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SALEM — The ordinance to create a project-based zoning overlay to expand the Lifebridge homeless shelter on Margin Street received first passage and was returned to committee by the City Council with a 9-2 vote.
Through the adoption of a 40R Smart Growth Overlay District, the project seeks to expand the Lifebridge shelter to provide the formerly homeless with a more humane shelter than the current congregate model that places 50 bunk beds in a large, open interior space with shared facilities and little privacy.
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