Mid-Columbia Community Action will hold the grand opening of The Gloria Center at 2505 West 7th in The Dalles on Friday morning at 11 a.m.  The Gloria Center will serve as a one-stop resource hub to combat poverty and houselessness in the Mid-Columbia.  Services being offered at the center include housing assistance, homelessness prevention, case management, Veterans services, utility assistance, home weatherization, physical health, behavioral health, and Native and Latinx specific services.  The center is also a Community Resiliency Center in the event of a natural disaster or power grid outage, thanks to a solar energy resiliency grant from the Oregon Department of Energy.  Additionally, Community Action will operate a 36-bed severe weather shelter on the site.  The Friday event will include speakers from many of the project funders and partners along with the ribbon cutting.  There will be tours of the Gloria Center site after the ceremony.