BELTON â With 285 homeless individuals surveyed last year in Temple alone, local leaders and non-profits are now looking at a new project to help these people.
Bell County Commissioners met with local leaders Sue Hamby, Pat Patterson and Dan Kirkley to discuss their project for the creation of a facility to house homeless residents in North Temple.
âOur plan is to hopefully make this into a countywide project that would provide affordable housing, similar to supportive or transitional housing,â Hamby said. âWe have a lot of homeless living in the three cities of Temple, Killeen and Belton. And we feel like there is no place for them to live even if there is money.â
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Candidates are getting ready to run for municipal and school district elected offices.
Wednesday was the first day candidates could file for the May 1 municipal elections. Residents have until Feb. 12 to get their name on the ballot, according to the Texas Secretary of State.
Temple: Only the mayorâs seat is slated for the upcoming ballot in the city of Temple. Mayor Tim Davis, who is nearing the end of his first three-year term, currently holds the seat. It is an at-large position.
Belton: The May 1 election will be the city of Beltonâs first under the voter-approved charter changes from November. Council members now have specific places and are starting to transition to three-year terms.