From center lanes to cetaceans @ Southwest District Council
One more community meeting to recap from this past week before we head into a new week: The Southwest District Council. Featured guests at this month’s meeting were from SDOT and The Whale Trail....
View ArticleQuestion for your councilmember? Lisa Herbold @ Southwest District Council...
As covered here this past week, the mayor’s budget plan is out and the City Council‘s review is on. One night before the first big public hearing next Thursday, West Seattle/South Park Councilmember...
View ArticleNew ‘West Seattle Athletic Complex’ idea and more, @ Southwest District Council
By Randall Hauk Reporting for West Seattle Blog Three major topics when the Southwest District Council met Wednesday night at the Senior Center/Sisson Building, with featured guests City Councilmember...
View ArticleFrom post-Viaduct buses to crime updates and beyond @ Southwest District Council
Toplines from tonight’s Southwest District Council meeting: BUSES, POST-VIADUCT: Have you seen this map yet? It was brought to the SWDC meeting by Chris Arkills from King County, who has been visiting...
View Article2019: Southwest District Council plans the new year’s first community meeting
On the second night of the new year, the Southwest District Council will be the first community group to meet in 2019. SWDC includes reps from community councils and other organizations around western...
View ArticleSPD, HALA, and more @ Southwest District Council’s first meeting of 2019
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor One day into 2019, West Seattle community advocates filled a room at the Sisson Building/Senior Center for the Southwest District Council‘s first meeting of the...
View ArticleFrom saving the orcas to city priorities @ Southwest District Council
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Between the first two waves of snow, the Southwest District Council held its February meeting. We were there, and just getting a chance to finish the report now...
View ArticleSouthwest District Council hears, and asks, about city homelessness response
Larry Wymer of the Admiral Neighborhood Association, Tess Colby from the Mayor’s office, and Dusty Olson from Seattle Human Services. Story and photos by Jason Grotelueschen Reporting for West Seattle...
View ArticleWest Seattle light rail in Southwest District Council spotlight
Story and photos by Jason Grotelueschen Reporting for West Seattle Blog “This is just the start.” Regarding the hot topic of light rail in West Seattle, that was a common theme and assurance from...
View ArticleTERMINAL 5: Southwest District Council briefing Wednesday; new Matson ship...
Bids are being reviewed now and work is set to start soon on what ultimately will be a half-billion-dollar project – counting private as well as public investment – at Terminal 5. If you have...
View ArticleNew details of Terminal 5 project, plus Department of Neighborhoods ‘pivot,’...
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor The half-billion dollar project that’s about to start on West Seattle’s eastern shore was the first of two big focuses at this month’s Southwest District...
View ArticleCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Southwest District Council reconvenes Wednesday
Now that it’s September, it’s not just back-to-school time, but also back-to-work time for many volunteer community-involvement groups. The first to meet after summer hiatus: The Southwest District...
View ArticlePark-project updates @ Southwest District Council
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Seattle Parks has a long list of West Seattle projects in various stages. That was the takeaway from a Parks deputy director’s appearance at the Southwest...
View ArticleProposed bus-lane-backup solution, and what else the Southwest District...
(SDOT camera screengrab from 7:39 am this past Monday, looking at EB West Seattle Bridge) By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor As we’ve been reporting, SDOT thinks it can relieve the backups blamed...
View ArticleSouthwest District Council disbands, but not without a successor of sorts
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor “Kind of sad … but things change.” So mused Tamsen Spengler, who is now the former co-chair of the Southwest District Council, after its vote last night to...
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