Residents and business owners in the neighborhoods where two of the city's newly-approved homeless shelter sites voice concerns about incoming tenants.
On Tuesday, Anchorage assembly members approved the Aviator Hotel and Alex Hotel in Anchorage to be used as winter shelter sites.
“I think it’s crazy. Why don’t they do the Northway Mall or something? Why are they doing it here?” resident Archie Stepp said. According to Johnson, the possibility of using the former Northway Mall building was considered, but it didn’t meet current needs.
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