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Residents urge action on homelessness, Colleton Avenue safety and overdose response at Aiken council meeting
Summary
Multiple residents and faith leaders called for expanded homelessness services, rapid-shelter and transitional housing, and safety changes on Colleton Avenue; one speaker cited more than 256 overdoses last month in Aiken County and urged increased Narcan distribution and transportation support for care.
At the Aug. 11 Aiken City Council meeting, several residents and local faith leaders used the public-comment period to press the council and community for more robust homelessness services, safer streets along the Colleton Avenue promenade and expanded overdose-response efforts.
Dr. Rose Hayes, a resident who said she served 20 years as a federal public-health and safety officer, urged the council to address pedestrian safety on Colleton Avenue and its side streets. She described the promenade as historically designed with…
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