http://www.rainiervalleypost.com Proudly serving Southeast Seattle since 2007 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:22:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/tuesday-join-mayor-city-councilpersons-for-transform-seattle-discussion/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/tuesday-join-mayor-city-councilpersons-for-transform-seattle-discussion/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:19:28 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=46226 NEW HOLLY – Imagine Seattle 10 or even 20 years from now: there are more people living in our city, more jobs, and more housing to choose from. How will we travel from place to place? What kind of air will we breathe? How will we heat our homes or fuel our cars? What kind [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/tuesday-join-mayor-city-councilpersons-for-transform-seattle-discussion/feed/ 7 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/thursday-rainier-beach-n%e2%80%99hood-plan-update-available-for-community-review/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/thursday-rainier-beach-n%e2%80%99hood-plan-update-available-for-community-review/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:45:19 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=45198 RAINIER BEACH – This week, the City will present the first draft of its Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update for community review and input. The meeting is scheduled for Thur., Oct. 27, from 6 to 8 pm, at South Shore school (4800 S. Henderson Street). The update process began earlier this year after Mayor McGinn [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/thursday-rainier-beach-n%e2%80%99hood-plan-update-available-for-community-review/feed/ 1 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/obama%e2%80%99s-jobs-act-could-mean-much-needed-repairs-for-two-southeast-seattle-schools/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/obama%e2%80%99s-jobs-act-could-mean-much-needed-repairs-for-two-southeast-seattle-schools/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:18:24 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=45039 Two Southeast Seattle public schools – Aki Kurose Middle in the Brighton neighborhood and Van Asselt Elementary on Beacon Hill – are among several Seattle schools in desperate need of construction, renovation, modernization and maintenance, says the Council of the Great City Schools – a coalition of large urban public school districts. And if President [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/obama%e2%80%99s-jobs-act-could-mean-much-needed-repairs-for-two-southeast-seattle-schools/feed/ 0 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/city-to-present-draft-of-rainier-beach-nhood-plan-update-for-community-review/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/city-to-present-draft-of-rainier-beach-nhood-plan-update-for-community-review/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:00:41 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=44414 RAINIER BEACH – In a few weeks, the City will present the first draft of its Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update for community review and input. The update process began earlier this year after Mayor McGinn and the Seattle City Council identified Rainier Beach as one of two neighborhoods to fast-track due to Light Rail [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/city-to-present-draft-of-rainier-beach-nhood-plan-update-for-community-review/feed/ 3 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/after-12-years-3m-new-family-boating-center-in-mt-baker-rowing-is-complete/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/after-12-years-3m-new-family-boating-center-in-mt-baker-rowing-is-complete/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:04:02 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=43121 After 12 years, $3 million and countless volunteer hours, the new family boating center at Mt. Baker Rowing & Sailing Center on Lake Washington is finally complete. Named for longtime center supporter, sailor extraordinaire and lifelong Mt. Baker resident George Corkery, Jr., the building – located in Stan Sayres Memorial Park – has undergone a [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/after-12-years-3m-new-family-boating-center-in-mt-baker-rowing-is-complete/feed/ 5 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/spu-drilling-testing-soil-in-seward-park-in-preparation-for-2-4-gallon-storage-tank/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/spu-drilling-testing-soil-in-seward-park-in-preparation-for-2-4-gallon-storage-tank/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:35:41 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=40992 Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) started preliminary drilling and geophysical work in Seward Park this week in an effort to help evaluate potential sites for a new 2.4 million gallon storage tank that it says will help control combined sewer overflows (CSOs). The drill rig, about the size of a concrete truck, will drill a roughly [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/spu-drilling-testing-soil-in-seward-park-in-preparation-for-2-4-gallon-storage-tank/feed/ 2 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/spu-to-construct-underground-cso-storage-at-two-lake-washington-blvd-parking-lots/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/spu-to-construct-underground-cso-storage-at-two-lake-washington-blvd-parking-lots/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:46:50 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=40417 Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) has announced that it plans to build underground storage at two Lake Washington Blvd. parking lots to reduce Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) into Lake Washington. The lots are located at the intersection of Lake Washington Blvd. and 49th Avenue South and at the intersection of Lake Washington Blvd. and 53rd Avenue [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/spu-to-construct-underground-cso-storage-at-two-lake-washington-blvd-parking-lots/feed/ 12 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/tuesday-community-meeting-to-discuss-controversial-north-rainier-redevelopment-plans/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/tuesday-community-meeting-to-discuss-controversial-north-rainier-redevelopment-plans/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:27:22 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=40315 The community is invited to join the Lakewood Seward Park Community Club (4916 S. Angeline) at 7 pm this Tues., June 21, for a panel discussion on the City’s controversial plans to redevelop the Mt. Baker Station Area. From the organizers: The “bow-tie” traffic redesign, making Martin Luther King northbound only in parts, and Rainier [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/tuesday-community-meeting-to-discuss-controversial-north-rainier-redevelopment-plans/feed/ 12 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/save-the-date-help-shape-the-future-of-rainier-beach/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/save-the-date-help-shape-the-future-of-rainier-beach/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:06:41 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=40001 The community is invited to join the City’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) for the Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update Workshop #2 on Tues., June 28, 6:30 to 8:30 pm at South Shore K-8 School (4800 S. Henderson St.). From DPD: It’s been over a decade since community members worked together to draft Rainier [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/save-the-date-help-shape-the-future-of-rainier-beach/feed/ 1 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/save-the-date-sidewalks-coming-to-south-orcas-street/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/save-the-date-sidewalks-coming-to-south-orcas-street/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:00:10 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=39979 The community is invited to join the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) for an open house on Thur., June 16, 6:30 to 8 pm, at Dearborn Park Elementary School (2820 S. Orcas St.) to new sidewalk, curb and street trees proposed for South Orcas Street between Beacon Avenue South and 28th Avenue South. According to [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/save-the-date-sidewalks-coming-to-south-orcas-street/feed/ 6