Access to fresh fruit and vegetables is one of the key limiting factors preventing people from choosing a more healthy diet. If you can’t get fresh produce in your neighborhood store, it is really hard to incorporate it into your meals. Using funding from the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) grant under the American [...]
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August 30, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Vehicle License Fee for Transit and Road Maintenance
On Tuesday, August 16, the Seattle City Council (sitting as the legislatively authorized Seattle Transportation Benefit District (STBD) Governing Board) unanimously sent a $60 vehicle licensing fee (VLF) that would be in effect for ten years to the November 8, 2011 ballot. Voters will have the opportunity to decide whether this is the right time [...]
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August 29, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Press Conference: Bullitt Center Groundbreaking
A groundbreaking celebration for the Bullitt Center, which is designed to be the greenest commercial building in the world. With solar panels generating as much energy as it needs in a year (in Seattle!), capturing rainwater for all water needs and treating all wastewater on site, the Bullitt Center goes far beyond a typical green building.
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August 22, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Decision Time Coming on Duwamish Superfund Cleanup
The four major parties involved in completing technical studies of the cleanup program for the Duwamish Superfund site (King County, City of Seattle, Port of Seattle, and the Boeing Company) have submitted their comments on cleanup strategies to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), which will now select a final cleanup plan. The four [...]
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August 18, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Saving Seattle’s Bus Service — Framework for the Long Term
There’s some good news for the future of Metro Transit. Just a month ago, on July 11, the King County Council unanimously approved a major revision to the County’s transit strategic plan. This revision, which was developed by a group of stakeholders convened by Executive Constantine know as the Regional Transit Task Force (RTTF) changed [...]
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August 16, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Saving Seattle’s Bus Service — Success for the Next Two Years!
On Monday, August 15, the King County Council approved a two-year, $20 Vehicle License Fee (VLF) that will allow Metro Transit to avoid a potential cut of 600,000 annual hours – the equivalent of all Metro service to the Eastside or all of its Night and Weekend Service. This staves off disaster for two years, [...]
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August 12, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Magnuson Park – Can a Public-Private Partnership Work for Building 11?
On Monday, August 8, the Council approved a proposed revision to the lease agreement for Building 11 at Magnuson Park, but the investors who are currently renovating the building under a 30-year lease with the City have publicly stated that they will not sign the new agreement. The investors initiated the process to revise the [...]
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August 10, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
First Step Towards Annexing ‘Sliver on the River’
On Monday, August 1, the City of Seattle took the first step toward annexing a small area of South Park adjacent to the South Park Bridge, known colloquially as the ‘Sliver on the River’, by identifying a future Comprehensive Plan amendment that would designate it as Potential Annexation Area (PAA). The ‘sliver’ is surrounded by [...]
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August 8, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Tunnel Project Funds Seattle Street Repairs
In an entertaining twist to the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project saga, the tunnel project has wound up funding Seattle street repairs. The Seattle City Council has approved legislation authorizing the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to spend an additional $3 million this year on street maintenance and repairs. The money came to the City [...]
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August 3, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Community Center Reinvention – Can We Save Money and Serve the Community?
The Parks Department took a major hit in the 2011 budget and lost dozens of employees – but it could have been worse. The Mayor’s proposed budget would have converted three community spaces to offices and cut drop in hours by up to 80% at five community centers proposed for ‘limited use’, with no plans [...]