Nickelsville
Local UW students come clean with traveling shower for homeless
Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
Efforts like the "traveling shower" designed and built by University of Washington architecture graduate students, on display at the Sustainable Ballard Festival Saturday, are a step in the right direction, he said. "I don't consider anything a drop in the bucket," he said. "I actually find it refreshing and creative that groups are trying to find solutions like that."
Police sweep through Nickelsville, make arrests
Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
Seattle police today arrested 22 people for trespassing during an hourlong, peaceful sweep of Nickelsville, the illegal homeless camp that was set up on city property in the predawn hours of Monday.
150 tents for homeless spring up on industrial land owned by Seattle
Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
At the entrance of the makeshift grassy camp near West Marginal Way Southwest and Highland Park Way Southwest, an industrial area with the continual sound of heavy rigs, somebody had planted a wooden sign with burned-on letters: "NICKELSVILLE." This was a reference to the belief by advocates for the homeless that Mayor Greg Nickels is not exactly their friend.
Welcome to Nickelsville - Seattle Homeless Take on Mayor's Image
Posted by Jeff from Seattle Weekly
Though it took root this summer, the seed for Nickelsville was planted years ago with the creation of the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness. The idea, as the name suggests, is to end homelessness by building more permanent low-income housing, and to lead people toward self-sufficiency by weaning them (and cities) off stopgap measures like shelters. It's an idea that Nickels has bought into-and one that is arguably not working.
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