21 May Urgent! Encampments, tents, and outreach
Public Safety Letter from the Alliance...
07 Mar An Inspiring Movie About Pioneer Square Neighbors
Our neighbors at the Union Gospel Mission work hard to overcome addition—but did you know some of them do so by getting high another way? Follow 18 of our neighbors in the documentary film A New High, where they battle the depths of their addition by...
13 Jan Pioneer Square’s Open-Air Drug Market at Fortson Square
What needs to happen for Fortson Square to finally become a safe, welcoming place to be? On New Year’s Day, two Pioneer Square residents were brutally attacked after confronting drug dealers blocking the entrance to their apartment building adjacent to Fortson Square (2nd Ave + Yesler)....
04 Aug Drug enforcement in Pioneer Square
Although we know it doesn't solve our problems down here, I think it's great the efforts from the Seattle police force to continually keep our neighborhood in check. I also love that the SPD blotter included a photo of the drugs and money that they...
26 Aug Updated Map of Crimes in Seattle Neighborhoods
Last month, the City of Seattle added crime mapping to their "My Neighborhood Map" on seattle.gov. The "crime types" that are broken out on the map include the following; Crimes Against Persons Drugs + Vice Property Crime/Theft Transportation Miscellaneous (false alarm, disorderly conduct, treaspassing/loitering, etc) By clicking on a symbol, you can...
05 May 27 frequent dealers targeted in Pioneer Square drug bust
The Seattle Times has a great report of a drug sweep that happened yesterday afternoon called "Operation Roll the Rock." The operation began three months ago when undercover officers began slowly making cases against 27 crack-cocaine dealers that were noted to be frequently in the...
23 Mar Pioneer Square has the same major crime stats as Fremont + Wallingford
According to the Seattle Police Department, the Pioneer Square “west” neighborhood, which includes everything west of 2nd Avenue Extension (not including my side of the street) is on par with North Lake Union (Fremont/Wallingford) in terms of “major crimes” – 630-1718 total incidents per square...
19 Feb Why crack dealers still live with their moms (or are homeless in Pioneer Square)
I've just finished watching Steven Leavitt, the author of Freakonomics, present data at a 2007 TED conference on the finances of drug dealing. The title of his presentation is "Why do crack dealers still live with their moms?" He worked with someone who had an inside...
26 Jan A new solution to P2’s drug problems
Dog For Sale Free to good home. Excellent guard dog. Owner cannot afford to feed him anymore, as there are no more drug pushers, thieves, murderers, or molesters left in the neighborhood for him to eat. Most of them knew Jethro only by his street name,...
19 Jan Revitalization Committee, Part 1: Social
Back in December, I wrote a post to "kick off" discussions about Donovan Rykpema's presentation to the Mayor's Pioneer Square Revitalization Committee. It took a little while to break up the clip and transcribe it, but I'm finally ready to go. For those who can't...
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