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Port Huron residents urge council to expand warming‑center capacity after weekend cold snap
Summary
Multiple residents and nonprofit volunteers urged the Port Huron City Council to expand overnight shelter capacity and better coordinate code‑blue responses after volunteers sheltered roughly 20 people during an extreme cold event; city staff said the city coordinates with nonprofits and has funded shelter infrastructure.
Several Port Huron residents and nonprofit volunteers urged the City Council to expand warming‑center capacity and improve shelter coordination after a recent polar event left people exposed to dangerous cold.
Rachel Bodley, who identified herself and said she volunteered at the Blue Water Allies Center, told the council she found it "despicable and even morally corrupt" that people were sleeping on the streets during the cold and pleaded for more warming shelters and support for people with mental‑health, substance use and mobility issues. Betty Hall, who said she had worked at a shelter over the weekend,…
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