The City of Lawrence has begun to relocate people experiencing homelessness who have been camping in some city parks to a temporary city-run campsite, with plans to create a long-term site in the near future. With the recent opening of the new campsite, which is located near North Second Street on city-owned property between the Johnny’s Tavern back parking lot and the levee trail, the city is requiring some people to move their campsites to the temporary site or other areas where the city continues to allow camping. The temporary campground consists of 48 spaces in the area behind the levee, and the city is also allowing existing campsites to remain in the general area. The city began setting up tents on Thursday and as of Friday afternoon 20 of the camping spaces were occupied, with about 20 additional campsites located in the wooded area or open space in the vicinity.
Source: LJWorld
