If Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has his way, it appears that Nickelsville and other homeless tent camps around the city will find a permanent home in SODO instead of North Seattle. Tonight, Mayor McGinn wrote on his blog that he wants the former Sunny Jim peanut butter factory in SODO at Airport Way and South Snoqualmie Street to become the site of a permanent homeless encampment on city-owned land.
Nickelsville camp currently in the U-District
The Nickelsville camp that spent the past three months in the U-District is scheduled to move out on November 15. Potential sites for a permanent camp included one on city property at 12098 Stone Ave North near Northwest Hospital. But McGinn plans to hold a community meeting in SODO in support of his favored location in the next few weeks.
