Kelly Warming Center closing for the season

Matt Jordan March 28, 2019

Last Updated: March 28, 2019

Medford, Ore — After 4 months of helping Jackson County’s homeless find a place to beat the winter cold, the Kelly Warming Shelter is closing it’s doors for the season.

The shelter opened on December 1st last year and helped 50 people a night escape a particularly harsh winter.

Shelter administrators say the city allowed them to operate one month extra this year.

Due to operational costs, the shelter will have to close this Sunday, but the work doesn’t stop there.

“Last year we were able to move 10 people on past when we closed, we still worked with them, we still moved them on, and we were able to get them into more permanent housing which was exciting,” said Executive Director Chad McComas.

The shelter will reopen next winter, and plans are in the works to make the Kelly Warming Shelter a year-round alternative to sleeping on the streets.

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Matt Jordan is the Chief Meteorologist for KOBI-TV NBC5. Matt joined the NBC5 weather team in 2014 after a year as a reporter and anchor in Alexandria, Louisiana. His experience with the severe weather of the Deep South and a love of the Pacific Northwest led him to pursue a certification with Mississippi State University as a Broadcast Meteorologist. You can find Matt working in the evenings of NBC5 News at 5, 6 and 11 as well as online. Matt also has a degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon. In addition to being passionate about news and weather, Matt is a BIG Oregon Ducks fan. When not rooting for the Ducks or tracking down the next storm over the Pacific, Matt can be found outdoors in the Oregon wilderness with his wife, his daughter and their dogs Stanley and Gordi.