WESTPORT — Newly renovated Gillespie Center and Hoskins Place, the food pantry and emergency shelter operated by Homes with Hope, will be open for tours this week prior to its reopening Jan. 6.

The project, in the planning stages for more than a year, includes an updated kitchen, expanded pantry, new furnishings, structural improvements and other amenities in the building at 45 Jesup Road.

Public tours will be conducted, by reservation, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, and Saturday, Jan. 4. 

To arrange a visit, contact Helen McAlinden, the Homes with Hope president and CEO, at hmcalinden@hwhct.org or call 475-225-5292.