Many of the new arrivals from Sullivan Arena are moving outside with only the bare minimum for gear. The handful of Parks and Recreation workers running the campground and the park’s single security guard are suddenly tasked with figuring out how to keep the transformed campground running safely.
The first and most pressing matter is determining how many people the campground can safely accommodate, Braniff said.
“Just the nature of the change in the makeup of this campground — it’s really concerning,” Battle said. “I don’t have anything magical to say, I just really want to continue working with camp staff and brainstorming on how to minimize the attractiveness in this camp” to bears. After taking a shower in the campground facility — the water was “almost warm,” and not as clean as Sullivan showers, Kemp said — Kemp set about putting together a small green cot, also provided by the Salvation Army to people leaving Sullivan Arena.“I get disability, so I’m hoping I could get something like an air mattress,” Chiklak said, her walker parked in reach, next to the bench where she sat. “I messed up my back and my lower back is — I can barely walk sometimes.
Kemp bought a bigger three-person tent from a friend who had just snagged a room at the Aviator Hotel — another spot where the city is housing people who are homeless. One of the poles for that tent is unusable. Some of the campers have vehicles to safely keep food in, like Dolly and Michael Simien, who are searching the city’s expensive housing market for an apartment. The couple just moved to Anchorage from Nondalton with a puppy and a small child, before the campground was repurposed, and they plan to camp at Centennial until they manage a fresh start.
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