April 2022

Westside Award winners announced; Keith Hughes named Westsider of the year
Circa, Business of the Year, Emerging Business Highland Park Corner Store, Neighborhood House Non-Profit of the Year.

Information from the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce

Annually, the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce presents the Westside Awards honoring three local businesses and one individual who demonstrate results-oriented leadership, a cornerstone of a thriving economic region. We received an outpouring of nominations from the community for the 2022 Westside Awards and this year’s winners are:

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West Seattle Bridge Community Task Force meeting # 28 was a look at final updates and near the end of the work
Low bridge construction progress, traffic statistics and access also explained

In what former Mayor Greg Nickels said he hoped would be the next to last West Seattle Bridge Community Task Force meeting on April 21 the agenda was focused on a look back at the events and process that the closure of the bridge initiated. Some current updates on the last elements of the repair process were covered and the upcoming termination of the Reconnect West Seattle program that was launched to help people get around without the bridge.

The complete video of the meeting is below.

SDOT's Heather Marx talked about the updates in the process.

bridge updates

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UPDATE: Teen suspect in cannabis store stickups and Bellevue Rare Coins robbery charged with 1st Degree Murder
He pleads Not Guilty and is being held on $3 million bail

Update 4/20

Montrell Hatfield,16, pleads not guilty to a charge of 1st Degree Murder in a Tacoma court to the shooting death of Jordan Brown at the World of Weed cannabis dispensary in that city in March. He is being held on $3 million bail. Another teen, Marshon Jones, 15, was previously arrested and has been accused of being an accomplice in that crime and series of other South King County robberies.

Original Post 4/19

16 year old Montrell Hatfield a suspect in several south king County cannabis store robberies, a similar robbery in Tacoma in which a man was shot to death, and the robbery of Bellevue Rare Coins in West Seattle, was arrested today in Kent, according to Tacoma Police. 

One of his suspected accomplices Marshon Jones was arrested in Kent last week.

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SDOT shares new West Seattle Bridge progress video

While no final reopening date for the West Seattle Bridge has been set, the Seattle Department of Transportation still says mid 2022. Just for the record, that actual date, the middle of the year would be July 2 as the 183rd day of the year. But SDOT is not offering that level of precision just yet. 

What they are doing however is continuing to document their work progress with regard to both the specialized concrete pours (recently resumed due to a lengthy concrete truck drivers strike which is still unresolved), and carbon fiber wrapping being applied inside the massive bridge girders. Also being done is more epoxy crack filling, not to directly strengthen the bridge but to seal the cracks so moisture cannot get to the steel rebar inside.

In their latest video they show this work plus drilling of holes through which additional post tensioned steel cabling will run providing added strength. 

See the video below

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One Seattle Day of Service: Music to local musicians’ ears

By Andreka J. Jasek

On April 18th, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the One Seattle Day of Service volunteer event to clean up the city. Over 2,200 opportunities to help across 80 activities will be available.

Seattle’s very own The NightCry jumped on this opportunity minutes after it was announced by the Mayor. They will be volunteering on May 21, 2022 at the West Seattle Junction’s street beautification program and they hope you will join them!

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New Principal will take over at Evergreen High School
Simón Pedro Iñiguez starts July 1

Simón Pedro Iñiguez has been selected as the next principal at Evergreen High School, starting July 1.

Simón has diverse experience working as a juvenile residential counselor, social worker, school counselor, youth mentor and football coach.

Simón has been the current assistant principal at Evergreen High school for the last three years. Simón is a proud graduate of the Danforth Educational Leadership Program (#D31) at the University of Washington and holds a B.A. in Law and Justice from Central Washington University and a M.A. in guidance and counseling from City University in Seattle.  

Simón is bilingual and biliterate in Spanish and English.

He lives in the Evergreen community with his wife Luz Maria and daughters Camila Montserrat and Celeste Saraí.

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Reported attempted armed robbery at Westwood Village but suspects took off

information from Seattle Police Department

#2022-097271/Southwest Precinct/Third Watch: 

On 04-18-2022 at 9:39PM, a victim ran into a store at Westwood Village and stated three males had just tried to rob him at gunpoint.

The victim was uninjured, and he had nothing taken from him. Evidence showed three unknown masked males ducked behind vehicles in the parking lot, appearing to stalk the victim prior to his entry into the store.

The males surrounded the victim and attempted to grab the victim as he ran past them into the store.

The males then got into a nearby parked black passenger vehicle and fled the scene.

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SDOT Monday Bridge update: West Seattle Bridge construction crews pour structural concrete 

information from Seattle Department of Transportation

This past weekend, our crews poured specialized concrete that will strengthen the West Seattle Bridge. 
 
We’ll use this structural concrete for block structures inside the bridge to hold the new steel cables for the improved post-tensioning system. This will further strengthen the bridge beyond the emergency repairs completed last year.  

form inside bridge
Pouring concrete for one of the blocks that will support the improved post-tensioning system. SDOT photo

 

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Welcome back to West Seattle Design Contest asking for your ideas
Call for art submissions needs to be in soon

The plans to put together a celebration of the reopening of the West Seattle Bridge, now looking more likely for this summer, are coming together. 

A walk/run is being planned, a website using the title WestSeattleBestSeattle.org is being developed and a promotional video is being prepared. Other local events will be up to each neighborhood at this point. But the first part of these plans is to get a design and slogan done that will be carried forward on all the materials being prepared. Time is tight so the call is out to local artists for submissions, sent by Chris Mackay Executive Director of the West Seattle Junction Association.

She writes:

 

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