Parker's Place Village

09/04/2026

Parker's Place Village We are still not even close to what we need to be, but we are moving forward. For some reason there are still negative forces out there that still do not want to see the success of this project and all city camps being closed...We have to keep getting better! Thanks Grants Pass Tribune for the positive article and you are correct as we need to make this wok in getting people to better stages in life as well as protect the neighboring area as much as we can with so much homeless activity in this area of Grants Pass.

Nearly 150 people once spread among approximately 130 tents at three separate Grants Pass resting sites are now living within one managed shelter community,

08/19/2026

Parker's Place Village Grants Pass Sneak Preview Reader Poll!

Thanks Grants Pass Sneak Preview for the reader survey results on Parker's Place Village! A small correction is our name is Elk Island Trading Group, LLC. But the project becoming supremely successful for the Grants Pass overall community is the ultimate goal here.

Over the last 10+ years of dealing on both sides of the homeless issues I have seen that In the land of homeless shelters or tent camping locations it is difficuclt to score even 50%, but we received a 74% percent approval (Yes, It's a great solution) with 26% disapproval (No, not a good idea).

Although that is a great score and thanks to the readers, that also means there is more work to do. The key is getting a place to look normal to everyone going by and people to act normal which are both difficult when you are dealing with 150 people in a small place. Then adding a Day Drop In center next door (by design to get people to services and a day area for use) and a downtown exclusion zone that stops about 2 blocks north so people are kind of herded our direction. But that is needed for the downtown commercial businesses to thrive so we need to keep getting better.

Thanks Grants Pass community and we will keep working to get better.

Bernie Woodard
Operations Manager
Elk Island Trading Group, LLC
Owner/Founder: Parker's Place Village

08/18/2026

We’ve seen some comments circulating in the community from people who believe they have personally been limited or blocked from commenting on the Parker’s Place Village page, so we wanted to clear that up.

Comments are turned off or limited for everyone. This is not directed at any particular person or viewpoint.

At this time, we simply do not have someone available to monitor and respond to a large volume of public comments, and leaving comments open can allow questions or misinformation to circulate without timely clarification. As part of our responsibility under the City contract, we want to make sure information about Parker’s Place Village is communicated as accurately as possible.

We absolutely still welcome your questions, concerns, and feedback.

You can email us at [email protected] or send us a private message here on Facebook, and we will respond.

So if you see that comments are turned off or appear to be “limited,” please know that it applies to everyone and is simply our page-wide policy.