At an emergency meeting Monday night, Anchorage Assembly members passed and funded a shelter plan to begin Oct. 1, which includes space for the estimated 200 people who are living at Centennial Campground in East Anchorage.
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Bean’s Café Director Lisa Sauder, who was passing out bright safety vests provided by Tote Maritime at the campground on Tuesday, said she can understand the anxiety, but was hopeful that shelters would be available by Oct. 1.“Nobody likes uncertainty in their lives, and when you are already living in a precarious situation to know that it may be coming to a sudden end, and not know exactly what the next step is going to be, it’s very difficult,” Sauder said.
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