TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - More than 100 people gathered at the Donna R. Liggins Recreation Center in midtown for a lively discussion about Star Village. The project has been facing opposition from some neighbors who are against the safe sleeping space for homeless women and non-binary people.

City officials, site providers, and residents both for and against STAR Village attended the meeting. However, some attendees were dissatisfied with the meeting format, which involved writing questions on cards rather than speaking directly.

"This is one solution, that’s temporary to address all the suffering that you all are seeing," Tisha R. Tallman, CEO of the Primavera Foundation, told the crowd.

The Primavera Foundation is a poverty-focused nonprofit that will operate the site with help from the

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