The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the South Seattle College has extended an invitation to all District 1 City Council candidates as well as candidates for positions 8 and 9 to attend a forum to be held at the college on July 15.

The event will begin at 5:30 pm with a meet and greet between the candidates and the attendees of the forum. At 6 pm all candidates will have an opportunity for an opening statement. The next phase will consist of “candidating” with the attendees. After the opening statements all candidates will be sent to a table of attendees for 8 minutes. At the end of 8 minutes the candidates will move on to the next table of attendees. There will be time allowed at the end of the “candidating” portion for all candidates to give a 30 second closing statement.

The event will conclude at 8pm.