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Since 2016, the Helping Hands of Georgetown nonprofit has distributed weekly lunches to people experiencing homelessness and low-income families by parking at the Georgetown Public Library.

Georgetown officials OK ordinances affecting unhoused community downtown

By Anna Maness

One amendment will make it unlawful to sit or lay down on public property downtown.

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