by Jack Stroud In early October, the City of Olympia made the decision (it was ultimately City Manager Jay Burney’s decision) to clear the camp of houseless people parked along Ensign Rd, the main justification thereto being that Ensign residents impeded emergency vehicle traffic to Providence St. Peter’s Hospital. On […]
Local Spice Shop Erects Wall Downtown Business gets Creative in Pursuit of a Cleaner Stoop
By Jasmine Kozak Gilroy Anne Buck, owner of Buck’s Fifth Avenue, was tired of being met each morning by folks sleeping in her doorway, and tired of cleaning up after them, so she built a wall around her doorway with a lock to keep people out. Soon after, the city […]
City Rejects Emergency Storm Shelter Volunteers Step in to Fill the gap in Services
By Jon Fitzgerald Last week, members of the community started contacting members of City Hall to open up a shelter for the coming wind and rainstorm, which was expected to have up to sixty mile an hour winds and large amounts of rain. Despite calls for a shelter to open […]
City Plans to Limit Access to Artesian Commons
By Felix Chrome The Artesian Commons, more commonly known as “the Well,” may be seeing some changes in the near future. On Feb. 3, the Olympia City Council approved a plan for stricter management of the park surrounding the well, in an attempt curtail behaviors some see as problematic. The plan […]