March 2019

Hate Free Delridge response to Islamophobia and the New Zealand attack will take place in West Seattle's Alaska Junction at the cross streets of California Ave. SW and SW Alaska St. Sunday March 24th from 11 am to 1 pm

Stu Hennesy, speaking for the group said, "The present atmosphere of fear and hate against other religions, race and political differences needs to be responded to whenever and where ever it may occur. It is Hate Free Delridge's mission to announce these responses in order to make it clear that this is an unacceptable atmosphere. Hate Free Delridge says NO! to Islamophobia."

Sponsors: Hate Free Delridge, Sustainable West Seattle and local citizens

information from Seattle Public Schools

Students and teachers gathered at Chief Sealth International High School March 22-23 to begin the fourth annual Washington State Global Issues Network (WAGIN) Conference, a two-day international event led by local youth seeking to tackle global issues, learn together, and spark lasting change. The conference brings together over 200 middle and high school students from the Seattle area and three states (Colorado, Texas, and Florida), as well as four countries (Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South Korea).

Seattle City Councilmember for District 1, Lisa Herbold posted this update on the future of the Mandatory Housing Affordability legislation passed by the council recently:

On Monday the Full Council took its final vote on the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) legislation. As I’ve written about before, the trade off of additional development capacity for contributions to affordable house is a step toward funding more housing, but this step is not enough.

The City plans to develop 6,000 affordable units with the implementation of the MHA program. However, I also believe that we will lose many currently affordable units due to demolition and redevelopment of existing housing.  The estimated gain of 6,000 new units built through the MHA program may be offset by these losses.

Seattle City Councilmember for District 1 Lisa Herbold posted an update on the proposed roundabout for the Highland Park Way SW/ SW Holden Street roundabout that has been a community goal for many years:

During last year’s budget, I was able to get the Highland Park Way SW/SW Holden Street Roundabout project added to the SDOT Capital Improvement Program, the long-term capital planning budget.

Unfortunately, we learned in January the grant application SDOT submitted to WSDOT was unsuccessful. Since then I’ve worked with state legislators to seek funding through the state legislative process.

Senator Joe Nguyen and Representative Joe Fitzgibbon have submitted this as a potential project in the state transportation budget. Funds are limited in the state transportation budget, but I want to give a big thank you to both Senator Nguyen and Representative Fitzgibbon for putting forward applications to their respective Transportation Chairs!

UPDATE Friday 7:20pm

Due to technical issues with the registration site the event has been postponed. No new date has yet been determined but will be announced once it is set

Journey with Chunman Gissing into the Magical World of Chinese Tea

During a 1:30 to 3:30 presentation learn about tea varities and processing, tea ware, brewing, and the pleasures of tea. This interactive workshop will include a demonstration of Kungfu-style brewing. Enjoy tea-inspired poetry and tasting of fine teas from Ms. Gissing's collection. - $20 Fee for talk only

A workshop from 3:30 to 4:30 offers opportunity to practice brewing and serving tea in Kungfu style and to try serving with a Sichuan-style long-spout tea pot. - $30 Fee for talk plus workshop

West Seattle Junction Visitor Survey

This survey of 2105 area residents/shoppers took place between March 1 and March 11, 2019.  The questions were designed by 501 Commons consultants in partnership with Lora Radford, Executive Director of the West Seattle Junction Association (WSJA.)

The survey was administered through a partnership with the West Seattle Blog, Westside Seattle (Herald), the Junction newsletters, and multiple social media channels.

Respondent Profile

The majority of the respondents:

by Kyle Ohashi

On behalf of the Burien Fire Department

 A brush fire in the 10700 block 14 Ave. SW of White Center that spread to a seven- unit apartment complex is under investigation.

The fire was reported at 3:00 pm to 911. When the first fire department units arrived, they quickly upgraded the incident to a second, and then a third alarm to get additional resources at the scene.

Wind quickly sent sparks from the burning brush onto the roof of the apartment building, igniting the roof and forcing the evacuation of the residents. None suffered any injuries.

The siding of another apartment complex was damaged by the radiant heat and a fence was badly burned in several places.

Three firefighters were treated at the scene due to non-life threatening medical situations. Two of them were transported to local hospitals.