RALEIGH — Ten months after charities say they were threatened with arrest for handing out food in downtown’s Moore Square, the city will open an indoor food distribution center Saturday. Born out of last year’s arrest controversy, the Oak City Outreach Center is housed in a windowless warehouse at 2151/2 S. Person St., behind the old Salvation Army building. The plastic tables and concrete floors are a far cry from downtown’s swanky restaurants. But it’s just a few steps from the square where Raleigh’s homeless and indigent often congregate. The building has air conditioning and clean bathrooms. And it’s funded by the same city government that...
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