Join Seattle Mayor Ed Murray in Cascade for Find it, Fix It Walk, Saturday, July 11

Join Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and your Cascade / South Lake Union neighbors for a Find It, Fix It Community Walk, Saturday, July 11.

Getting underway at 11 a.m. at Mirabella Seattle, 116 Fairview Ave. North, neighbors, police, and City officials will come together to identify nuisance and safety issues (e.g., overgrown trees, graffiti, and litter) throughout the Cascade neighborhood in South Lake Union.  Everyone is welcome!

The City and community will then work together to fix the problems, improving the neighborhood one block at a time. To date, nine Community Walks have been held throughout the city, resulting in hundreds of infrastructure improvements – from new trash and recycle bins to upgraded street lights.

In addition, the City of Seattle has awarded Community Project Grants to support community-led revitalization projects in Cascade. The projects include:

• Painting a community-designed mural on the Y at Cascade People's Center
• Working on rain barrel improvements for the Cascade P-Patch
• Building compost bins that double as work benches at the Cascade P-Patch
• Repairing and installing safety lighting on the community gazebo at the Y at Cascade People's Center
• Revitalizing a community kiosk

To learn more and get involved visit: http://murray.seattle.gov/finditfixit/

Here's how you can help!

1. VOLUNTEER TO ADOPT A STREET OR BECOME A TREE AMBASSADOR Contact: Daniel Sims, Seattle Public Utilities Email: daniel.sims@seattle.gov Phone: 206.684.7790 Online: http://murray.seattle.gov/finditfixit

2. DOWNLOAD THE FIND IT, FIX IT SMART PHONE APP With the City’s Find It, Fix It smartphone app, reporting an issue is as easy as snapping a photo and hitting submit. You can find it in the iTunes and Google Play stores.

3. REPORT STREET LIGHT PROBLEMS Online: seattle.gov/light/streetlight Phone: 206.684.7056

Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw visits SLU Community Council as it honors outgoing board members Pearl Leung, Dan Foltz, elects new board members

The South Lake Union Community Council was joined by Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw as it honored the long-time service of outgoing board members Pearl Leung and Dan Foltz and elected new board members at its June monthly meeting, Tuesday, at the Museum of History and Industry at Lake Union Park. During the meeting, Leung and Foltz, who had complete their two full terms on the board, were recognized for their service to the community by SLU Community Council president Mike McQuaid who presented them with original framed art work by noted Seattle "Northwest School" artist William Lee Cumming, the late husband of SLU Community Council board member Dena Lee, as a token of the community’s appreciation.

In his remarks, McQuaid thanked Leung and Foltz for their dedication to the South Lake Union and Cascade neighborhoods quoting author CS Lewis;  “If you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.”

In its annual elections, the South Lake Union Community Council voted Lloyd Douglas, a Cascade neighborhood resident and long-time SLU volunteer along with Ben Grace of Hines on behalf of Amazon.com and former Seattle Deputy Mayor now with Vulcan, Inc., Phil Fujii to board positions.

Photo (left to right):  South Lake Union Community Council president Mike McQuaid, outgoing board members Pearl Leung and Dan Foltz, along with board member Dena Lee and Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw.

Join Us For Our Annual Elections & A Conversation With Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw

Please join your South Lake Union and Cascade neighbors along with guest of honor Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw for a community conversation at the regular monthly meeting of the South Lake Union Community Council, Tuesday, June 2 at the Museum of History and Industry at Lake Union Park.  The meeting gets underway at 4 p.m. Along with a community conversation with Councilmember Bagshaw the meeting includes your annual elections along with a presentation on our new Terry Avenue Saturday Market, updates on our Westlake Micro Parks and Signal Box Art initiatives, SLU Art Walk and upcomming Seattle City Council Candidate Forum.

Join us and invite a neighbor!  All are welcome!

WHAT: South Lake Union Community Council June Meeting

WHEN: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 (4 – 6 p.m.)

WHERE: Museum of History and Industry at Lake Union Park

WHY: Monthly Community Council Meeting / Annual Elections

WHO: Our neighbors and Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw

AGENDA: South Lake Union Community Council – June 2015 Agenda

South Lake Union Community Council, 2015 Board Elections Letters of Interest

2015 SLUCC Elections

2015 SLUCC Elections on June 2, nominations due May 7 SLUCC welcome and encourage all members of the South Lake Union community who are interested in taking an active role in the future of this neighborhood to apply for a board position! Click here for more information

South Lake Union Community Council May Meeting Location Change

The May 5th Meeting will be held at The AGC Building, 1200 Westlake Avenue North, East Conference Room on 2nd floor. Parking in the AGC lot will be validated for attendees.

Food trucks come through with extra helping of good for South Lake Union kids

SOUTH LAKE UNION – Seattle food trucks and their customers came through with an extra helping of good this week for an after-school education and homework program for underserved kids and families in South Lake Union.

One lunch at a time, with donations of extra change on up to $20 bills, South Lake Union’s food truck customers contributed $1,040 to the South Lake Union Community Council’s SLU-Cascade Youth Enrichment Program.

In just three weeks the effort delivered twice its fundraising target and brought the community closer together, said organizer Jessica Hovater of The Hot Dog King on the corner of Westlake and Harrison Streets, one of five food trucks and carts that got behind the fundraiser.

“The entire neighborhood was very generous,” said Hovater, who along with partner Salvator Savago opted to forego customers’ tips during February in support of the effort.  “It went from $1 bills to fives, tens and even $20 bills,”said Hovater, whose customers include workers at local technology, health sciences and retail businesses. And construction workers.

“You see people in a different light than you would otherwise.  The construction workers are helping build (South Lake Union), but they don’t live here. Some live as far north as Bellingham,” she said. “You don’t think of them opening their wallets – but they said ‘absolutely, I want to be a part of that’.  It captured the attention of the entire neighborhood.”

The donations will help the youth program qualify for matching grants from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund Program and others, said Mike McQuaid president of the South Lake Union Community Council.

“With so many fundamental changes going on in South Lake Union, it’s also important to stay focused on building community,” said McQuaid, who was presented with the donations by Hovater and Savago at Tuesday’s SLU Community Council meeting at the Museum of History and Industry.

For Hovater, continuing to make investments in people is worthwhile.

“When the community feels they have invested in their environment they are more willing to take care of the their neighborhood long term,” she said.  “It’s people investing in people. We’re investing in each other.”

The SLU-Cascade Youth Enrichment Program, which kicks-off later this spring at the Y@Cascade People's Center in South Lake Union's Cascade neighborhood, fills an important education-gap for families and elementary school-aged kids 3 – 13. The program will offer structured homework help, education materials and nutritious meals to kids between school hours and when their parents arrive home from work.

To find your favorite food truck in Seattle or to learn more about this growing segment of the hospitality industry visit SeattleFoodTruck.com.

About The South Lake Union Community Council

The recognized South Lake Union neighborhood leadership organization by the City of Seattle, the South Lake Union Community Council is the steward of the SLU neighborhood plan and collaboratively with community stakeholders authored the SLU Urban Design Framework and the SLU / Uptown Mobility Plan. The South Lake Union Community Council meets monthly (4 – 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month) at the Museum of History and Industry in South Lake Union. To learn more visit SLUCommunityCouncil.org.

Participating South Lake Union Food Trucks

The Hot Dog King Open: Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri. (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.) Location: Corner of Westlake and Harrison (next to Firestone)

Now Make Me A Sandwich Open: Mon., Wed., Fri. (11 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.) Location: Corner of Terry and Thomas

Caravan Crepes Open: Fri. (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.) Location: Corner of Westlake and Harrison (in front of the Aveda)

Buddha Bruddah Open: Mon., Tues., Thurs. (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.) Location: Monday, Friday:  Corner of Westlake and Harrison Tuesday, Thursday:  219 Terry Ave. North

Lumpia World Open:  Tues. (11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.) Location: Corner of Westlake and Harrison

SLU Community Council Elects Starbucks' Josh Barrows, Amazon.com's Ben Grace

SOUTH LAKE UNION -- South Lake Union stakeholders Josh Barrows and Ben Grace have been elected to board positions on the South Lake Union Community Council. Barrows manages the Starbucks Coffee shop at Terry and Republican in the heart of South Lake Union and is a longtime community volunteer, while Grace oversees community engagement for Amazon.com, South Lake Union's largest employer, through Hines.

"Josh Barrows and Ben Grace bring to our community council a diversity of experience and innovative culture that South Lake Union is known for," said South Lake Union Community Council President, Mike McQuaid. "Josh and Ben have strong histories of service and mindful engagement of their communities.  We're thrilled to have them in leadership roles."

Along with serving up delicious coffee and overseeing a staff of 18, Barrows, 31, is a passionate artist and active volunteer with his community, including volunteerism at Adams and Muir Elementary Schools, Seattle Pacific University and Umojafest, a Seattle African Heritage Festival & Parade that dates to the 1940s.

For Starbucks, Barrows has also participated in a number of high profile appearances including the NASDAQ opening bell ceremony for the company's 40th anniversary and being interviewed for the coffee culture documentary "Caffeinated."

Barrows, who lives in West Seattle, is a Redmond native who grew up in Kennewick. He is a graduate of Columbia Basin College.

Grace, 34, is a Bellevue native and resident of West Seattle's Westwood neighborhood. He has a long history of public engagement including work on community initiatives in the Chinatown-International District, Columbia City, and Downtown neighborhoods.

He previously worked for the Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area with responsibility for overseeing a wide scope of programs including the expansion of the City of Seattle's Clear Alley initiative, the installation of the city's first neighborhood-wide translated street sign program and the creation of the city's second urban parklet.

Throughout his career, Grace has maintained strong working relationships with the Seattle Police Department, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle City Light, Department of Neighborhoods and other city departments. He is also involved in a number of boards and commissions including the International Special Review District (the Chinatown-ID Historic Board), Seattle Public Utilities Solid Waste Advisory Committee, the Department of Neighborhoods Matching Fund Advisory Committee, and the board of Urban Artworks. Grace is a graduate of the University of Washington.

Barrows was elected at the February South Lake Union Community Council meeting, while Grace was elected in March.

The South Lake Union Community Council will hold its annual elections at its annual meeting, Tuesday, June 2 at the Museum of History and Industry.  For more information visit SLUCommunityCouncil.org.

About The South Lake Union Community Council

The recognized South Lake Union neighborhood leadership organization by the City of Seattle, the South Lake Union Community Council is the steward of the SLU neighborhood plan and collaboratively with community stakeholders authored the SLU Urban Design Framework and the SLU/Uptown Mobility Plan. The South Lake Union Community Council meets monthly (4 – 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month) at the Museum of History and Industry in South Lake Union. To learn more visit SLUCommunityCouncil.org.