Don’t let the creepy poster fool you! This is a great opportunity to meet the men and women of our own South Precinct. From SPD:
This is a free event and all South Precinct community members are invited! Enjoy dancing, music, food, magic, balloons, raffles and fun! Get a precinct tour, meet local officers, SWAT, K-9 and more.
The South Precinct – located at 3001 S. Myrtle – serves the neighborhoods of Beacon Hill, Columbia City, Duwamish/SODO, Georgetown, Mt. Baker/North Rainier, North Beacon Hill/Jefferson Park, Rainier Beach, Seward Park and South Beacon Hill/NewHolly.
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See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this weekend…
Friday:
- Bingo, Burritos & Brew, Brighton
Saturday:
- FREE Othello Business District Guided Tour, Othello
- Big Day of Play, Magnuson Park
Sunday:
This Sat., Aug. 28, Bike Works presents Summer Cycle Celebration in the park and parking lot near Lakewood Moorage (along Lake Washington Blvd, where Adams St ends), 12-5pm. Enjoy live music and entertainment, interspersed with cycling demos and exhibits. Enter in one of the amusing bicycle contests. To add to the excitement we’ll host the finish to an alleycat race that Empire Espresso Bar is running in connection with Bike Works.
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In an effort to focus more closely on our original coverage area – Seward Park to New Holly and Mt. Baker to Rainier Beach – the Rainier Valley Post has decided to leave Beacon Hill news to our more-than-capable colleagues at the Beacon Hill Blog, where locals Wendi Dunlap and Jason Simpson are covering everything you need to know about the beacon on the hill. Tell ‘em your RVP sent you!
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International Examiner/Julie Pham:
Last year, Light Rail opened to great fanfare at Othello Station. A coalition of neighborhood groups, including the Martin Luther King Business Association (MLKBA), organized the Othello On The Move festival to celebrate the long-awaited launch of Sound Transit’s Light Rail passenger services on July 17, 2009.
In the many months preceding July 17, the MLKBA reached out to businesses along the four-mile MLK corridor from the intersection of Rainier Ave and MLK down to Rainier Beach to help prepare them for new clientele that everyone hoped and expected the Light Rail would bring to this business district, which had stagnated during the years of Light Rail construction.
Lan Do opened Venus Chinese Restaurant in King Plaza, the shopping center just west of the Othello station, in February 2009. In an informal interview last June with the MLKBA, she expressed great hope that the train would bring even more business. At that time, her new restaurant was thriving. Read more.
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See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this weekend…
Saturday:
Sunday:
The community is invited to the Rainier Valley Garden Tour on Sat., July 17. Co-sponsored by Sustainable South Seattle, this year’s event will focus on sustainable garden practices, including green gardening, water catchment & conservation, city chickens, organic veggies & flowers and community gardens. More.
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See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this week…
Monday:
- Bicycle (Monday) Sunday, Lake Washington Blvd.
- Transforming Adversity meditation class, Columbia City
- Othello Park Alliance meeting, Othello
- Family Story Time at the library, Rainier Beach
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
- Preschool Story Time at the Library, Rainier Beach
Friday:
- Preschool Story Time at the Library, Rainier Beach
- Stand for justice with Join Justice Works, Columbia City
Show your south-end pride & support your RVP with our hot new t-shirts. With eight awesome designs starting at just $25 each, you’re sure to find one that suits your style. Start shopping now!
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By Seattle Times (RVP news partner):
Sound Transit had to suspend its light-rail service between Tukwila and Rainier Beach stations part of Tuesday morning, because of electrical problems.
Buses were sent to carry morning commuters, but they should expect long delays, said a rider alert issued at 9:12 a.m. Read more.
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From South Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator Mark Solomon:
If you are a block watch captain living in the Central Area, Greater Duwamish area or South Seattle, or interested in getting a block watch going for your area, your Seattle Police Department Crime Prevention Coordinators invite you to join us at one of the upcoming Neighborhood Safety Forums.
These forums are opportunities for captains of active block watch groups to interact and network with their fellow block watch captains. These forums are also opportunities for those block watch captains whose groups have been dormant to help get them rejuvenated. Further, we want to invite all who are interested in getting Block Watch going in their neighborhoods to join us and gather information and resources to positively impact their public safety in their community.
- Get updated information about crime trends and statistics.
- Learn what new tools and resources are available from the Seattle Police Department and other agencies to enhance both safety and the quality of life of your neighborhood.
- Meet and get to know each other; exchange contact information so you can look at working on collaborative public safety efforts in the future
- Discuss successes and challenges your groups have experienced; Share strategies about what has worked for your block in addressing crime and quality of life issues
Numerous City and County agencies will have resource tables and staff available to respond to your specific questions and neighborhood needs. There will be giveaways for you to take back to your blocks. Light snacks and refreshments will be offered. Please advise us if you know of any attendees in need of translation, interpretation or Signing services. For more info, contact Mark Solomon, SPD Crime Prevention Coordinator at 206.386.9766 or mark.solomon@seattle.gov.
South-End Safety Forums:
- Tues., July 6: 6-8pm at Cleveland High School cafeteria (5511 15 Ave. S.); For Beacon Hill, New Holly and Georgetown neighbors
- Tues., July 13: 6-8pm at Dunlap Elementary School cafeteria (4525 S. Cloverdale St.); For Rainier Beach, Upper Rainier Beach, Brighton and Dunlap neighbors
- Wed., July 28: 6-8pm at Mt. Baker Community Club (2811 Mt. Rainier Dr. S.); For Mount Baker, Columbia/Hillman City, Lakewood/Seward Park participants
If you cannot make the Neighborhood Safety Forum for your area, you are welcome to attend one of the others.
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See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this weekend…
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
The Seattle Animal Shelter’s 11th Annual Furry 5K Fun Run and Walk is this Sun., June 20, at Seward Park. Thousands are expected to turn out to raise money for injured and abused orphaned animals. Photo/Furry 5K Fun Run and Walk
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See our Big Dates Page – the only comprehensive calendar of events in all of southeast Seattle – for more information on these and other south-end gatherings, events, meetings, groups, etc. In the meantime, here’s a sampling of what’s happening around the community this week…
Monday:
- 37th Legislative District Democrats meeting, Columbia City
- Aging Your Way, Columbia City
- “Heart of Wisdom” guided meditation, teaching & discussion, Columbia City
Tuesday:
- Coed Group Exercise Class, Mt. Baker
- Rainier Valley Rotary Club meeting, Columbia City
- Lakewood Seward Park Community Association meeting, Lakewood Seward Park
- Celebrate Juneteenth With SE Seattle Senior Center, Brighton
- Celebrate the Design of New Rainier Beach Community Center & Pool, Rainier Beach
Wednesday:
- Self Defense Class sponsored by the SE Seattle Crime Prevention Council, Brighton
Thursday:
Friday:
- Kiwanas Club of Rainier Valley meeting, Mt. Baker
- Stand for justice with Join Justice Works!, Columbia City
- Columbia City Community Chorus Summer Solstice Concert, Columbia City
Show your south-end pride & support your RVP with our hot new t-shirts. With eight awesome designs starting at just $25 each, you’re sure to find one that suits your style. Start shopping now!
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Seattle Tilth is offering a whole slew of gardening classes in southeast Seattle this summer:
- Container Veggie Gardening (Van Asselt Community Center) June 4-25, 7-8pm – Learn everything you need to know to grow food in containers.
- Be Cistern Savvy! (Bradner Gardens Park in the Mt Baker neighborhood) June 24, 6-7:30pm – Everything you need to know about collecting rainwater with residential cisterns.
- Comprehensive Organic Gardener (Bradner Gardens Park in the Mt Baker neighborhood) Sep. 15-Oct. 6 – Learn everything we know about gardening! An intensive multi-session program teaching organic vegetable gardening methods and practice.
- Edible Perennial Veggies (Bradner Gardens Park) Sep. 18, 10-11am – Learn about less common edibles that will make any garden a perpetual, low maintenance source of food.
- Perennial Edible Shrubs and Trees (Bradner Gardens Park) Sep. 25, 10am-noon – Explore how selecting edibles as landscape trees and shrubs can feed the family year round.
- Be Cistern Savvy! (Bradner Gardens Park in the Mt Baker neighborhood) Nov. 11, 6-7:30pm – Everything you need to know about collecting rainwater with residential cisterns.
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