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Sunset Shelter Project property revamp begins, focuses on safety
Renovations to the Columbus Road property continue as community-driven plans for shelter programming and operations develop.
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City, nonprofit partner to open emergency warming center
The Gathering Place will use the former firehouse on Columbus Road as an emergency warming shelter.
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HAPCAP unveils new project to turn Sunset Motel into emergency housing
HAPCAP will use a $2 million state grant to create 20 temporary, private living spaces for Athens County residents experiencing homelessness.
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Nonprofit leaders call for compassionate, community-wide effort on homelessness
Athens County has a robust range of services and programs for unhoused people, but we have no low-barrier, emergency shelter.
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Thirty Athens residents temporarily displaced by Union Street fire
More than half of the 30 Athens residents displaced by an apartment building fire last weekend are relying on emergency shelter.
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Stand down returns to provide resources for veterans, housing insecure
The annual Athens Area Stand Down will be held on Friday, Oct. 6.
