Impact of the 2828 Martin Way Homeless Shelter on the Applehill Neighborhood.

Candace Mercer Olympia, WA
22 min readMay 6, 2022

Interfaith Works refuses to work with the community

The new shelter and permanent housing project at 2828 Martin Way had its ribbon cutting in December with a large public celebration. The neighbors were not invited.

Meg Martin, Director of Interfaith Works, had promised to work with the neighborhood and to stand up a Citizen Advisory Board to mitigate the impact on Applehill and to work to build good relations between the residents of the project and neighbors. She has not.

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Candace Mercer Olympia, WA

Candace is a progressive artist/writer/activist based in Olympia, WA reporting on homelessness & political violence. She ran for Olympia City Council in 2021.