The Central Union Mission can breath a small sigh of relief: Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6C is fine with its plans to operate a transitional men's shelter at the barely-standing Gales School at 65 Massachusetts Avenue NW. That's a change from the last community where they tried to relocate their activities from 14th and R Streets. [...]

So, this bit from last week's Council legislative meeting warrants highlighting: Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham is asking for $400,000 to cover the back taxes and remaining acquisition debt incurred by Central Union Mission's purchase of 3512 Georgia Avenue N.W. in 2006. The charitable organization originally wanted to build a men's homeless shelter there, but [...]

I guess there aren't enough development stories to go around in this town! As I was reporting on the Central Union Mission's latest attempt to relocate its homeless shelter, DCmud was working on its own piece.
To summarize: After Petworth/Columbia Heights residents balked at a plan to open a 150-175 bed shelter in their neighborhood, [...]