March 2020

information from the City of Seattle

 Similar to King County Executive Dow Constantine, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan has issued a Proclamation of Civil Emergency granting her the ability to exercise emergency authority to address any immediate dangers to the public as a result of COVID-19. In the coming days, the City will announce actions stemming from this proclamation, which will be made in coordination with Public Health – Seattle & King County, King County, the Washington State Department of Health, and other elected leaders.

While lauding the state’s energetic response to the spread of coronavirus, Sen. Joe Nguyen (D-White Center) said the siting of a quarantine facility in White Center continues a pattern of systemic disregard for that community.“I understand why this facility is needed,” said Nguyen, who represents White Center in the Washington State Senate. “But the appearance of placing it in a neighborhood that has already been historically marginalized conveys a message about whose safety we most value in our society that is not lost on me.”

The founder of Bird on a Wire Espresso Heidi Herr has sold the business to Amber Heinemann and Todd Fregin of Fremann Foods. 

She founded the business in 2002 and then expanded into a space next door that was previously a hair salon in 2018.  She also was one of the founders of Admiral Bird in the Admiral District in 2013.