March 2021

Burien's Italian Cultural Center is a 100 year old dream made real

For more than 100 year Italian immigrants have left their imprint on the Pacific Northwest. Working as farmers, truck drivers, coal miners, in construction, and of course in the restaurant industry, they helped shape Seattle. 

For the last 80 years many of those in the West Seattle and Burien area dreamed of a location where Italian culture could be celebrated, food could be served and shared, classes held, products sold and celebrations enjoyed. 

With the opening of Casa Caffee, a new coffee shop the first part of the new Italian Cultural  Center at 13028 First Ave South the dream has come true. 

Westside Seattle spoke to two of prime movers behind the project, board members Giuseppe "Joe" Megale and Gennaro "Jerry" Mascio.

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HERBOLD: Washington State Ferries Fauntleroy ferry dock replacement meetings March 17/18

District 1 Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold shared this news in her weekly constituent's newsletter

Washington State Ferries has re-started work on the Fauntleroy ferry terminalreplacement project, which was delayed last year due to COVID-19.
They will be holding virtual public outreach meetings on March 17 and 18 as the first part of public engagement for the project. You can register here to participate:

Wednesday, Mar. 17 

Thursday, Mar. 18

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Casa Caffe at the Italian Cultural Center in Burien opens March 13

The Italian Cultural Center in Burien will celebrate the opening of the Casa Caffè on March 13th at 9am The opening will feature  Coffee from Caffe D'arte and delicious treats. The Casa will be giving away a Cannoli to the first 200 people this weekend who buy a coffee.

There are Covid precautions in place, including limiting the amount of people inside and requiring everyone to wear a mask. There will be no seating yet but they will have space set up outside to cover folks from any inclement weather, and to allow safe socializing from a distance. 

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Still some tickets left for Destination Delridge Saturday March 13
Music by Zoser, dance performance by Tracey Wong, live art by Taylor Yingshi, and poetry by Azura Tyabji; Online event admission only $10

Join the Delridge Neighborhood Development  Association online for a heartfelt night, as they deepen connections and celebrate DNDA’s work centering Art, Nature, and Neighborhood.

ONLINE EVENT ADMISSION $10 HERE

 

 

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West Seattle Junction Kids Easter Egg Hunt April 3; Get Easter goodies and enter the raffle
Buy an Easter and Spring-themed tote full of fun for the little bunnies and chicks

The West Seattle Junction Merchants are sponsoring a kids Easter Egg Hunt on April 3. The event will be staged in three time slots to prevent crowding. As part of the event there is also a Kids Easter Tote Bag ($30) with goodies and raffle tickets inside. Each tote is unique and hand packed with an Easter bunny craft, locally made brownies from beloved Bakery Nouveau, a springtime book from Pegasus Books, a bunny surprise, plus other little treasures from around the Junction.


KIDS EASTER TOTE: A kid-sized tote filled with fun Easter surprises. Each tote is totally reusable for further friendly-earth activities.


**Every tote will contain five raffle tickets for a chance to win a soft and cozy fluffy rainbow bunny from Curious Kidstuff**

Raffle on Sunday, April 4th at Curious Kids. Time TBD

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FREE yogurt at Weekend Wellness event at Whole Foods in West Seattle

Ellenos yogurt will be given away FREE at West Seattle Whole Foods Saturday, March 13 from 9am to 12:30pm as part of a Weekend Wellness event. You must sign up and reserve a spot for a cup however.

To register point your smart phone camera at the code in the image above. It will open a page where you can sign up.

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Shooting incident on Roxbury injures three; Suspect at large

In incident that began around 7pm at 2351 Roxbury SW and based on scanner traffic from the Seattle Police. Two people were said to be injured by gunfire. A gun was taken from a vehicle. A suspect is being sought by police and King County's helicopter Guardian One was called in to search for suspect. One victim was at the 76 Gas station at that address and two others were also shot but were expected at Harborview Medical Center.

A Black Chrysler 300 is being sought. It was last seen headed southbound on 30th SW.

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Second design review for five story apartment bldg. on 18th SW set for April 1

The second early design review is set for a 5-story, 59-unit apartment building with retail at 9218 18TH Ave SW. Parking for 25 vehicles proposed.

The upcoming public meeting will take place on April 1, 2021. See the City of Seattle's list of upcoming meetings for details. Comment on project by emailing prc@seattle.gov.

View full design proposal:

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