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City council: thumbs up to free parking, thumbs down to SafeSpace

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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Published May 14, 2024  •  3 minute read (Free Press file photo) Article content London’s COVID-era free parking promotion will make a partial return for the rest of the year. London city councillors voted 11-3 Tuesday to extend a free parking

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Ark Aid seeking break from city on parking fees for volunteers

An agency in line for additional funding of $700,000 from city hall is asking it for one more reprieve — free parking for its volunteers at a city-owned parking lot. In a letter to city council that is on the agenda for its meeting Tuesday, Sarah Campbell,

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Agency’s shelter beds in peril if city politicians don’t extend funding: Official

A London agency that offered overnight beds and drop-in services all winter believe it can successfully get a funding extension from city hall, even with its future uncertain. City politicians voted 8-6 Tuesday to refer a one-time funding request of $130,000 from SafeSpace London – in order

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120 winter shelter beds extended to July as $687K in funding endorsed

City councillors had high praise for the social agency running the city’s emergency winter shelter beds as they endorsed nearly $687,000 in funding to extend the program until the end of July. Councillors voted unanimously to endorse the extra two months of funding for Ark Aid Street