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Goodbye Chubby & Tubby; Hello Claremont: 58 New Mixed-Income Rental Units Near Mt. Baker

04.25.2011 Development

Tomorrow, SouthEast Effective Development (SEED) will debut its new mixed-income development located at 3333 Rainier Avenue South near Mt. Baker. After closing in 2003 and remaining vacant for the next five years, the old Chubby & Tubby site has been transformed into a five-story, mixed-use building with 58 mixed-income rental units, 10 townhouse units and [...]

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GIVE: Volunteers Needed for Fun in the Sun Along Chief Sealth Trail

04.22.2011 Development

Looking to get involved? Our Give Page is the only comprehensive listing of volunteer opportunities in the Rainier Valley. Designed to link neighbors with local volunteer opportunities, this is the place to start if you’ve got time and/or financial resources and a desire to help improve your community. From the Ribbon of Parks Association: The [...]

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SATURDAY: The Future of “Othello Town Center”; an Informal Opportunity to Review Plans & Share Your Opinion

04.12.2011 Development

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SATURDAY: Great City to Host Community Forum on Growth, Development & Inequalities in Southeast Seattle

03.30.2011 Business

This weekend, Great City, the non-profit organization focused on smart growth and urban advocacy, will host a two-day event, called Equitable Growth Dialogues, designed to offer an opportunity for community members, urbanists, environmentalists and social justice advocates to engage in meaningful conversations to help build bridges and find common cause. Participants will include Mayor Mike [...]

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Rainier Valley Residents Look to City to Make Good on Promise of Green Jobs

03.30.2011 Development

Rainier Valley residents looked to the City of Seattle to make good on its promise of green jobs at a Got Green community event earlier this month where Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith was there to represent Mayor Mike McGinn. From Got Green: The City of Seattle will launch the Community Power Works – a $20 [...]

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Help Guide the Future of Rainier Beach From the Comfort of Your Couch

03.27.2011 Development

by Peter Masundire, Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update Advisory Council: In the late 1990s, people in Rainier Beach worked together to create the Rainier Beach 2014: A Plan for a Sustainable Future. This is our community’s plan to guide growth and change for the following 20 years. It is now 12 years old and we [...]

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Rainier Valley Residents “Got Green”; Stimulus Dollars Training Low-Income Workers to Enter Green Economy

03.22.2011 Development

As you drive down Rainier Avenue past Vietnamese nail salons, Somali-owned halal restaurants, and storefront churches, you might not be expecting the three-foot tall banner that reads “Making the Green Economy Work for Our Communities.” Yet, this is the location of the new green movement – a movement that sees environmental protection and economic opportunity [...]

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Rainier Valley Man Irritated by Chanting, Drumming, Leaf-Blowing Monks Loses Appeal

03.18.2011 Development

seattlepi.com: A [Rainier Valley] man irritated by the chanting, drumming, gonging, prostrating, leaf-blowing activities of the Buddhist monks next door to him has lost his appeal against the monastery’s plan to expand. In 2008, the Duoc Su Monastery, a Vietnamese temple in [the Othello neighborhood], requested permission to expand its 31,000-square-foot lot. The monastery, which [...]

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What to Lose? What to Keep? Help Shape the Future of Rainier Beach

03.01.2011 Development

The community is invited to join Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) on Sat., March 19, 9 am to noon at South Shore School (4800 S. Henderson St.), for the first of four public meetings designed to help update the Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan: We want to hear from you. What makes Rainier Beach [...]

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From Blight to Bling: MSN Calls Columbia City One of Country’s Top 10 Revitalized Neighborhoods

02.22.2011 Business

MSN: Hip bars, trendy restaurants, cute shops and a farmer’s market grace the pedestrian-friendly commercial district of Rainier Avenue South in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood. They’re a sign that this once-sketchy neighborhood has undergone a sea change in the past decade. The transformation began with artists and other pioneers who found gold restoring classic Craftsman [...]

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New Medical & Dental Clinic in Rainier Beach Seeks to Reduce Radical Disparities in Health

02.21.2011 Development

Last week, Neighborcare Health opened its new Rainier Beach Medical & Dental Clinic at 9245 Rainier Avenue South. The new clinic combines the services and staff of Neighborcare Health’s former Rainier Beach Medical Clinic and the Southeast Dental Clinic, which have both closed. Clinic staff says that the neighborhoods around the clinic, as well as [...]

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New Interactive Map Illustrates Segregation at N’hood Level, Including Rainier Valley

02.07.2011 Development

In the first analysis of new 2005-2009 Census Block Group data, Remapping Debate has developed an interactive map illustrating segregation right down to the city block level, revealing some otherwise hidden truths not necessarily apparent in the larger geographic areas represented by Census Tracts: The new maps, available here, highlight areas that remain ultra-white, as [...]

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City Awards Nearly $23M for Affordable Rental Housing, Including Two South-End Projects

01.25.2011 Development

The Office of Housing announced last week nearly $23 million in capital funding, divvied up amongst eight nonprofit housing developers, to create and preserve affordable apartments throughout the city, including two south-end projects. “Having housing throughout our community that is affordable to people from all walks of life, people with varying economic situations, is what [...]

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New & Improved, Low-Income, Transit-Oriented Development Opens in Rainier Vista

01.23.2011 Business

Last week, Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) celebrated the grand opening of Tamarack Place – a newly rebuilt, low-income, transit-oriented development just half a block from Columbia City Station. Construction on Tamarack Place began in September 2009 after an infusion of $3.2 million in stimulus funding and was completed in November 2010. Today, all apartments are [...]

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THURS: Should Rainier & MLK Run One-Way in Opposite Directions? Learn More at Mt. Baker Meeting

01.11.2011 Development

The community is invited to join Mt. Baker’s Zoning Land Use Planning and Transportation Committee (ZLUPT) this Thurs., Jan. 13, at 7 pm at Mt. Baker Community Clubhouse (2811 Mt. Rainier Dr. S.), where the agenda will include: Update from Lyle Bicknell, City Planner regarding light rail station area planning, including potential for rerouting Rainier [...]

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Goodwill Downsizes Development Ambitions for North Rainier Valley

01.04.2011 Business

seattlepi.com: Nearly two years after the economic downturn killed a $300 million plan to redevelop the Seattle Goodwill site in Little Saigon, Goodwill is going ahead with a smaller-scale project on its own. “We’ve been trying to replace our facilities in Seattle for at least the last 12 years that I’ve been here,” Goodwill Chief [...]

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Community Says Farewell to Rainier Beach Community Center & Pool Until 2013

12.20.2010 Development

Dozens of neighbors turned out this past Saturday to say farewell to Rainier Beach Community Center and Pool which is now closed for demolition. A brand new community center and pool will be rebuilt at the same location over the course of the next three years. From Seattle Parks and Recreation: We apologize for the [...]

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Weather Delays Rainier Ave Construction, Prolongs Traffic Mess

12.15.2010 Development

In June, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) embarked on an extensive six-month construction project in the Rainier Valley designed to create a better waiting environment for bus passengers, improve travel time for buses, and improve parking conditions for automobiles on Rainier Avenue South. The transit improvement project covers the more than six-mile length of [...]

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Say Goodbye to Rainier Beach Community Center & Pool as We Know It

12.14.2010 Development

The community is invited to join Seattle Parks and Recreation this Sat., Dec. 18, from noon to 3 pm for the closing event for Rainier Beach Community Center and Pool: Come enjoy music, walk down memory lane and learn about the new facility coming to the Rainier Beach neighborhood. The facility, located at 8825 Rainier [...]

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South Columbian Way Gets Sleek New Makeover

12.02.2010 Development

Earlier this year, the outside lanes of South Columbian Way between Beacon Avenue South and 15th Avenue South were crumbling. Now, thanks to Bridging-the-Gap funding and completion of a repaving project, the roadway is much improved. According to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), since the outside lanes of the roadway had to be reconstructed, [...]

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Artist Housing Planned Near Mt. Baker Light Rail Station

11.29.2010 Development

seattlepi.com: Artspace, a nonprofit developer of low-rent housing for artists, is working with Sound Transit to build a 51-unit building near the Mount Baker light rail station. Sound Transit’s governing board voted Thursday to sell to Artspace two surplus parcels of land where a former Firestone tire store once stood (above) near the intersection of [...]

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