In the absence of clear plans or services, an improvised order has begun to coalesce at the East Anchorage campsite.
and the Anchorage Safety Patrol have increased significantly to the campground and surrounding areas since it was repurposed.
Branson said he is “cautiously optimistic” that the sudden switch from the Sullivan Arena to Centennial Campground could better help people with nowhere else to go. He estimated there are 170 people staying at the site, with up to a hundred more circulating through over the course of a given day. The looming uncertainty of whether the mass care site in the arena would suddenly shutter has given way to an arrangement at Centennial with no clear end-date yet announced by City Hall.
A whiteboard has suggestions for the name of the camp written on it at the Centennial Park Campground on Wednesday. “It’s a little more private,” Sharpe said. “At Sullivan you could only go 50 feet and still hear ‘em being idiots.” Both men were hoping they could get ahold of bus vouchers. Not just for mail — Sharpe was in need of a doctor’s visit.
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