The “Safe Parking Program,” an opportunity for car campers to park in a safe place with facilities, is now underway at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church (2400 NW 85th St.) in Ballard. As we’ve reported in the past, Our Redeemer’s volunteered its parking l... »
After participating in the annual One Night Count two years in a row, Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien is committed to helping car campers in Ballard. During the 2011 One Night Count, 141 people were counted living in vehicles in our neighborhoo... »
The reason I am sighing about — rather than celebrating — Ballard's "mobile homeless" pilot overnight parking program, is that getting five spots for some of the region's thousands of car campers has taken a whopping seven years. »
