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Severe weather shelter to open Friday, Saturday nights

The city of Ashland purchased the office building at 2200 Ashland St. for use as a shelter in August 2023. Bob Palermini photo
December 20, 2023

Ashland Street facility open from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m.

Ashland.news staff report

The emergency severe weather shelter at 2200 Ashland St. will open at 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights, the city of Ashland announced Tuesday. 

The shelter opens at 5 p.m. The doors close and lights go out by 10 p.m. The shelter closes at 9 a.m. the next morning. 

This is a low barrier, no frill, overnight shelter for anyone needing to get out of the cold. According to the National Weather Service, overnight lows those nights are expected to be 29 on Friday and 30 on Saturday.

The shelter is managed and staffed by Opportunities for Housing, Resources & Assistance (OHRA)  with OHRA employees and volunteers. OHRA can be reached at 541-631-2235.

To volunteer for the shelter, contact Avram Sacks by phone at 541-220-7307 or by email at avramsacks@gmail.com.

Ashland.news now posts severe weather emergency shelter opening on its events calendar at ashland.news/events/.

Source: City of Ashland news release. Email Ashland.news at news@ashland.news.

Dec. 20: Story corrected to say shelter will be open Friday and Saturday nights, not Thursday and Friday.

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Bert Etling is the executive editor of Ashland.news. Email him at betling@ashland.news.

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