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NEW: After taking 40% of the vote against Teresa Mosqueda for a city-wide seat in 2021, Kenneth Wilson has again filed to run for Seattle City Council, now seeking the District 4 seat held by outgoing incumbent Alex Pedersen. No official announcement yet. https://www.pdc.wa.gov/political-disclosure-reporting-data/browse-search-data/candidates/689096
Ông Lắm Bistro, a new Vietnamese restaurant in the Cedar Crossing affordable housing complex in Roosevelt (1010 NE 66th St), will hold its official grand opening Saturday from 3 to 11 p.m. https://www.instagram.com/p/CnfQmW_Pjl1/
Green Lake has long needed a great sandwich shop, and now it has its chance https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/greenlake/layers-sandwich-co-food-truck-to-sandwich-shop/
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Did you know? UW Admin is pushing forward with plans to privatize four student & family housing units. Join TOMORROW to make our voices heard at 4:30pm in Red Square to tell the UW Regents: We demand safe, affordable housing for all of UW and the broader Seattle community 📢
Department store returning to the U Village, but it ain’t Lamonts.
Bloomie’s has a curated selection of brands such as Jimmy Choo and La Mer. The stores offer “interactive experiences” and cocktails. https://st.news/3isV3C4
Shopping by headlamp sounds rather romantic, though. https://twitter.com/ThirdPlaceBooks/status/1612503200044810241
My prediction is that 4 different progressive-ish urbanist-ish yimby-ish candidates and one nimby obstructionist candidate will run, and the progressive that is least palatable to the public will make it to the general election.
And lose to the nimby. https://twitter.com/jcohenwrites/status/1610446353506914305
From the inbox: D4 Councilmember Alex Pedersen just announced he won't seek reelection. That makes 3 of 7 sitting district council members who've announced they're not running (all the district seats are up for reelection this fall)
Sisleyville Scoping Comments Deadline TOMORROW
If you’ve been putting off telling the city how you feel about potential development in your neighborhood, you’re OUT OF TIME!
The deadline for public comments about the Environmental Impact Survey for the Roosevelt Development Group’s proposed zoning changes is this Wednesday, September 1.
That’s TOMORROW.
Here’s the Quick and Dirty version of what to do (as posted in the Tremendously Long and Thorough version of a few days ago):
This is OUR neighborhood, this is OUR conversation. Make your voice heard.