February 2020

Herbold: Permanent bus pathway to open for West Seattle/Downtown Buses

Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold shared this news via her constituent newsletter:

King County Metro and SDOT have announced that, beginning on February 22nd, buses that formerly traveled between West Seattle to Downtown on the Alaskan Way Viaduct will access Downtown through Alaskan Way and Columbia Street. This is the permanent travel path planned for buses, and comes with the planned completion of two-way bus lanes on Columbia StreetDowntown.

This will be an important improvement for many District 1 routes, including the RapidRide C Line, 21 Express, 37, 55, 56, 57, 113, 120, 121, 122, 123 and 125. Buses will no longer travel through the temporary routes on SODO or 1stAvenue. Planned bus stop locations are shown on the map below.

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Third Annual Alki Oyster Fest on Alki Beach Sunday Feb. 16

3 Venues • 5 Oyster Farms • 12 Bands; Event benefits Puget Sound Restoration Fund

 

This year the Alki Oyster Fest features delicious oyster selections from: 

Hama HamaBaywater Shellfish CompanyTaylor Shellfish FarmsChelsea Farms, and Olympia Oyster Co.

Complement your dish with a frosty microbrew or wine by the glass from:

West Seattle Brewing CompanyAlki Beach Pub and Harry's Beach House.

All while enjoying 4 Bands at each of the 3 Venues

Covering All Styles of Music (see below)

 

SeaTac City Councilmember Peter Kwon receives Slade Gorton Rising Star Award

On Saturday January 25, 2020, Peter Kwon received the Slade Gorton Rising Star Award, presented by King County Councilmember Kathy Lambert in recognition of his dedication to public service, community engagement, pragmatic approach, tangible community improvements, and ability to bring people together to achieve common goals.  Peter Kwon, who was recently elected as SeaTac Deputy Mayor, is the first non-partisan elected official to receive this award in its ten year history.

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New compostable Serviceware law will take effect next January in Burien

Starting January 1, 2021, (just under a  year from now) a new law goes into effect restricting the use of single-use plastic food serviceware in Burien. This law was passed by the Burien City Council to reduce the growing amount of non-compostable and non-recyclable waste that ends up in our landfills and in our environment. Burien is the tenth city in Washington state to pass a food serviceware ordinance and the third to pass a food serviceware ordinance that requires materials be compostable.

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