Residents and some community councils have called for more transparency and public involvement as Anchorage pursues a 200-person shelter and navigation center for the homeless
Andrew Gray, secretary of the Campbell Park Community Council and a leader of Anchorage Action, a political group often critical of the Bronson administration, called on the mayor to attend the next session.]
A spokesman for the mayor did not immediately answer an email asking if the mayor would be present at the next meeting.Meg Zaletel, interim executive director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness and a Midtown Assembly member, said during Monday’s press conference that the city has now closed all non-congregate shelters except for one. The coalition is helping the city with its homelessness efforts.
The Sockeye is slated to reopen in June as a complex care facility for medically fragile people and individuals with other specific needs and will be run by Catholic Social Services.
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