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October 16, 2018

Spokane grocery store to be homeless shelter

  • Renovations to the basement of Cassano's will create sleeping areas for 80 homeless families.
    • By JONATHAN GLOVER
    The Spokesman-Review

    SPOKANE — When Joe Ader looks down the aisles of Cassano's Import Foods, he doesn't see sausages, cheeses and hard-to-find pasta sauces. He sees offices for shelter workers, rows of beds and an area for homeless children to play.

    “This is a big deal,” he said Wednesday afternoon, standing in the larger-than-life grocery store hallway wrapped in green, white and red paint.


     
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