Amazon has faced no shortage of troubles in 2020, many of them self-inflicted. But here’s one thing done right, at least.
One of the buildings located in company’s downtown Seattle campus has now opened its doors as a permanent homeless shelter built with displaced families in mind. It’s the product of an ongoing Amazon partnership with local nonprofit Mary’s Place.
The two interests previously teamed up back in 2016 to open another shelter on Amazon’s campus. That one, established inside a 35,000 square-foot building, was conceived as a temporary arrangement. Amazon had other plans for it, but with construction on the former motel and college dorm set to begin a year later, Mary’s Place was able to set up the unused space to house up to 200 families. Read more…
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