California nonprofit Urban Alchemy will manage Portland’s first mass tent encampment – By Nicole Hayden (The Oregonian/OregonLive) / Mar 9, 2023
Portland has chosen Urban Alchemy, a California-based nonprofit, to manage its first city-run mass tent encampment, Mayor Ted Wheeler announced Thursday morning.
The Central Eastside encampment will be the first of what Wheeler eventually hopes will grow into six large encampments aimed at combating unsheltered homelessness. It is slated to open by this summer, Wheeler said.
The encampments are part of a controversial homelessness plan first announced by Wheeler and Commissioner Dan Ryan in November that could eventually lead the city to ban street camping.
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