Olympia cleans up after homeless encampment on Ensign Road
The effort is a part of the One Community Plan and is aimed at promoting community health and safety. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 5:20 PM PDT July 12, 2021
OLYMPIA, Wash. The city of Olympia was out on Ensign Road Monday to clean up waste and debris that has built up around a vehicle encampment.
The effort is a part of the One Community Plan and is aimed at promoting community health and safety.
As part of the One Community Plan, a 2020 City of Olympia initiative, Monday’s clean-up will involve staff form the city’s housing and homelessness programs, a Crisis Response Unity, the Public Works Department and the Olympia Police Department.
St. Pete Deuces neighborhood may be in for a ârenaissance.â How to avoid gentrifying it?
Businesspeople and community leaders examined this question in a recent panel.
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Traffic has been noticeably busier on The Deuces shown here at 22nd St and 9th Ave. S. in St. Petersburg. This view is facing south. [ BOYZELL HOSEY | TIMES | Times ]
Updated Mar. 6
The historic 22nd Street South District of St. Petersburg, commonly known as the Deuces, is gearing up for a renaissance, said businesspeople and community leaders during a panel hosted by the Urban Land Institute.
But how can the area continue to be revitalized without gentrifying the historically Black neighborhood?