Resident says city should be providing water, showers, garbage bins, more toilets and cooling shelter
The residents of Mocassin Flats encampment got an early start to their day Monday morning, as some of them woke up to the sound of rumbling graders and loaders working to clear a roadway through their campsite.
Charlene Pouce Coupe has been camping at Moccasin Flats for three days with her male friend and she sees the road construction as a good thing. She’s hopeful it will bring more improvements and better amenities to the area.Pouce Coupe asked a city supervisor who stopped to talk as he drove through in his truck if he knew if or when the city was coming with more portable toilets.
“My top priority would be tarps and a proper shelter with outhouses and a proper shower place, like there’s nothing here for them,” said Pouce Coupe. “I like what she’s doing with the garden, to show that, yes, we want to live,” said Pouce Coupe. “It’s not always about the drugs and alcohol, it’s just a place to live and communicate. Everybody loves everybody here, and everybody helps everybody out.”
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