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LISTEN: Union Mission’s new facility will neighbor the nonprofit’s existing day center and its shelter for homeless women. GPB’s Benjamin Payne reports.
Officials in Savannah announced Wednesday a new resource center for people experiencing homelessness that will significantly expand services in the city’s downtown core.
The 8,200-square-foot facility will be operated by Union Mission, a local nonprofit that provides housing and support services to the city’s unhoused population, and is scheduled to open in spring 2026 at the former Family Dollar store at 702 W. Oglethorpe Ave.
The building will house an expanded day center capable of serving up to 150 individuals daily, along with medical exam rooms, counseling services, workforce training areas, a kitchen, barbershop, laundromat and mobile showers, among other amenities…