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Bend City Councilors approved a contract with NeighborImpact to operate a temporary shelter that will add up to 40 additional shelter beds in Bend through May of this year. The temporary shelter, located at 2346 NE Division Street, will open later this month and provide guests access to case management and a pathway to stable housing. Opening the temporary shelter is in response to the lack of capacity at the shelter located on NE Second Street. It also supports continued public health efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the community. "This temporary shelter is located at the motel we purchased with the state funds through Project Turnkey," said Recovery Strategy & Impact Officer Carolyn Eagan. "It will still eventually be used as a permanent emergency shelter, but we have an immediate need for more temporary shelter beds now. That's why we're using it as a temporary shelter until renovations can be completed and we open it as a permanent emergency ....