Business appeals Union Gospel Mission’s shelter once more

A rendering of the new Union Gospel Mission men’s shelter. The shelter is expected to break ground in 2020. (Courtesy of Union Gospel Mission)

A year after businesses appealed a permit for Union Gospel Mission to proceed with its upgraded men’s shelter, it will now contend with at least one more appeal.

Last April, Salem City Council permitted the mission to build its three-story, 55,000-square-foot shelter on Commercial Street Northeast. The facility would include 300…