The Brief
- Nearly a month after St. Paul closed the Pig’s Eye Park encampment, many residents moved to a new camp near Shepard Road and Randolph Avenue, which has more than tripled in size.
- The new encampment sits on a former auto salvage yard with contaminated soil, and the city says it poses serious health and safety risks.
- City officials say 28 people accepted housing referrals in the past month, but more than 100 people remain at the Randolph camp.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – A new encampment near Shepard Road and Randolph Avenue has more than tripled in size following the closure of the Pig’s Eye Park encampment earlier this month.
Mutual aid groups call the situation in the new camp “untenable,” and its impacting tenants of a nearby apartment complex, too.
From Pig’s Eye to Randolph
What we know:
St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her’s administration closed the Pig’s Eye Park encampment August 5, citing increased calls for police and fire.…