UGM women's shelter

Later this month, the women and children who rely on the shelter will have a brand-new home in a 30,000 square foot shelter at the intersection of Illinois Avenue and Hogan Street. UGM hosted a ribbon-cutting at the former nursing home Wednesday.

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Wed., Nov. 30, 2016

A former nursing home on East Illinois Avenue in Spokane is now the Union Gospel Mission Crisis Shelter for Women and Children, replacing a rundown motel on East Sprague Avenue. Shown Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, the building held an open house.

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This is a room at the new home of the Union Gospel Mission Women's Crisis Shelter on East Illinois Ave., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. The building was once a nursing care facility and is replacing a rundown motel on East Sprague Avenue.

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This is a family room at the new home of the Union Gospel Mission Women's Crisis Shelter on East Illinois Ave., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. The building was once a nursing care facility and is replacing a rundown motel on East Sprague Avenue.

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This is a large multi-family room at the Union Gospel Mission Crisis Shelter for Women and Children on East Illinois Ave., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. The building was once a nursing care facility and will replace a rundown motel on East Sprague Avenue.

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Dennis Olson, left, and Phil Altmeyer, right, look into the future medical clinic at the new home of the Union Gospel Mission Women's Crisis Shelter on East Illinois Ave., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. Olson, through his church, helped raise money to sponsor two rooms at the shelter. The building was once a nursing care facility and will have room for the clinic, among other amenities.

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In the basement of a former nursing facility on East Illinois Avenue, there is space for a computer lab at the new Union Gospel Mission Crisis Shelter for Women and Children. The new building, to open in a few months, will have room for many more people and programs than the rundown motel on East Sprague Avenue. Shown Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, during an open house.

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A couple of empty rooms in the basement of the new Union Gospel Mission Crisis Shelter for Women and Children on East. Illinois Ave. will allow the shelter to offer childcare during chapel and other events, something they've never offered at the old shelter, which is a rundown motel on East Sprague Avenue. The new shelter will open in a few months once renovations are complete. Shown during an open house, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016.

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Visitors to the open house tour the basement of a former nursing facility on East Illinois Avenue, where a photo on displays shows the cramped room that served as a meeting room at the East Sprague motel that served as the the Union Gospel Mission Crisis Shelter for Women and Children. The new building, to open in a few months, will have this large basement room for meetings. Shown Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, during an open house.

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