In February 2016, Whatcom County Opportunity Council Director Greg Winter spoke with his longtime friend Bill Hobson at Hobson’s home in Seattle. The conversation was in conjunction with the filming of a documentary for the web series “Homeless in Seattle,” created by Lisa Spicer and Frederick Dent. At the time of this interview, Hobson had just retired from his three decades serving as executive director of Seattle’s Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC).
Hobson died just two months later. He was 76. ...