Lex is one of a dozen women — some with children — who will now sleep more peacefully with the opening of the shelter that has been in the works for the past 15 months, thanks to people like founder Bill Davies, Executive Director Devon Smyth, Operations Manager Ashley Demonbreun-Chapman, Case Manager Kristen Sheeley and more than 700 volunteers who helped renovate the 6,000-square-foot facility.

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