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Residents urge Georgetown to protect food distribution and coordinate with nonprofits ahead of sitting/lying ordinance
Summary
Three residents urged the City of Georgetown to preserve public food distribution and coordinate with nonprofits and churches after council discussed an ordinance addressing sitting and parking; speakers described Helping Hands' operations and asked the city to help identify private sites.
Three residents told the City of Georgetown City Council they are working with local nonprofits to address hunger and homelessness and urged the city to avoid harming public food distributions as it considers an ordinance addressing sitting, lying and parking.
Anne Bustos, a longtime Georgetown resident, said Helping Hands has distributed food four days a week outside the library between about 3:00 and 4:00 p.m., providing pantry bags for schoolchildren and others experiencing food insecurity. "The issue of the homeless and hunger in Georgetown…
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