REDMOND, OR -- The plan is firming up on the managed camp for Redmond's unhoused population. "We're hoping to get that managed camp underway next spring with construction. We've identified sites, gravel, parking, trash, porta-potties, water, etcetera," Mayor Ed Fitch says the city is working with the county, and gathering input from service providers, "I think there's a couple of hundred homeless in the Redmond area, they would probably be given an opportunity but they can't stay where they are. And so, they're either going to have to choose that location or they're going to have to move elsewhere."
Fitch tells KBND News there is at least one major hurdle to establishing and running a camp, "It's a question of funding. And, so that's, I'm sure, going to be a hot topic for the 2025 legislature."
The proposed site, near the Oasis Village camp in southeast Redmond will be accessed by a new build out of 21st Street. "It's really necessary so that we can have a safe facility for people to move to from the streets of Northeast Redmond, as well as off the 120 acres the county owns which they want to exchange with the Department of State lands," Fitch says.
Road construction should start in February or March 2025.
