January 7, 2011
FAIRFAX, VA, JANUARY 7, 2010. Dave Larrabe helps Frank Creer to walk to a car that will bring him to the nearest hospital. Mr. Creer, who is homeless, went to the INOVA Emergency Care Center earlier today for help after not being able to move his legs, but was released by the attending doctors and then dropped off at the LAMB center where Mr. Larrabe works. Mr. Larrabe quickly realized that Frank was in no condition to be left on his own on the street, but in need of medical care. "They just dropped him off here. But we are not a shelter or a hospital," says Mr. Larrabe. "At least we can bring him to a hospital that will take care of him. I wonder what would have happened if LAMB doesn't exist." For more than two years, the LAMB center -- one of Fairfax County's only day-time drop in center for the homeless -- has been scuffling with Fairfax City officials who first slapped them with zoning violations and are now are reworking the zoning code they say makes it impossible for them to expand. They feel they're being targeted unfairly by the city because the center sits at a prominent spot just off the city's gateway traffic circle -- where the city hopes for more upscale shopping..(Photo by ASTRID RIECKEN For The Washington Post)
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