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Former Tent City Resident Recalls His Early Days at the Encampment

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Wendell Segroves, a skilled craftsman and a former member of the Metro Homelessness Commission and Homelessness Planning Council, moved to Old Tent City in 2004. Wendell and his dogs. Photo by Steve Samra

“There were only five people there and I had to be invited in,” he said. “It was Nashville’s best kept secret.”

In those days, the camps were spread out. “We kept to ourselves,” explained Wendell.