Category: Councilmember Bagshaw

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Seattle City Councilmembers join regional partners in launching next phase of Alaskan Way Viaduct tunneling project

News Releases:
Seattle City Councilmembers today joined Gov. Chris Gregoire, state, port and local officials in breaking ground for the launch pit for the tunnel boring machine for the Alaskan Way Viaduct (AWV) replacement project. ...

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Hoopla for Ballard High School’s Viking Robotics team

Last week the Seattle City Council issued a proclamation recognizing the Viking Robotics Team from Ballard High School for teamwork, excellence and ingenuity in promoting education in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers. I visited Ballard High School to present the proclamation and meet the team. I LOVE these students. They are really impassioned about their [...]

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Seattle Science Festival: A Chance to Inspire Girls and Women into STEM Classes and Careers

(Skip to the chase: download the Seattle Science Festival program, which incudes a detailed map of the Seattle Center grounds with the location of each exhibitor and performance stages as well as a schedule.) Having had the wonderful experience of becoming a pilot and certified flight instructor at age 50, I am an enthusiast for encouraging girls [...]

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PACE pilot community leadership program off to a great start

If you’ve been following this blog, you already know that I’m a champion of the Department of Neighborhood’s (DoN) People’s Academy for Community Engagement (PACE). This pilot program, which is designed to provide leadership training for new community leaders, kicked off on April 26. Classroom space has been donated by Seattle University. (Thank you, Seattle University, [...]

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Community Center re-org report; what’s next for the Carkeek ELC and the Conservatory, and more

Parks & Neighborhoods Committee Meeting April 19 recap Our Parks and Neighborhoods committee meeting on April 19 was a briefing day. We had no legislation to consider, so we took the opportunity to get updates on some of the projects I’ve been interested in, such as how the community center reorganization has been going, what’s [...]