Johnson County Commish 'Terminates' Homeless Shelter Project . . . For Now

Kinda like a bad scary movie . . . Residents are sure this effort will resurface.

However . . .

We notice a willingness for politicos to continue working on this problem rather than dumping their homeless population on neighboring municipalities. 

On the other hand . . .

Here's an alternative course of action that shouldn't be ignored . . . 

County officials must allocate the nearly $10 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan before the end of the year or lose it.

Commissioner Michael Ashcraft reminded his colleagues that redirecting that money to the Nelson Wastewater Facility Improvement Project, a $610-million project to replace an outdated facility constructed in the 1940s, remains a fail-safe option.

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Johnson County Commission terminates shelter project after Lenexa denies permit, what's next?

After Lenexa refused to grant a special-use permit, the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners scrapped an agreement to buy a hotel it hoped to convert into a shelter to combat homelessness.