Just in case you Seahawks fans didn't get enough, here's some shots from the parade. Over 700,000 fans were in attendance. Fans can only hope the football gods smile on Seattle next year with a repeat and a hawk dynasty begins. Go Hawks!
HomeStreet Bank West Seattle will hold a Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Celebration at 4022 SW Alaska St., on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 from 5pm - 7pm. The location was previously AmericanWest Bank which purchased Viking Bank in 2011.
HomeStreet Bank is one of the largest community banks in the Northwest, California and Hawaii. The bank was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Seattle.
Homestreet offers a full range of financial services including commercial banking, commercial lending, consumer banking, mortgage lending, residential construction financing, commercical real estate financing and insurance services.
Their primary area of community focus is housing and homes. HomeStreet also supports organizations where their employees have an integral involvement.
HomeStreet now has 19 deposit-taking branches in the Puget Sound region.
Information provided by Seattle Workforce Housing Forum
Thursday, Feb.13
Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Avenue, 1st Floor, Bertha Knight Landes Room
Noon - 4:30 p.m. – Expert Panel and Stakeholder Engagement Discussion
4:30 - 6:00pm – Informal Gathering with Panelists
6 p.m - 8 p.m. – Public Feedback Session
Join us as we tackle the best ways to meet Seattle's affordable housing needs! We'll hear from national experts about workforce housing production in cities like Seattle, and how we can make the smartest decisions possible going forward.
The forum will include discussions on:
Ideas on How to Increase the Affordable Housing Supply
Seattle’s Current Housing Programs
Innovative New Strategies for Workforce Housing
National Best Practices in Incentive and Inclusionary Zoning
Visit the City Council's website (www.seattle.gov/council/issues/affordablehousing/forum.html) for the full agenda and to RSVP.
The Feb. 13 CBRA meeting, will start at 7 p.m. and be located at a Swedish Hospital
cafeteria conference room.
Ruth Harper and Jonathan Williams, both of Seattle Department of Transportation, will present information
collected in response to a request to identify Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ) eligibility in Ballard.
They will provide more information on the RPZ program and qualifications, parking occupancy information
collected in Ballard in October 2013, and information on other parking studies and work underway in Ballard.
Find out more and other concerns CBRA has at http://www.centralballard.org/.
The evolution of the Pacific Northwest's commercial fishing vessels that help make up a $30 billion maritime industry has been depicted through the skillful brush strokes of historian and artist, Jim Cole.
Cole, 82, has illustrated and written a book inspired by the commercial fishing vessels of the Pacific Northwest called, "Drawing on Our History."
The project has been 50 years in the making, starting with Cole’s early love for sketching and painting.
“I wrote the book by meeting people and collecting anecdotal stuff here and there. I took notes of vessels and personal accounts of experiences. The book records an era that is gone,” said Cole.
Though doing most of the research through his life, Cole started writing articles for Fishermen’s News in 2005 that contained much of the content that appears in the book.
Moreover, Cole did illustrations for 30 Marco's fishermen’s calendars. Over the years fishermen used the small calendars, and Cole’s name became well known among the fishing community, which helped when it came to talking with fishermen about their boats and practices.
The Southwest Design Review Board heard from NK Architects Feb 6, on their plan for Isola SW Alaska a 40 unit apartment building that will include four live/work units and have a total of five parking spaces. It will be a mix of one bedroom and open 1 bedroom units. It will be 30,000 sq. feet in size and will also include 820 sq. feet of corner retail space. Also planned are a landscaped courtyard and roof deck. They are aiming at a July 2014 start, to be done August 2015.
The outside look will differ from the renderings in that the materials would include an aluminum composite and the green color will not be exactly the same.
The review board gave the project a general approval but the final land use approval is still pending. Comments can be sent to Lindsay King, the city planner responsible lindsay.king@seattle.gov.
Is a set of buildings proposed for 3210 California Ave. S.W. simply too big and out of character for West Seattle?
The three primary buildings would fill 430 feet of a 477 foot long and 100 foot wide space south of the Admiral Junction and stand nearly 60 feet high. It's already been through a set of four design review meetings and is headed for one more with the Southwest Design Review Board. It would contain 143 apartments, 6 live/work units, have parking for 168 cars, have 4220 square feet of commercial space. The project would require 15,000 cubic yards of grading. The existing structures would be demolished.
In the latest review of the design developed by NK Architects for Intracorp held Thurs. Feb. 6, the planning team heard from both the public and from the Review Board. The public comment essentially boiled down to the objection that such a large project is out of character and scale with the neighborhood. The board was a little more modulated asking the designers to come back again and address specific issues that they apparently had failed to address previously.
This was the third design review meeting, and fourth in total.
information from King County
The Puget Sound region pulled off a blitz of its own Wednesday as Seattle played host to the biggest victory party the Northwest has ever seen – and public transportation executed its plays mobilizing every available resource to get people to the parade and rally.
It’s estimated more than 700,000 fans traveled downtown — a higher turnout than the city’s entire population. It was the largest turnout for any event in the state’s history — and by far a record single day for transit ridership.
An event of this scale and magnitude required immense coordination and teamwork between City of Seattle, police, transit, emergency response personnel and event organizers.
It also required the 12th Man and commuters alike to pack a lot of patience as they faced long lines and delays. Every transit agency that played a role in the historic event appreciates the good spirit and understanding that was on full display during Wednesday’s celebration.
Johanna Landherr of Seattle Dept. of Transportation is seeking public input before a developing a final design to improve safety for all users (pedestrians, cyclists and motor vehicles) at the intersection of 47th Avenue SW and SW Admiral Way.
The intersection has been an issue for years even prior to the 2006 death of Tatsuo Nakata, a 29-year-old who was struck in the intersection and killed. The McGinn mayoral administration proposed the installation of a special pedestrian flashing beacon at the intersection but thus far only crosswalk signs and lights are in place.
Landherr will be in attendance at this month's meeting of the Admiral Neighborhood Association at the Admiral Congregational UCC, 4320 SW Hill Street on Feb. 11. The meeting starts at 7pm.
Also on the agenda is a discussion of the proposed development at the site of the former Charlestown Cafe. An architect from Caron Architecture, the designers of the project will be on hand to answer questions.
The kick-off for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Highline will be Sunday, February 9, from 4 pm to 6 pm at Highline Lanes, at 15733 Ambaum Blvd SW, Burien.
The event will provide information about Relay For Life and how volunteers can get involved and FINISH THE FIGHT against cancer. Complimentary bowling and refreshments will be provided.
In 2013, the Relay For Life of Highline saw over 275 people from the cities of Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park and SeaTac participating on 29 teams, and raising over $64,000.
Founded 28 years ago by Tacoma physician Dr. Gordy Klatt, Relay For Life has grown to be the most recognized fundraising event for cancer nationwide, held in more than 5,000 communities and raising more than $3 billion toward cancer research, advocacy, education and patient services.
Relay For Life is a family-oriented event in which teams will walk or run in shifts around the track for 12 to 24 hours. Participants traditionally camp out on the field, and, when they are not taking their turn walking, enjoy a variety of entertainment & activities.
