Amid businesses' concerns, city opens new homeless shelters in Northside, downtown

The locations open today as the first part of a larger plan to establish additional shelters across the city. Business owners opposed to the Chamberlayne Avenue site have maintained that the plan was rushed without adequate engagement.

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