Rhode Island’s first pallet shelter community officially opened Tuesday morning.

Amy King, CEO of Pallet, the company that builds the shelters used in ECHO Village, said the permitting in Rhode Island was the longest she had ever seen for a similar project. "This is innovative ...

(WJAR) — As of Wednesday, the ECHO Village pallet shelter site in Providence will be staffed 24/7 and will begin to accept people seeing temporary shelter. The first of 45 people will start ...

PROVIDENCE – While the Echo Village Pallet ... shelter spaces, he said. "This is the beginning, the start, of the debate, the hearing process," he said. "I want to listen to people with other ideas.

However, one particularly small farm animal has become a fixture in the shelter's front office this winter while keeping the staff company there. That critter is Karla, a baby Nigerian dwarf goat ...

On Tuesday, government officials and local housing organizations unveiled a long-awaited temporary pallet shelter in Providence. ECHO Village, which consists of 45 single-person units, is the first ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island’s first pallet shelter community is set to open Tuesday morning. A grand opening ceremony is being held at ECHO Village, located on Victor Street. State and ...

As the pandemic began in 2020, Jaworski suggested using pallet shelters in a plan she called “ECHO Village,” for “Emergency COVID Housing Opportunities.” While pallet shelters are new to ...