Oregon approves grant for homeless hotel
By Damian Mann, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.
Published: March 11, 2021, 10:31am
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A $2.55 million grant announced Wednesday by the Oregon Community Foundation paves the way for the purchase of a Medford hotel to convert it into apartments for Almeda fire survivors and homeless people impacted by COVID-19.
Rogue Retreat, a Medford nonprofit, is working to buy The Redwood Inn, 722 N. Riverside Ave., and transform it into 47 units with kitchens.
This is the second grant Jackson County has received to help with emergency housing for fire victims, the other being for $4.2 million for the purchase of the 50-room Super 8 motel in Ashland.