If Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has his way, it appears that Nickelsville and other homeless tent camps around the city will find a permanent home in South Seattle instead of Interbay and Magnolia. Tonight, Mayor McGinn wrote on his blog that he wants the former Sunny Jim peanut butter factory in SODO at Airport Way and S. Snoqualmie Street to become the site of a permanent homeless encampment on city owned land.
Nickelsville camp currently in the U-District
The Nickelsville camp that spent the past three months in the U-District is scheduled to move out on November 15. Potential sites for a permanent camp included a location under the Magnolia Bridge next to the playfield (1451 23rd Ave W) and the Interbay substation at 3222 17th Ave W. But Mayor McGinn plans to hold a community meeting in SODO in support of his favored location in the next few weeks.