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Connecting homeless to help a challenge ahead of deadline to leave encampment
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Monday marks the beginning of the final week of the homeless camp beneath Queen City Bridge. The homeless have been given until Friday to vacate the area beneath the Queen City Bridge, at which time signs and barricades will be placed to keep them from returning. - photo by Erin O. Smith
The goodwill of local nonprofits, shelters and missions may be up to the task of supporting the area’s homeless, but meeting the need on the street’s terms is a challenge bereft with starts and stops. Little has changed in the two weeks since Gainesville law enforcement gave notice of its intention to clear the homeless encampment beneath the Queen City Bridge. Friday is the public deadline for a dozen or more men and women living under the bridge to vacate.