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Downtown business owner warns Lighthouse Christian Ministries closure will strain local services

5881553 · August 29, 2025
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Summary

A downtown business owner told the Wenatchee council that the closure of Lighthouse Christian Ministries removes a daytime shelter and will strain services such as Link Transit and libraries; she urged reconvening affected parties to find solutions.

During the meeting’s public comment period, downtown business owner Summer Hass told the council she is concerned about the closure of Lighthouse Christian Ministries and the downstream effects on local services and vulnerable people who used the facility.

Hass said she has worked with the Chelan and Douglas Counties homeless housing task force on a five-year strategic plan and that Lighthouse was “one of the community assets that we built…

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