Information from Highland Park Action Coalition

HPAC Meeting - Wed. March 26, 
Delridge Library 6:30-7:45PM 

Greetings neighbors and finally Happy Spring!

We are meeting in person again at the Delridge Library meeting room this month. Hope to see you there. Please note the earlier start time of 6:30 due to library operating hours.

We expect to have folks from SPD, the CARE team, and a discussion with a representative from the Unified Care Team. For those not familiar, they are tasked with doing direct outreach and intervention with our houseless and RV residents. We hope to learn more about their work, their workflow and response times and start a dialog about more robust ways to bring help getting folks housed in the South Delridge area. While we know this is a citywide, even nationwide issue, we want to lean in as to why we have concentrations of illegal campers here and how we can work together to improve the situation.

The Citywide dashboard from 2024 Quarter 4 notes 2 tent and 3 verified RV sites contacted by UCT in Highland Park. It also gives a relational snapshot of where we are in a list of neighborhoods with unhoused residents. The numbers unfortunately do not reflect the reality what we see around us now.

If you are interested in taking action right away, an current opportunity to help out folks in need is via donation to the Westside Neighbors Shelter.

Also around the area:

Tickets are still available for the Princess Angeline “Kikisoblu” Tea, to be held at the Duwamish Longhouse, April 5.

Highland Park Improvement Club will be holding a Plant Swap & Free Compost event April 12, find more information on their website soon.