Madison officials are taking a slow approach to breaking up a homeless encampment at Reindahl Park on the East Side while exploring options for creating a permanent emergency shelter for homeless men after the City Council last week narrowly refused to buy a property near East Towne Mall.
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Photos: New emergency homeless shelter for families
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Salvation Army of Dane County Maj. Andrew Shiels, left, and Jim O'Keefe, city community development director, visit one of the rooms at the new emergency homeless shelter for families that was the former Karmenta nursing facility at 4502 Milwaukee St.
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William Luhn, divisional IT manager for Salvation Army, sets up WiFi at the new emergency homeless shelter for families.
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Tara Barica, assistant director of social services at Salvation Army, left, and Melissa Sorenson, executive director of social services at Salvation Army, give a tour of the new emergency homeless shelter for families, including a sitting area for parents, front, with a play space for children across the way, that was the former Karmenta nursing facility on Milwaukee Street in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 27, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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A room at the new emergency homeless shelter for families that was the former Karmenta nursing facility on Milwaukee Street in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 27, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Melissa Sorenson, executive director of social services at Salvation Army, left, talks with Jim O'Keefe, community development director for the City of Madison, during a tour of the new emergency homeless shelter for families that was the former Karmenta nursing facility on Milwaukee Street in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 27, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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A fenced-in outdoor space at the new emergency homeless shelter for families that was the former Karmenta nursing facility on Milwaukee Street in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 27, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Melissa Sorenson, executive director of social services at Salvation Army, shows the dining space at the former Karmenta nursing facility on Milwaukee Street that is now an emergency homeless shelter for families in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 27, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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A case manager's office at the new emergency homeless shelter for families that was the former Karmenta nursing facility on Milwaukee Street in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 27, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Ofelia Velasco, right, and Miriam Hernandez, with CMS of Madison, a commercial cleaning company, fold linens in the basement at the new emergency homeless shelter for families that was the former Karmenta nursing facility on Milwaukee Street in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 27, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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The front desk area of the new emergency homeless shelter for families that was the former Karmenta nursing facility on Milwaukee Street in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 27, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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A shower room at the new emergency homeless shelter for families that was the former Karmenta nursing facility on Milwaukee Street in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 27, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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The city and Salvation Army have transformed the former, one-story Karmenta nursing facility into a spacious shelter for families.
