drop-below-zero-degrees-zoning-officials-wont-let-this-cold-weather-homeless-shelter-open\/\">Zoning Officials Stop Church From Opening 40-Bed Shelter in Sub-Zero Temperatures<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Zoning Officials Stop Church From Opening 40-Bed Shelter in Sub-Zero Temperatures&#8221; &#8212; Reason.com\" src=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/01\/14\/while-temperatures-drop-below-zero-degrees-zoning-officials-wont-let-this-cold-weather-homeless-shelter-open\/embed\/#?secret=P1Tpo6SAQS#?secret=7FcXwaGVVK\" data-secret=\"7FcXwaGVVK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;roughly 80 homeless people who live in the upstate community, and who have few options for escaping the dangerously frigid weather.<\/p>\n<p>About half of those people could be housed on the second floor of a building owned by the city&#8217;s Free Methodist Church, where 40 empty beds sit ready to welcome people in from the cold.<\/p>\n<p>Stopping that from happening are Gloversville&#8217;s zoning officials, who say that the commercial zoning of the church&#8217;s property and its downtown location prohibit it from hosting a cold weather shelter. 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