Mahoney: ‘Good buy-in’ on discussion regarding regional community service center to address homelessness

Mahoney: ‘Good buy-in’ on discussion regarding regional community service center to address homelessness

(FARGO, ND) – Fargo Mayor Dr. Tim Mahoney is floating around the idea of a regional Community Service Center to aid those suffering from homelessness in finding permanent solutions for housing. He’s been visiting with fellow leaders across the region about potentially supporting a center. “They’d kind of like to see the concept of what we want to do,” Mahoney said. “And then we’ll go down, sit down and see how they can support.” He says there ha…

Fargo considering new homeless services center beyond downtown core

FARGO — It’s full steam ahead as the city of Fargo works to move the Downtown Engagement Center, which provides services to homeless people, out of the downtown area. In its place, the city is looking to build the Red River Community Service Center. This new facility would be larger, located farther from the core of downtown and include a deflection center that would allow first responders to drop off people in need of assistance at a 24/7 facil…