Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, center, and LSW architect Jacob DeNeui examine the redesigned bathroom at the men's shelter at St. Paul Lutheran Church. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)Photo Gallery
Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle walked into a bathroom in downtown Vancouver last week and her jaw dropped slightly.
For 20 years, there was one shower for 30 men to use at the shelter operated out of St. Paul Lutheran Church at 1309 Franklin St.
That was until a recent Friday, when a small group made up of church leaders, city and county officials and homeless service providers gathered around the newly remodeled bathroom oohing and awing.
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