![]() ![]() ![]() The INN Between’s importance should never be in doubt. The committee meetings resulted in conflicts where the neighbors’ concerns were not given attention and TIB’s raison d’être was emphasized. TIB did agree to a neighborhood advisory committee to evaluate, discuss and recommend policies to mitigate the potential negative consequences of TIB. When the neighbors complained on Facebook and social media, TIB sent them a cease and desist letter that threatened legal consequences if they kept spreading what TIB considered to be lies about TIB! It’s is as if everyone believes in everything on Facebook and no one should share opinions anywhere, but especially not on Facebook. Several neighbors (who work with and for the homeless) reported strange cars driving into the neighborhood to deliver what looked like drugs to patients. They slept on neighbors’ porches, crashed backyard parties and started following kids walking in the neighborhood. When TIB moved into the neighborhood, some of the patients seemed to target those neighbors who were against the facility’s presence. The INN Between provides some semblance of humanity to the least of our brethren. TIB also provides shelter to homeless people who are getting regular medical treatment for cancer or other diseases. In addition, hospitals “dump” some of their homeless patients at the Weigand Center homeless facility on Rio Grande Street in a diaper and hospital gown, and TIB provides them with needed respite care. ![]() No one should feel that their final hours of life will be alone on a bench or sidewalk or under a car. Homeless people should be treated with the respect that Christianity demands. Around a hundred homeless Utahns die every year. The INN Between provides a necessary and compassionate service for the homeless people of Utah who would otherwise die on the sidewalks. Last summer, The INN Between bought an assisted living center in a single-family-home neighborhood near 1300 South and 1100 East. ![]()
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