The current Salvation Army shelter site on Montgomery Street in Savannah.
A SAVANNAH City Council discussion on a Salvation Army proposal to establish a new transitional-housing shelter led to a sometimes-heated conversation about balancing community needs in a traditionally underprivileged neighborhood.
When meeting on Dec. 10, Savannah’s City Council discussed the authorization of a special-use permit for the placement of a new Salvation Army shelter at 2305 Augusta Ave.
The request was for the former Francis Bartow Homes building, a 12-acre site, to be used as a shelter for emergency and transitional use by men, women, and children.
“Our need is to build a new Center of Hope that will be a place for us to provide social services and sheltering for men, and especially women and children,” said Paul Egan, Corps Officer of the Salvation Armies of Savannah.