http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/22/peachtree-pine-homeless-shelter-told-to-vacate-building/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/22/peachtree-pine-homeless-shelter-told-to-vacate-building/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:08:40 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21227 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/22/peachtree-pine-homeless-shelter-told-to-vacate-building/feed/ 9 The Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter told to vacate building if the water isn't turned back on http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/19/atlanta%e2%80%99s-largest-homeless-shelter-could-soon-be-shuttered/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/19/atlanta%e2%80%99s-largest-homeless-shelter-could-soon-be-shuttered/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:00:12 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11352 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/19/atlanta%e2%80%99s-largest-homeless-shelter-could-soon-be-shuttered/feed/ 18 The water is back on, but the Peachtree-Pine shelter could still be forced to close. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/03/could-shelter-showdown-spell-end-for-peachtree-pine/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/03/could-shelter-showdown-spell-end-for-peachtree-pine/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:35:37 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10142 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/03/could-shelter-showdown-spell-end-for-peachtree-pine/feed/ 1 An unpaid water bill could give the city the leverage it needs to put the Task Force for the Homeless out of commission. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/feed-the-hungry-%e2%80%93-hungry-meter-that-is/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/feed-the-hungry-%e2%80%93-hungry-meter-that-is/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:03:33 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/feed-the-hungry-%e2%80%93-hungry-meter-that-is/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/feed-the-hungry-%e2%80%93-hungry-meter-that-is/feed/ 2 Mayor Shirley Franklin was joined by Police Chief Richard Pennington, Councilwoman-turned-Homeless Czar Debi Starnes and a cast of dozens Wednesday to kick off the city’s latest effort to put a stop to rampant downtown panhandling. Right away, this program seems to benefit from greater support from and coordination with the business community. And its clever slogan, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/mayor-franklin-panhandling-unwelcome-downtown/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/mayor-franklin-panhandling-unwelcome-downtown/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:57:23 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/mayor-franklin-panhandling-unwelcome-downtown/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/mayor-franklin-panhandling-unwelcome-downtown/feed/ 0 As we’d reported in early August and the AJC repeated Sunday, City Hall has launched something of a crackdown on downtown panhandling. Last month, the city fired the first shot across the bow when police arrested almost 50 aggressive beggars, the first serious enforcement of the downtown “no panhandling zone” in three years. And this Wednesday, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/atlanta-homeless-population-shrinks/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/atlanta-homeless-population-shrinks/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:00:24 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/atlanta-homeless-population-shrinks/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/08/atlanta-homeless-population-shrinks/feed/ 0 Tiny to the point of appearing shriveled, Jessica looks much older than her 48 years. Which shouldn’t be a surprise, considering she has HIV, suffers from mental illness and has been homeless perhaps half her life. For the past several years, she lived in the bushes outside City Hall, which is where former Atlanta Councilwoman Debi [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-homeless-wont-lose-advocate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-homeless-wont-lose-advocate/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:23:19 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-homeless-wont-lose-advocate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-homeless-wont-lose-advocate/feed/ 3 Former Atlanta Councilwoman Debi Starnes, who has served for the past year or so as Mayor Shirley Franklin’s homeless czar (czarina?), found herself dropped from the city payroll last week. But, unlike other city employees who fell victim to the latest round of layoffs, Starnes is planning to keep her job. The deal she worked out [...]