Room in the Inn, CME Church plan permanent shelter for homeless
Room in the Inn will use the buildings at 405-409 Ayers to provide shelter, meals and some medical care for the homeless. (Tom Bailey/Daily Memphian)
The CME Church has dropped plans to turn its historic, long-vacant Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital property into a skilled nursing facility. Now the church plans to lease the space to Room in the Inn, which will provide shelter, meals and some medical care to the homeless.
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Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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