“Some are weary,' said Centennial Park homeless camper Gryffin Huselton, as many of the more than 200 homeless residents staying there — sleeping in tents and in cars — don’t know where they’ll go next when the campground closes this weekend.
ByNotices of campsite closure have been posted around the Centennial Park campground in Anchorage for two weeks, but many campers say they don’t know where they will go once the water and electricity is set to be shut off this Saturday.
There are more than 200 homeless residents currently staying at the campground — some sleep in tents, others in cars. The campground became a makeshift homeless camp in late June, after Mayor Dave Bronson closed the Sullivan Arena shelter, which operated for two years. Three months later, with no official plan from the city, campers and service providers say they’re still in the dark on what will happen next.
Gryffin Huselton stands outside the tent he has shared with his cousin in Centennial Park campground in Anchorage. Huselton says they moved to Centennial after losing their apartment three months ago, but he has plans to move into more permanent housing through Catholic Social Services. “I want to check in with the Municipality to make sure they don’t have any issues with that,” Sauder said. “But we’ll probably move it up near where the office is. And we’ll just… day by day.”
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