The recent winter storm and freezing temperatures exacerbated the need to provide a warm place to stay for the local homeless community.

Sarasota County Emergency Management officials have coordinated with municipal and community partners to provide cold weather shelter for those individuals in need due to the predicted drop in temperatures.

Two years out from one advocate’s claim that area churches and the city didn’t do enough to house homeless people during an extreme cold snap, a more cohesive network is in place if the Salvation Army’s 25 beds fill on “white flag” nights.

The city of Dallas announced Sunday it has opened a 900-person shelter inside Fair Park’s Grand Place to offer meals and a safe place to sleep during

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