Darting from underneath a grey sky this morning, Sabrina Sweet, the human services coordinator with Washoe County, checks in with staff to ask if any vehicle used the county’s new safe parking space now available at the front parking lot of Our Place off of 21st in Sparks, but is told no.
No one has used it yet since it kicked off several weeks ago, despite what it has to offer. Local advocates have long asked for an official safe parking program of which this is now one, with the caveat it requires being an adult with employment or being an adult student with a registered, insured and working vehicle.
Six spots are available, nightly from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., right by the staffed welcome center for adults fulfilling those requirements…