Neighborhood meeting set for Emergency Winter Shelter

The City of Missoula will discuss this year’s Emergency Winter Shelter program at the Franklin to the Fort Neighborhood Council Leadership Team meeting on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 6 p.m. at the park shelter in Franklin Park. The meeting is set to run until 7:30 p.m. All interested members of the public are invited. City staff members will talk briefly about this year’s project and answer questions.

This year’s Emergency Winter Shelter will once again be an expanded program at the Johnson Street Community Center at 1919 North Ave. W. This building, owned by the City of Missoula and set for eventual redevelopment, will offer shelter for up to 135 people per night through the winter, Oct. 31 through March.

The City, along with support from Missoula County, will once again partner with the Poverello Center to operate the Emergency Winter Shelter. An additional part of the program will be professional security for the neighborhood around the shelter. Contracts with the Poverello Center and a security provider will be considered by the City Council on Oct. 12. The City and County will also hold an open house at the shelter on Thursday, Oct. 27, 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.