The Resurrection Lutheran Church got its permit renewed for another two years to house Juneau's cold weather emergency shelter.
Lyndsey Brollini, KTOOThe Resurrection Lutheran Church is located on the corner of W. 10th St. and Glacier Avenue in the Flats neighborhood in downtown Juneau, Alaska.
The shelter was started by the City and Borough of Juneau in 2017. In recent years, the city has contracted with organizations in town to run it. Before the shelter opened, businesses and residents in the area had concerns about the shelter’s impact on the neighborhood. Perkins doesn’t think it was a strain on the neighborhood, with the exception of some noisy nights, and said they were able to handle any issues that came up quickly.
Perkins said they renewed the permit to be prepared in case the church needs to house the shelter again. They don’t want to be scrambling at the last minute like last year. “The more the community learns about people’s lives and how it is to not have your own spot, it’ll be helpful for everybody,” Perkins said.
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