On a day of driving rain and snow in March, which perfectly demonstrated the effectiveness of the project, a hardy gathering of neighbors, design professionals, and city and county staff celebrated the official opening of the South Orcas Greenstreet project. The South Orcas Greenstreet is an innovative, community-driven natural drainage project developed by Cari Simson, [...]
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April 17, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
A message from the 1962 Seattle City Council
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April 17, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Harrell, News Releases
Statement from Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell on the retirement of Chief Technology Officer Bill Schrier
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Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Chair of the Council's Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology Committee, expressed his appreciation for Bill Schrier, Seattle's Chief Technology Officer, who, after serving Seattleites for 30 years, will retire in May.
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April 17, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Councilmember Conlin’s favorite Seattle Center memory
Councilmember Richard Conlin frequents the Seattle Center, especially over the Memorial Day weekend and the Northwest Folklife Festival. Find out how many years Councilmember Conlin has attended Folklife and the special role he plays by watching the following video. Some historical perspective from Northwest Folklife: Every year since 1972 Northwest Folklife has presented the Northwest...
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April 17, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Join the Seattle City Council in discussing sustainability on Seattle’s college campuses
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Join the Seattle City Council on Thursday afternoon, as they discuss sustainability programs at a forum with representatives from five colleges and universities located in Seattle.
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April 17, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Council President Clark’s Seattle Center memory
Council President Sally J. Clark has visited the Seattle Center many times since it opened for the 1962 World’s Fair. Watch as she describes one of her favorite memories of the center: meeting her partner at a Seattle Storm basketball game. For more information on the Seattle Storm, visit their official web site. For more information...
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April 17, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Light Rail Station at 130th Street and I-5
The Sound Transit II (ST II) vote in 2008 funded an ambitious plan to build a light rail line all the way to Lynnwood. University Link between downtown and the UW is under construction; Northgate Link from the UW to Northgate is in final design; and Lynnwood Link from Northgate to Lynnwood is completing scoping [...]
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April 17, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Sustainability on Seattle’s College Campuses
I once wrote an editorial for the UW Daily that somehow connected a squirrel carcass that I cycled by every day on my way back and forth from campus to the need for greater recycling. Institutional and devoted recycling was still a new-ish thing. Critics said there’d be added costs and the confusion of how [...]
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April 13, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw, Councilmember Burgess, Councilmember Godden, Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Licata, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Rasmussen, News Releases
Watch Seattle City Councilmembers share their favorite Seattle Center memories
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In anticipation of the Seattle Center’s Next Fifty celebration kick-off on Saturday, April 21, Seattle City Councilmembers sat down to share their favorite Seattle Center memories. Tune in to our Council Connection blog over the next week as they share their stories.
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April 12, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Hunger Free Community
United Way of King County has boldly announced a goal of making King County a hunger free community. The City Council applauds this goal, and on March 15, I was a plenary speaker at a Hunger Action Forum convened by United Way, the Seattle Food Council, and the Meals Partnership Coalition to look at strategies [...]