There’s not enough room in the Ottawa PADS homeless shelter for 50 people and all the services offered inside. Executive Director Carol Alcorn says Illinois Valley PADS has been looking for another place to buy for three-and-a-half years. But PADS has decided to build a new place and it’s buying an empty lot for it on E. McKinley Rd.
Audio PlayerThe conditional use permit for a homeless shelter there will go to the Plan Commission on Monday, January 24th. The city owns the shelter on Canal St., so it’ll be up to City Hall to decide what to do with it.