'We're tired': 116-year-old Seattle business to close shop over encampment safety concerns [View all]
A business in Seattle's SODO neighborhood has survived everything from world wars to the great depression and even multiple pandemics but says it can't continue to stay open anymore due to the homeless crisis downtown.
Thea Sand, the fifth-generation owner of Emmanuel's Rug and Upholstery Cleaners SODO, said she is closing her business and leaving Seattle due to the persistent health and safety issues from nearby encampments.
"We’ve just kind of had it with what’s happening in Seattle with our euphemistically termed by the city council 'unhomed neighbors,'" said Sand.
She described the situation outside her business, saying they've had trucks stolen from their locked lot, and every Monday morning they arrive to graffiti and needles on the ground. She even arrived to a burning mattress in the parking lot one morning.
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