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Timothy Quarles joined others at the predominately youth-led rally that called on city leaders to keep the shelter on a year-round basis and to improve the conditions there.

Timothy Quarles joined others at the predominately youth-led rally that called on city leaders to keep the shelter on a year-round basis and to improve the conditions there.

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Protesters seek year-round city-run homeless shelter

About 30 members of the city’s homeless community, advocates for homeless people and other concerned residents gathered behind the city’s old Public Safety Building early last Friday evening for a rally and sleep-in protest at the entrance of the emergency overflow shelter.