April 2020

information from West Seattle Junction Association

Currently, there are no immediate funds to support small business owners as they struggle to keep afloat. The West Seattle Junction Association has created a Small Business Relief Fund to help local business meet bills such as  utility costs and payroll taxes

The White Center Covid-19 Isolation and quarantine facility near Top Hat opening date, once set for April 3 has been postponed. Getting it open has been slowed, said Calli Knight Deputy Director of External Relations for  King County Executive Dow Constantine because further construction and staffing challenges remain. Finding medical staff who can provide the services on a 24/7 basis is a problem they said.

Restaurants have been hit very hard as a result of closures due to the pandemic and the latest to come back out of full closure is Il Nido at the Alki Homestead 2717 61st Ave SW.

Il Nido employee Kate Bigham shared the news on Facebook:

" Il Nido at the Alki Homestead will be open as a market beginning tomorrow. Tentatively, our hours for market sales will be from Tuesday through Saturday, 2-7pm. As a special treat, our chef, Mike Easton, will be whipping up espresso drinks with Ladro coffee beginning at 7am!

During market hours, we will be selling our daily-freshly-made take home and cook pastas and sauces, as well as a few cheeses, some sliced deli meats, and most importantly, wines  from our expansive list. We will even be selling liquor.

In a post shared on facebook's West Seattle Connection, a woman doing some food pickup for delivery shared an experience at a local restaurant that left her shaking. She asked to remain anonymous out of fear of reprisals. Westside Seattle has confirmed her identity but we won't divulge out of respect for her privacy. We also won't share her complete post but instead will share some excerpts. 

The incident happened at the Bang Bar in the West Seattle Junction. The restaurant did respond to our request for comment and have in fact made changes. Their response follows below.

information from Seattle Police Department

Even though many Seattle area residents are Staying Home to Stay Healthy, we still see residential burglaries occurring throughout Seattle.  There are some trends worth noting.  In some instances, suspects peered through windows, saw something close by that they wanted, then smashed the window and grabbed the item without entering the home.  In other instances, burglars may be watching to see when people leave the house, (maybe going to the store for a short while), make entry, then leave quickly.