The City of Seattle will be updating the Climate Action Plan in 2012 and is seeking community input.
The Office of Sustainability & Environment is asking for feedback on how Seattle can achieve a low-carbon future. Visit this link for…MORE
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City Council passes West Seattle Triangle rezoning
Mon, 12/19/11
A unanimous vote from Seattle’s City Council approved rezoning changes for West Seattle’s Triangle on Dec. 19, leading the way for new developments and streetscapes to transform the area confined by Fauntleroy Ave to the northwest, 35th Ave to…MORE
City Council unanimously votes to ban plastic bags
Mon, 12/19/11
By Anne-Marije Rook Seattle City council today approved Council Bill 117345, intended to help clean up Puget Sound and protect marine wildlife by banning single-use plastic bags.
Similar legislation passed in Bellingham and Edmonds earlier…MORE
South King County gang council requesting residents take online survey
Mon, 12/19/11
The Suburban King County Coordinating Council on Gangs (“the Council”) is a unique partnership between the Center for Children and Youth Justice and high-level decision makers from across South and East King County that is focused on creating a…MORE
Reminder: Plastic bag ban goes into effect
Mon, 12/19/11
Starting July 1st, shoppers will no longer be asked 'paper or plastic' when checking out at a Seattle retail store.
In December of last year Seattle City council approved a plastic bag ordinance, Council Bill 117345, intended to help clean…MORE
SeaTac school placed on list of state's lowest achieving schools
Mon, 12/19/11
Odyssey—The Essential School, a small academy on SeaTac’s Tyee High campus, was among 57 state schools on a list of persistently lowest-achieving schools that was released by State Superintendent Randy Dorn on Dec. 19.
It was singled out…MORE
Families at White Center Heights Elementary Get Outpouring of Holiday Help
Mon, 12/19/11
Press release:
Staff at White Center Heights Elementary, community groups, and businesses are rallying around White Center children and families with an outpouring of holiday assistance.
White Center Heights staff and friends…MORE
SeaTac students fast for 24 hours to raise famine funds
Mon, 12/19/11
By Sidney Lenz(Editor’s Note: On Nov. 29, the middle school students at Seattle Christian School in SeaTac participated in a 24-hour famine to raise money for famine relief in East Africa. Sidney Lenz, a seventh-grade student in teacher Matt…MORE
UPDATE: Southwest Precinct 'tweets' while patrolling South Park on Dec. 20
Mon, 12/19/11
Update for Dec. 20 At the halfway point in S.W. Precinct Officer Scott Luckie's tweetalong day in South Park, he said it had been oddly slow.
"It is normally very busy," he said in an interview during a lull in the low-key action. "In…MORE
SLIDESHOW: Impressive Christmas light displays illuminate Angle Lake and Normandy Park
Mon, 12/19/11
Photographer Kurt Howard captured weekend shots of the Jones’ family home on the north side of Angle Lake and Rick and Vicki Johnson’s home in Normandy Park.
Please click the image above for photos from both homes.
Here are some…MORE
