With the city’s permit set to expire on their Safe Outdoor Space this fall, leaders are looking at how to extend that commitment for years to come.
The city’s Safe Outdoor Space near 15th Avenue and Jefferson Street was created in 2023 in response to cleanup the city’s largest encampment surrounding social services known as “The Zone.”
Up to 300 people can stay at the outdoor space that holds 250 structured tent sites. It also has an indoor recreation room with AC, limited indoor rooms converted from shipping containers, showers and bathrooms…