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Proposed homeless shelter site assessment could take 30-60 days
Proposed homeless shelter site assessment could take 30-60 days By Max Diekneite | May 4, 2021 at 7:04 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 2:30 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - After nearly four weeks, the City of Savannah shared with WTOC how it plans to determine if the land in-question for a proposed homeless shelter is the site of the Weeping Time slave auction - the largest recorded sale of enslaved people in U.S. history.
Interim City Manager Michael Brown sent a memo to Savannah City Council on Monday, May 3. Brown says this assessment will take between 30-60 days. The clock on that started ticking Monday.
By Mikaela Porter
mporter@postandcourier.com
On the fifth anniversary of the Emanuel AME Church shooting in mid-June, Mayor John Tecklenburg and nearly all City Council members announced plans for the statueâs removal. For weeks leading up to the announcement, protests and a riot flared in the city.
It took a crew 17 hours to remove the 12-foot figure of Calhoun that stood atop a towering column over 100 feet in the air. The statue, which came down on June 23, was affixed to the base with epoxy and a metal rod.
The city is storing the statute and leaders have tried to keep the location a secret. Officials initially planned to have it displayed at a museum, but so far there have been no takers.