“It’s disheartening that the community council was not connected with and worked with.'
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The City of Anchorage has abruptly turned Centennial Park Campground into a homeless camp,
“It’s disheartening that the community council was not connected with and worked with, considering all the years of the strong relationship between members of our community council working on hard issues like this,” Martinez said.A campground at Centennial Park will be closed to the public and converted into a temporary homeless camp through the end of July, according to signs posted at the campground entrance late last week.
Members of the community showed up by the dozens Monday evening at Pena Sports Fields to voice their concerns over what they say was a rash decision made by the municipality. Concerns ranged from the risk of fires to worries about permanent solutions for helping the at-risk. “The answer is if people want to camp, we need to allow them to camp legally and safely, and right now, we’re at risk of our city burning down,” Johnson told the assembled audience.
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