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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

Greensboro Urban Ministry’s shelter role scrutinized

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Outside the Greensboro Urban Ministry, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C.

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GREENSBORO — The temperatures were in the teens when Taylor Cammarn says his time limit was up at the Greensboro Urban Ministry’s homeless shelter.

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Contact Nancy McLaughlin at (336) 373-7049, and follow @nmclaughlinNR on Twitter.

Correction

The Greensboro Urban Ministry has an endowment of $4.9 million. An incorrect amount was given to a reporter in an earlier version of this story.  

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