Archive for 'City Issues'
Seattle voters will decide this summer whether to support a new $123 million levy to restore and enhance library services across the city. Will property owners support a seven-year tax increase? Critics contend the tax hike doesn't include enough accountability for how the funds will be spent. We hear from library patrons
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Posted: April 27th, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: City Council, Jean Godden, library levy, Richard Conlin, Seattle Public Library
Mayor's Town Hall: Rainier Beach Mayor McGinn holds a Town Hall type discussion with residents in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle. WHEN: Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 6:45 p.m. WHERE: Ethiopian Community Mutual Association, 8323 Rainier Ave S
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Posted: April 26th, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: Mayor Mike McGinn, Mayor's Town Hall, Rainier Beach
The first Startup Weekend aimed at connecting local application developers, entrepreneurs and community members with online government data will take place this weekend, April 27, 28 and 29, in Seattle City Hall. “We’re asking the technology and start-up communities to help us find new ways to use government data. Startup Weekend Gov
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Posted: April 25th, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: technology
Authors Darrin Nordahl and Jarrett Walker discuss public transit from two different ends of the bus route: technical simplicity—and fun. Walker, author of Human Transit, believes that transit can be simple if we focus on the underlying geometry that all transit technologies share. Nordahl, author of My Kind of Transit, argues that
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Posted: April 23rd, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21, Transportation.
Tags: planning, Public Transit, Town Hall
The City of Seattle and Sound Transit, joined by community members from across the city, broke ground on Seattle’s newest streetcar line – the First Hill Streetcar. To be constructed by the City with funding provided by Sound Transit, the streetcar line will allow riders to easily travel between neighborhoods on Capitol
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Posted: April 23rd, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Should developers drive Seattle’s parking future? The City Council is considering eliminating parking requirements for new construction near transit. An unusual alliance of businesses, labor, low-income housing providers and environmental groups support the change. But some neighborhoods – concerned about the prospect of overcrowded streets – want to park the proposal. We
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Posted: April 20th, 2012 under City Issues, Growth and Development, Housing and Human Services, Take 21, Transportation.
Tags: Brian Callanan, City Inside/Out, Development, Neighborhoods, parking
CityClub`s 2012 healthcare series addresses the unsustainable rise of healthcare costs for our country, for employers and for individuals.
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Posted: April 20th, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Mayor Mike McGinn, Chief John Diaz, FBI ASAC Steven Dean and ATF SAC Kelvin N. Crenshaw announce results of gun violence prevention initiatives.
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Posted: April 19th, 2012 under City Issues, Public Safety, Take 21.
Tags: Chief John Diaz, Mayor Mike McGinn, SPD
It’s an Earth Day special! Learn how your favorite sports teams score points for Mother Earth. Catch up with the Seattle Conservation Corps, a work-training program that improves our parks and gives struggling adults a chance to get back on their feet and give back. Then head to Seattle’s rooftops to check
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Posted: April 12th, 2012 under Parks and Recreation, Seattle Center, Take 21.
Tags: CityStream, Earth Day, green rooftops, Next 50, Seattle Conservation Corps, sports
Do City Councilmembers support the Mayor’s recently announced reforms of the police department? How will policing change in the city? How will the library levy restore cuts and improve services? What about the transportation impacts of a proposed sports arena in Sodo? Councilmembers also discuss a city breast-feeding ordinance that expands on
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Posted: April 10th, 2012 under City Issues, Police Accountability, Take 21, Transportation.
Tags: breast-feeding ordinance, Brian Callanan, Bruce Harrell, City Inside/Out: Council Edition, Jean Godden, library levy, police reforms, Sally Clark, sports arena, transportation
