MINNEAPOLIS — Just two days after the City of Minneapolis cleared a homeless encampment known as Camp Nenookaasi for the second time in a month , it will now clear a newly established camp nearby.
City officials say residents of the camp, located on a city-owned lot near 16th Avenue South and East 26th Street in the Ventura Village neighborhood, are being evicted Thursday “due to imminent public safety concerns.”
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The previous encampment was located about a half-mile southwest near 14th Avenue South and East 26th Street. The city cleared the original Camp Nenookaasi, near 13th Avenue South and East 23rd Street, in early January.
Sarah McKenzie, the city’s media relations coordinator, says there were “growing tensions between individuals within the camp and nearby residents” who arrived on Tuesday.
“Some individuals broke into the fenced and locked lot between two residential houses, removed ‘no trespassing’ signage, and set up several yurts overnight Tuesday,” McKenzie said.