16 Mar Mayor McGinn doing a walking tour of Pioneer Square + Chinatown

I never miss an opportunity to plug the “Revitalize Pioneer Square” suggestion on Mayor McGinn’s Ideas for Seattle site (go add your vote — I still want to beat the nude beaches suggestion).

It has held on to it’s #5 position for a while (since the Pioneer Square community took it from a mere 5 votes to over 600 votes), and it seems like the Mayor is listening to what the people have to say.

He will be coming down to Pioneer Square and Chinatown/International District to do a walking tour later this week. Deputy Mayors Fuji and Smith may also be joining the party, along with several City department representatives.

While the overarching theme of this event will focus on public safety issues, the tour is an opportunity for our community to highlight all the amazing efforts that are taking place related to revitalization, development, and preservation.

I have the opportunity to walk with him on the most difficult street in the neighborhood (which also happens to be the street I live on).

I (laughingly) hope that my friendly street loiterers will do me a favor and make sure they are out in numbers during the tour so that he can see how bad it gets.

I’ve been trying to brainstorm the best way to get my message across to the Mayor in just 2 short blocks regarding some of the neighborhoods problems.

Any suggestions? What do you think the key messages are that we should be taking to the Mayor?