Another homeless camp gone

Back in June, I got a call from GPD about a homeless camp that needed to be cleaned up. A team of us went out and cleaned it. See the results here. Then, a few weeks ago, I got a call from a City staffer who told me that neighbors had complained to the health department and that they were probably going to send someone to clean everything out of the camp. They wanted to know if we could talk to the folks who lived there and let them know they had to leave. But the camp’s “permanent” resident has been in jail for a while, and I haven’t seen the other guy who stays there, so I wasn’t able to talk to either of them.

I went by the site of the camp today and found… nothing but woods. The tent was gone, and the mattress, and all of the multitude of stuff. The ground even looked as if it had been swept clean. It was quiet and peaceful in the woods. But empty. Another homeless camp gone. My friend had lived there for eight years.  Wonder where he’ll go when he gets out of jail?