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Local shelter kicks off revival with plans for expansion

Someone’s been sleeping in the abandoned warehouse next to Good News at Noon, evidence of a need for the shelter - and possibly a desire to avoid the shelter rules, said The Rev. Fletcher Law last week. The shelter bought the warehouse and property recently. - photo by NAT GURLEY

0609shelter 8 — Someone’s been sleeping in the abandoned warehouse next to Good News at Noon, evidence of a need for the shelter - and possibly a desire to avoid the shelter rules, said The Rev. Fletcher Law last week. The shelter bought the warehouse and property recently. - photo by NAT GURLEY

The land beyond the Good News at Noon shelter is overgrown with rundown buildings, but Pastor Fletcher Law sees great potential. “Hopefully, we’re going to get ... pretty much this whole block,” Law said, standing in a giant warehouse. He didn’t know the square footage, but it rests on 2.58 acres that now belong to the nonprofit.