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
