Impact of the 2828 Martin Way Homeless Shelter on the Applehill Neighborhood
Interfaith Works refuses to work with the community
The new shelter and permanent housing project at 2828 Martin Way had its ribbon cutting in December with a large public celebration. The neighbors were not invited.
Meg Martin, Director of Interfaith Works, had promised to work with the neighborhood and to stand up a Citizen Advisory Board to mitigate the impact on Applehill and to work to build good relations between the residents of the project and neighbors. She has not.
This is a local Olympia story that I published on Medium since there is where most of my local audience is following me. For the greater community, this is a story of how you are expected to elevate pathology over the need for a safe and clean community.
Here is the link to my reporting.
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Candace Mercer is a progressive artist/writer/activist based in Olympia, WA. She reports on homelessness, political violence and public safety. She ran for Olympia City Council in 2021 with a bold and innovative campaign but lost. Her next project is For The Win: How to be Dangerous, a YouTube channel teaching people how to fight ethically and effectively. Her praxis will be chronic pain advocacy.
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