Well the efforts of advocates for the homeless community in Eugene/Springfield have paid off. The Lane County Board of Commissioners voted last week and decided that the county-owned armory at 2515 MLK Boulevard in Eugene will now serve as the emergency shelter for the homeless in Eugene and Springfield during bouts of extreme weather as often as needed until March 31. The armory has been dubbed the Thomas Egan Warming Center. Egan was the homeless military veteran who tragically froze to death during the spell of extreme cold the area experienced this past December.
Here's a link to a Register Guard article discussing this topic. This is great news!
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