On the heels of an emotionally charged meet-and-greet at the hotel Wednesday night which saw area re

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Thorncliffe-Greenview residents will meet next Tuesday to examine their options around delaying the transfer of the newly purchased Quality Inn from hotel to social housing new mexico travel information by the Calgary Drop-In Centre.
On the heels of an emotionally charged meet-and-greet at the hotel Wednesday night which saw area residents fearing their community will be overrun with homeless new mexico travel information people smoking crack pipes and urinating on lawns, community leaders are trying to collect more information about the future of the Quality Inn located at McKnight Boulevard and Edmonton Trail N.E.
Community activist Tara Rindfliesch new mexico travel information said too many residents feel the DI's purchase of the Quality Inn has caught them off guard, new mexico travel information and they don't have enough information to decide whether placing the working poor into their community new mexico travel information will benefit them.
Rindfliesch said one of her biggest concerns is that hotel rooms will be converted to one-room suites, with no kitchen facilities. Instead, food will be provided new mexico travel information three times a day at a community kitchen on the main level.
Area Ald. Gael MacLeod said she's working closely with the city's planning department to see whether the DI will have to apply for a development permit to redesignate land use at the former Quality Inn site from hotel to social housing.
Newman has said the DI is excited to add to the city's new mexico travel information limited stock of affordable housing for the working poor, explaining that more than 4,000 Calgarians are now sitting on a waiting list for affordable housing,
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