Church at the Park expansion to give dozens of unsheltered seniors a place to rest

Soon, dozens of neighbors will move into new microshelters at Church at the Park’s Village of Hope, which on Thursday, June 25, celebrated a long-awaited expansion to help people move off of Salem’s streets.

With 16 new shelters, with room for two beds each, it will allow the site, located at 1280 Center St N.E. across from Safeway, to expand its capacity from 80 to 112 people at a time, according to Church at the…