Can high schoolers turn Nickelsville into a state-of-the-art homeless camp?

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Brian Hagenbuch

Brian Hagenbuch Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Can high schoolers turn Nickelsville into a state-of-the-art homeless camp?</h1>
                <h2><p>What would the Nickelsville homeless encampment look like with state-of-the-art micro homes, composting latrines, solar panels to power LED lights and heat water and a communal kitchen for residents?

Sawhorse Revolution, a non-profit carpentry program for high school students, hopes to show us by 2008. They have paired top-shelf designers,</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/bahagenbuch-gmail-com/">Brian Hagenbuch</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>What would the Nickelsville homeless encampment look like with state-of-the-art micro homes, composting latrines, solar panels to power LED lights and heat water and a communal kitchen for residents?</p><p>Sawhorse Revolution, a non-profit carpentry program for high school students, hopes to show us by 2008. They have paired top-shelf designers, architects and builders with students in a program they call Impossible City. <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/impossible-city-a-youth-built-homeless-village?ref=cascadepbs.org">You can help make it possible here, through their Indiegogo campaign.</a></p>
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What would the Nickelsville homeless encampment look like with state-of-the-art micro homes, composting latrines, solar panels to power LED lights and heat water and a communal kitchen for residents?

Sawhorse Revolution, a non-profit carpentry program for high school students, hopes to show us by 2008. They have paired top-shelf designers, architects and builders with students in a program they call Impossible City. You can help make it possible here, through their Indiegogo campaign.

By Brian Hagenbuch

Brian Hagenbuch recently relocated to Seattle after spending a decade in Argentina, where he worked for Reuters, Time Out and wrote for theater and film. He grew up in the Methow Valley.