Ballard encampment opened Saturday, November 21

The homeless encampment, Nickelsville Ballard opened Saturday morning. “Dozens of volunteers showed up, Saturday, to build wooden tent platforms. They also helped move belongings into a row of shacks”, as Ted Lam of King 5 news reported. Read the original article here.

For some live streaming of the opening, from Kiro 7, watch here.

Here are pictures from the event via twitter:

Ballard homeless encampment opens in #Seattle • https://t.co/jYI2B4pIVQ pic.twitter.com/XYOvF8xdk4

— Norm Gregory  (@NormGregory) November 22, 2015

Controversial homeless encampment is officially open in #Ballard. >> https://t.co/C0DRMsnMfh pic.twitter.com/2Ox6thkq0O

— KIRO 7 (@KIRO7Seattle) November 22, 2015

Thank you to all for coming out this morning to set up the new tent encampment in Ballard! #community pic.twitter.com/ztFvspwesk

— LIHI (@LIHIhousing) November 21, 2015

Tons of people are here to help with the new Ballard homeless encampment! This is so awesome! pic.twitter.com/GHnmt9rNYR

— Joshua Schweigert (@joshua_schwag) November 21, 2015

With winter looming, tiny shelters have arrived at the new Ballard homeless encampment https://t.co/6xA9ckOFVu pic.twitter.com/w0IwyU7Xyw

— Seattle Weekly (@seattleweekly) November 20, 2015