St. Vinny’s Eyes Big Changes For Old Courthouse

Item: Big plans for federal building: Proposal calls for St. Vincent de Paul to train homeless people in shops /Marc Stewart, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: St. Vincent de Paul in Coeur d’Alene would like to transform the ground floor of the downtown federal building into a hip art gallery, antique boutique and coffee shop. The gallery’s art will have been created by homeless people and the coffee shop and antique boutique will serve as a training ground for the homeless people so they can land jobs, said Lynn Peterson, executive director of St. Vincent de Paul in Coeur d’Alene.

Question: What do you think of St. Vinny’s plans for the old federal building?