In his public safety address to the Seattle City Council last week, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray detailed a series of ‘Find it, Fix it’ Community Walks, focused on several crime hotspots.

At the walks, community residents, police, and city officials will walk together to identify physical disorder and solve it, hence the find it and fix it theme. The primary areas of focus are graffiti removal, street lighting, litter and garbage clean-up, and trimming overgrown bushes and trees.

The next Find It, Fix It Community Walk:
Tuesday, July 8, 7 – 8:30 p.m., S. Orcas St. and Martin Luther King Jr Way S.
Meet in the vacant RAC parking lot on the southeast corner of the intersection (Map)

7 – 7:15 p.m.
Short program featuring Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole and department representatives.

7:15 – 8 p.m.
Walk commences along the following route:
· East on S. Orcas to 37th Ave S.
· 37th to S. Juneau St.
· West on Juneau to Martin Luther King Jr Way S.
· Stop at the Filipino Community Center (5740 Martin Luther King Jr Way)
· North on Martin Luther King Jr Way S. to S. Orcas St.
· West on S. Orcas St to 35th Ave S.
· North on 35th Ave S to S. Lucille St
· South on Martin Luther King Jr Way S. to S. Orcas St.

8 – 8:30 p.m.
Walk concludes and department representatives are available for follow-up questions.

Additional ‘Find it, Fix it’ Community Walks will take place in the upcoming weeks:
· July 22, 7 – 9 p.m.: Sound Transit tour, between Rainier Beach and Othello Stations
· July 29, 7 – 9 p.m.: Rainier Ave. and Genesee
· August 12, 7 – 9 p.m.: Rainier Beach

For more information on Murray’s public safety strategy for Seattle, visit http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/public-safety-strategy-for-seattle.