The Madison Park Business Association got an early start on this year’s community events planning this week, and is looking at how limited funding can be put to the best use when it comes to promoting the neighborhood.
Soccer Without Borders uses soccer to foster inclusion and support newcomer refugee and immigrant youth as they integrate into their new communities and build their English language skills. This mission made Seattle World School a perfect fit for the city’s first program.
Capt. Bryan Grenon is a 25-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department and the newest leader of the East Precinct. He joins the precinct’s new Operations Lt. Paul Leung, who was promoted last November after 34 years with the department.
Long vacant commercial spaces on East Madison Street should be ready to house new Madison Park businesses by this summer. Ewing & Clark purchased 4116 E. Madison St. for $1.38 million in October 2017. The King County Assessor’s Office last assessed the value of the property at $662,500.
A 33-year-old former Seattle man has pleaded guilty to throwing unlit Molotov cocktails at police officers during the 2016 May Day protest downtown.
A new row house development designed by Lemons Architecture is expected to start coming together by early April on 27th Avenue East.
Mayor Jenny Durkan promised to continue being impatient about meeting the growing needs of Seattle residents during her first State of the City address on Tuesday, and also laid out new programs and initiatives she’ll be pushing in 2018.
The Seattle Art Museum hasn’t set a firm date for the start of its $54 million renovation and expansion of the Seattle Asian Art Museum, but will be hosting a community meeting on Thursday, March 1, to update residents on the construction process, timeline and impacts on the surrounding area.
Opening a sit-down vegetarian restaurant that relies on locally sourced produce inside an airport takes some extra effort, but Nat Stratton-Clarke thinks it’s worth it. Floret opened at Sea-Tac International Airport in mid-February, and is a spinoff of Cafe Flora, which has operated in Madison Park for the last 27 years.
Holy Names Academy principal Elizabeth Swift says the school wants to be a good neighbor, and that means taking steps to address what has been a longtime issue in the neighborhood — parking.
FairVote-WA founding member Colin Cole says the 2017 primary election in Seattle is a perfect example for why the city should switch over to ranked-choice voting.
The Seattle Department of Transportation will be taking public comment on a Determination of Non-Significance for the Madison Bus Rapid Transit project through March 1.
On January 8, King County Executive Dow Constantine announced a moratorium on the county’s unique inquest process for fatal on-duty law enforcement shootings. The moratorium will extend until a task force, named by Constantine in December, reviews possible reforms to the process. That task force’s recommendations are due in March.
After nine days of striking, the Teamsters Local 174 members who drive Seattle Public School's buses agreed to go back to work.
