City leaders and community members gathered for the reopening of Brookmeade Park in West Nashville. It closed two years ago for renovations and the removal of a longstanding encampment.
As Nashville closes encampments, nonprofits are coordinating ‘gap’ housing options
Newly posted signs at Brookmeade Park in West Nashville declare Jan. 4 is the closing date when renovations will begin. That’s the deadline for people living there to find somewhere else to go.
Metro will close Brookmeade encampment, allotting 5 weeks to find housing for residents
Metro is offering help to find housing, with a goal of moving everyone by Christmas. That timeline is faster than some advocates and outreach workers had originally anticipated.
The fatal police shooting of a man named Chief may deepen the divide between the city and Nashvillians struggling with homelessness
A man named Drandon John Brown was shot and killed by police over the weekend. Among homeless outreach workers and friends, Brown was known as “Chief.” They say he was a veteran and a leader among the residents of the Brookmeade Park homeless encampment — though he often struggled with his mental health.
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