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Tent City 4 to Close; Campers Regroup as Camp Unity
From Camp Unity (Formerly Tent City 4) (360) 348 8953 SHARE/WHEEL TO SHUT DOWN TENT CITY 4 ON 11/15/12 PUTTING OUT 85 HOMELESS PEOPLE. Tent City 4 Campers Secede from SHARE and Regroup as CAMP UNITY. As of 9AM, November 15th, 2012 the affiliation between SHARE/WHEEL and Tent City 4 will be severed. We have [...]
Tent City 4 Moves to Kirkland
Via Kirkland Reporter By RACHAEL HARRIS. Photo by SCOTT WALLIN Living in a tent carries a plethora of challenges on a sunny day. Add freezing rain, chilly wind, and an icy layer of snow and most people ditch the thought faster than they can shout, “snow-pocalypse!” However, for the residents of Tent City 4, who moved onto the [...]
Tent City 4 seeks to relocate January 21, 2012
Via Kirkland Views By Rob Butcher: The City of Kirkland has received a temporary use permit (TUP) application from SHARE/WHEEL and Holy Spirit Lutheran Church to relocate the homeless encampment known as Tent City 4 (TC4) to church property beginning Saturday, January 21, 2012. As part of the application process, the Church, as host to [...]
Tent City 4 Relocates to Community Church of Issaquah
Via Issaquah Press Written by: Warren Kagarise Photo by: by Greg Farrar Tent City 4 returned to Issaquah on Friday, as teams started the long process to transform a church parking lot into a camp for up to 100 homeless adults. The move to Issaquah is special for Tent City 4 resident Amalie Easter. The [...]
Tent City 4 Move Gets OK from Bellevue Officials
Via Kirkland Patch – By Venice Buhain Tent City 4, a homeless encampment that travels to churches and other houses of worship throughout the Eastside, has gotten the OK to move to Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue later this month. There is a required 21-day appeal period that ends July 28, which means that the permit [...]
Tent City 4 to return to Issaquah in October
Via Issaquah Press By Warren Kagarise Tent City 4, a tarp-clad encampment for up to 100 homeless people, is due to return to Issaquah in October. Community Church of Issaquah congregants voted June 19 to allow Tent City 4 to settle on the church’s parking lot, Issaquah Sammamish Interfaith Coalition member Elizabeth Maupin said the [...]
Tent City 4 residents receive CPR training from Redmond Fire
By SAMANTHA PAK Redmond Reporter Reporter As a firefighter with the Redmond Fire Department, Mike Hilley is trained to respond to emergency situations and give medical help to anyone who may need it. But even as a first responder, factors such as traffic and limited-access roadways may prevent him and his colleagues from arriving on the scene [...]
Tent City 4 Returning to Bellevue on July 23
via The Bellevue Reporter The shifting homeless encampment, Tent City 4 will return to Bellevue at the end of July. Currently stationed in Redmond, the camp will move to Bellevue’s Temple B’nai Torah, located at 15727 Northeast Fourth Street on July 23, according to the Tent City 4 website. City planning documents show that the organizations that [...]
Tent City 4 Settling into New Redmond Location
via Redmond Patch by Jeanne Gustafson Sunny skies contributed to a smooth setup Saturday as a crew of residents and volunteers transported Tent City 4 from Kirkland’s Congregational Church to St. Jude Parish in Redmond. The City of Redmond has granted St. Jude and Tent City 4 a 90-day permit to host the homeless encampment on the church’s [...]
