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The old Rays on North 7th Street is perfect for this project I am Rycke Brown, Natural Gardener, and I have a dream: a no-frills hostel. Grants Pass will soon have a place for intoxicated people to sleep off their intoxication, thanks to Chief Landis and company.  A Medford non-profit is proposing to start a juvenile shelter here like they have in Medford.  Grace Roots, a Medically Assisted Treatment Center (MAT-C) for opiate addiction, is in the works, thanks largely to Nancy Yonally and the people she has gathered to help her.  We already have the Gospel Rescue Mission with its showers, meals and residential rehab, and Faith House, a shelter for battered women and their children.  The Salvation Army soup kitchen is another long-established feature in Grants Pass. Now we need a cheap place to shower and sleep for people who are not intoxicated, not juvenile, not seeking help for addictions, not battered, or for whom there is no room in other shelters....

This is a proposal for a no-frills hostel for those who just need a safe place to sleep and clean up: For perhaps $5 per person per night, the Center will provide: • A cot in a room full of cots: a dim, fairly quiet place to sleep, on a moment’s notice with no questions asked, and no searches; ·         Dog cages; • Ear plugs and eye masks available for purchase, as some light is necessary for security and people do snore; • A constant watch by camera and attendant on the belongings they carry in with them and store under their cots, and cameras elsewhere in common rooms for security; • Restrooms; • Separate shower facilities; • Coin-operated laundry machines to wash clothing and bedding and help fund the shelter; • A reading and dining room for food that people bring in, with a used book exchange and information on local services and employment listings. Rules: • Quiet. Do not bother the sleepers. • No exhib...