The City of Seattle is expecting anywhere from 5,000 - 8,000 people to crowd Occidental Park this Saturday, April 10th, to participate in a national day of action in support of comprehensive immigration reform. They will not be closing streets ahead of time but SDOT/SPD will...
Tomorrow, the city council will take public comment on Councilmember Tim Burgess’ Public Safety proposal. The public safety plan includes restrictions on aggressive solicitation near ATMs and parking pay stations, an increase in the number of police officers and a return to dedicated foot patrols...
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...
If you have walked around Pioneer Square lately, you will see some small, but positive things have been happening in the neighborhood. The Pioneer Square Community-funded Mural was just finished last week by local artist, Jeff Jacobson, who "worked closely with the Seattle preservation board and...
1. 1 in 4 Seattle residents named downtown as the number one neighborhood where they don’t feel safe. Nearly 40% of downtown residents worry about going out in the evenings because of that same fear. Surprise! Many of you probably thought it would be Pioneer Square,...
[The following is a letter from PSCA -- if you want to get involved and help Pioneer Square have a better future, please follow one of the action items listed at the bottom. It will take 10 minutes at the most and will be a...
If you're wondering what reason this might be (because there are so many I could list: reference), it's because of all of the boundaries we have in our neighborhood. I'm sure that most of you that just have one boundary are feeling pretty jealous right...
Sounds like a big job, I know, but someone's gotta do it. The City of Seattle is reaching out to anyone who wants to add input on what qualities the next Police Chief should have. It's tempting to let other people do the job, but if...
It is tough to dispute the fact that the North Lot development will be a great thing for Pioneer Square -- most revitalization conversations include statements like "...
See how many of these questions you know: (no cheating) The number of Senators in Washington The number of Representatives in the WA House of Reps The number of legislative districts with low-income people The name of your Senator and two reps? The state gem (answers listed at the end of...