Keep the Warming Center open Public Comment from Chris DodgeAimee Brunckhorst
From: Chris Dodge <thoreautoday@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2024 4:08 PM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject: EXTERNAL Keep the Warming Center open
I write to urge that Kalispell's Warming Center be supported and kept open.
I've been horrified by the nationwide criminalization of unhoused people at the same time that housing
costs have skyrocketed, making housing unaffordable for an increasing number.
I've been horrified by local officials who find that local services to unhoused people attract people from
afar —and that unhoused people choose this "lifestyle." I have talked with local homeless people and
know that many, a high percentage, are longtime and even lifetime locals, not "outsiders."
We need to care and share for the good of us all. We're all in this together.
Chris Dodge (he/him)
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241 Raven Hill Rd.
Kalispell, MT 59901
406-270-8691 (cell)