Almost 1,000 volunteers showed up this year to participate in SKCHH's One Night Count of homeless in King County. Here are the stats from this year's count (to see the pdf report, click here): There was a 5% decrease from last year -- from 2,827 in 2009...
The annual One Night Count of people who are homeless in King County is happening tomorrow morning from 2am - 5am. This will be the 30th year that the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness (SKCCH - pronounced "skitch") and Operation Nightwatch have organized...
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...
After attending a lecture on “Understanding Addiction,” many of us left Town Hall wishing that there had been more discussion on what’s happening in Seattle right now regarding “street addiction” and how to face it as a community. Bill Hobson has been the Executive Director of...
Part 2 On Tuesday, I wrote some insights to what the police do in Pioneer Square and some of the general problems our neighborhood faces. Today, I'm writing about the exciting part of the ride along: catching the bad guys. After chatting in the coffee shop, Sgt....
As a quick follow up to the previous few posts and comments, here is a brief history of the homeless shelters in the neighborhood: The Compass Center, 1920 Union Gospel Mission, 1932 Bread of Life, 1939 Chief Seattle Club, 1970 Downtown Emergency Service Center, 1979 Lazarus Day Center, 1990 There may be...
The post I did about the new banners for P2 was recently highlighted in The Stranger (link). My first reaction to it was a negative one. Instead of the usual sarcastic commentary about "what are the banners going to do" or "maybe banner will help...
This post is coming waaay later than the event, but I've been sick and out of town. I could think of more excuses if it would make you feel better. Pretty cool, first of all, not just to have a soccer team in our crazy sports...
Ever since we moved in to P2, we have had a problem with the line of homeless people sleeping next to Masins Furniture. And I've always wondered why it hasn't been a problem for them. For a store like Masins with prices what they are...
BEFORE: AFTER: It looks like some thoughtful person decided to feed the birds right after PSCA and some volunteers finished cleaning up the park (picking up all of the cigarette butts) and adding orange buckets for the Lazarus to use as their ashtrays. ONE WEEK AFTER: So, while it...