My name is Ryan Hertz, and I am the new Executive Director of the HOPE Hospitality and Warming Center--an emergency shelter serving Pontiac and surrounding areas of northern Oakland County, Michigan. I would like to welcome you to our website. As this new site comes together, I hope to see it evolve beyond a simple informational resource on our organization. It should serve as a tool for empowerment and an ongoing discussion on the issue and experience of homelessness in our community. I invite you to participate in this process, regardless of your relationship to the topic.