“Everyone — seniors, parents with kids, anyone enjoying the day outdoors, needs access to a public bathroom without having to buy anything or beg for a code,” That’s the quote from Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi.
In Minot, public restrooms have long been on the list of infrastructure needed to help Downtown Minot become a more friendly destination. But taking a good idea all the way to delivery has yet to become a reality. Beyond Minot, other cities are beginning to see this as an issue of basic human dignity and infrastructure that mitigates the need to clean up streets when people have no other place to go — literally.