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Commissioner Reese urges accountability for downtown outreach programs, requests legal review and pilot between courthouse and Kroger's
Summary
Commissioner Reese pressed county administration to evaluate outreach efforts in the downtown corridor, arguing programs appear overstretched, and asked for a legal briefing on what the county can and cannot do on sidewalks; she requested a pilot focused between the courthouse and a nearby Kroger store.
During the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners meeting, Commissioner Reese pressed county administrators for accountability and clearer results from downtown outreach programs, saying the outreach presence at the courthouse appears insufficient relative to the size of the problem and asking for a focused pilot program between the courthouse and the nearby Kroger store.
Reese told the board she had seen outreach workers and groups operating from the sidewalk in front of the county building and said that despite program activity, she continues to encounter large numbers of people in crisis. "I can't see any…
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