Beacon Lights: A Beacon Hill Blog
Sabotage, Seattle Style
Andrea and Erica
I met Andrea Suarez December 7, 2020, when she and a friend came to Lewis Park on the tip of Beacon Hill. I connected with We♥Downtown on Facebook and saw a post about the event at Lewis Park. Along with Andrea and Bryan, two dozen members of the Seattle Latino Hiking Club arrived independently, besides hiking, they clean parks in King County. That weekend it was Lewis.
Since, I’ve volunteered with what’s now called We♥Seattle, doing work the city dropped due to COVID and politics. There’d been a lot of illegal dumping, casual litter, and debris around camps in public places, ignoring it only made it worse for everyone, including homeless people. The City Council killed the Navigation Team as it was involved in sweeps, relocations, cleanups, whatever you want to call them. Organizations like the Green Seattle Partnership stalled, layoffs at Parks hindered basic maintenance. I saw in We
The former Wapato Correctional Facility is transformed into a homeless shelter and services center.
Multnomah County Commission Chair Deborah Kafoury is proposing to spend $150 million next fiscal year to reduce homelessness, including creating more shelter capacity and supportive services. That does not yet include any funding for the county s former unused Wapato Jail, which is currently sheltering and serving the homeless, even as it is still being transformed into the Bybee Lakes Hope Center.
The remote North Portland facility opened last October with 76 shelter beds and 56 residential treatment beds. An additional 220 beds are under construction, along with medical facilities, an industrial-strength laundry, a covered kennel and a Victory Garden that includes 120 fruit trees. All of the work and operational costs have so far been paid by private donors and grants that support the vision local developer and philanthropist Jordan Schnitzer had for the property when he arrange
A jail no more
The former Wapato Correctional Facility is transformed into homeless shelter and services center.
Multnomah County Commission Chair Deborah Kafoury is proposing to spend $150 million next fiscal year to reduce homelessness, including creating more shelter capacity and supportive services. That does not yet include any funding for the county s former unused Wapato Jail, which is currently sheltering and serving the homeless, even as it is still being transformed into the Bybee Lakes Hope Center.
The remote North Portland facility opened last October with 76 shelter beds and 56 residential treatment beds. An additional 220 beds are under construction, along with medical facilities, an industrial-strength laundry, a covered kennel and a Victory Garden that includes 120 fruit trees. All of the work and operational costs have so far been paid by private donors and grants that support the vision local developer and philanthropist Jordan Schnitzer had for the pro
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