Local leaders across Salt Lake County came up with a plan to make hundreds of new beds available by this winter. West Valley City could host 170 of them.
Temporary facility is part of a plan to have 600-plus new beds available by the time frigid temperatures hit.
The shelter would be that city’s first and make up one slice of the 600-plus additional beds planned to come on line for the winter.said at a news conference last week. “In West Valley City, we look after our neighbors, and we especially take care of them on those bitter nights and days.” At the news conference, Millcreek Mayor Jeff Silvestrini, who co-chaired the task force that developed the plan, declined to share the locations of the expected overflow beds due to concerns about property issues that could crop up if details were publicized, not having the plan fully funded, and not wanting to “create a stir” in an area where a shelter may not actually open.
Reached for comment Tuesday, the Millcreek mayor lauded West Valley City for its willingness to help homeless Utahns.
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