Nickel's Ville--A Model Tent City
http://www.nickelsvilleseattle.org/
(photo taken from homepage)
The Seattle struggle against homelessness has taken a rather personal turn against Greg Nickel's, Seattle's Mayor, who is apparently not an advocate of the homeless in his city.
Thankfully, many are. In order to better facilitate a Spokane tent city, which faces very different obstacles, here are some tips from Nickelsville organizers:
Nickelsville, in contrast to a Spokane tent city (which would most likely remain in a fixed location because of a recent city ordinance with several stipulations toward it's site) moves often. So, there was a site committee to determine the next locations. Spokane's will need a site committee as well in order to determine/facilitate the location.
I'll try and get the requirements for a Spokane tent city up soon.
Nickelsville started with a donation of tents, that would seem quite necessary for a Spokane tent city, although local sponsors may be harder to come by. The structure of such an establishment would need to come from within (as at Nickelsville) in order to provide a self-sustaining community, and media attention should be directed at those within the community, rather than those that brought it into existence.
Most of the materials needed for an undertaking of this magnitude would need to be donated, so there would be a need for a donations committee, to handle supplies of the various sorts and sizes necessary for the operation.
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