Downtown E.C. Site Eyed for Resource Center for Homeless

A community resource center to meet the needs of Eau Claire’s growing homeless population could be built in downtown Eau Claire if a recently announced public-private partnership – and a $6 million fundraising campaign – reach fruition.

In addition to funding, however, the effort will have to clear bureaucratic hurdles, and is being proposed amid growing concerns about homelessness in the neighborhood from some downtown business owners and residents...