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Residents press council on camping ban, warming shelter; council schedules meeting with Catholic Charities and a Sept. 30 work session
Summary
Multiple residents and council members pressed Morgantown officials for updates on housing placements and warming-shelter plans since the camping ban took effect. Council members arranged a meeting with Catholic Charities and agreed to schedule a public work session on Sept. 30 to develop a winter shelter plan.
Residents asked Morgantown city leaders on Sept. 2, 2025 for concrete updates on where people camping in the city will be placed this winter and what steps the city is taking after the camping ban took effect. "It lends an urgency to the fact that we need to get people into housing... when we talk to people who are providing services and they say it takes a year, that is too long for someone to be camping," public speaker Leslie Nash said, referencing council comments…
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