Anchorage’s biggest emergency cold weather shelter now has bed capacity for up to 360 people, under certain conditions.
The Sullivan, formerly a hockey arena and event venue, first opened as a shelter during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, under then-Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. Bronson closed the shelter this past summer, sending people to ain Northeast Anchorage. Then, by fall, the city shut down the campground and transported people back to the Sullivan.There’s also a separate warming area in a bare, concrete hall inside the arena with some tables and chairs. On the coldest days, scores of people crowd in.
At the same time, conditions outside have been inhospitable, to say the least. Several feet of snow have fallen on the Anchorage Bowl in the last two weeks, followed by days of sub-zero temperatures. TheJames Thornton, representing the Fairview Community Council, told the Assembly Tuesday that the expansion adds to an unfair burden his neighborhood is dealing with. But after touring the Sullivan and seeing the warming area, he supports the expansion.
Assembly member Austin Quinn-Davidson said the administration’s expansion request is part of a pattern of behavior.
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