June 20, 2018 The Skanner Page 5
News
Events & Announcements
Community
Calendar 2018
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Seattle Metro
FRIDAY, JUNE 22
AUBURN’S KIDS DAY: The perfect day for any child! Live enter-
tainment, inflatable rides, face painting, over 100 activity and
info booths, craft vendor sales and much more. Free event,
nominal fee for some attractions. 11 a.m. -4 p.m., Les Grove Park,
910 9th St. SE, Auburn.
SATURDAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 23 – 24
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
BELLEVUE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL: Join us for a weekend of en-
tertainment, family fun, strawberry shortcake, heritage exhib-
its and hands-on history experiences. All ages welcome to come
and enjoy. Free admission. 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6
p.m. Sunday. Crossroads Community Park, International Play
area, 999 164th Ave. NE, Bellevue.
TUESDAY, JUNE 26
Rainier Beach Graduation
The Rainier Beach Class of 2018 celebrates after receiving their diplomas June 19th at Memorial Stadium at Seattle Center.
DROP-IN FOR VETERANS SERVICES: Drop in and speak with a vet-
eran specialist from supportive services for veteran families to
see if you qualify for assistance. 10 a.m. – noon, Ballard Library,
5614 22nd Ave. NW.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27
Briefs cont’d from pg 4
ganizations interested in learning more and partici-
pating when the project is ready should contact Cath-
olic Charities in the meantime through their website,
www.catholiccharitiesoregon.org.
Seattle News Briefs
Public Invited to Vote on Park and
Street Improvements
PHOTO SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
From June 16 – July 16 is your chance to vote for your
favorite local park and street improvement projects.
It’s all part of the City of Seattle’s Your Voice, Your
Choice: Parks
& Streets, a
participato-
ry budgeting
initiative in
which com-
munity mem-
bers
dem-
o c ra t i c a l l y
decide
how
to spend a
portion of the
City’s budget
on small park
and
street
improve-
ments. A total Last year’s improvements to Seattle’s Denny
of $285,000 Park included replacement of pathways, paved
is
available areas, among other things.
in each City
Council District, and residents can cast their ballots
for their top three choices in the district where they
live, work, go to school, receive services, or volunteer.
Each council district will have its own ballot. The
projects were selected from over 1000 ideas submit-
ted in January by community members across Seat-
tle. More than 500 community members evaluated
and prioritized each idea based on need at the proj-
ect’s location and community benefit. The projects,
which can be viewed at www.seattle.gov/yvyc, range
from new pedestrian lighting to basketball court im-
provements.
Community members ages 11 and up can vote online
or at in-person polling stations between June 16 – July
16. Paper ballots are also available at all Seattle Public
Library branches. The projects that receive the most
votes will be funded by the City and implemented in
2019.
New this year is additional funding for projects
in Equity and Environment Initiative (EEI) focus ar-
eas. These are geographic areas where communities
of color, immigrants, refugees, people with low in-
comes, Native peoples, and limited-English proficien-
cy individuals tend to live. Because these areas are
highly impacted by socio-economic and environmen-
tal challenges, the City’s goal is to ensure the people
most affected have a voice in finding solutions. Proj-
ects will be voted on through district-based ballots,
and the top vote-getting projects in EEI Focus Areas
citywide will be funded up to $1 million overall.
After ballots are tallied, the winning projects will
be announced in August. You can find information
and voting instructions at www.seattle.gov/yvyc.
Seattle City Council Approves
Mayor Durkan’s Legislation to
Increase Bridge Housing and Shelter
Capacity by 25 Percent
The members of the Seattle City Council voted 9-0
to approve Mayor Jenny A. Durkan’s legislation to in-
crease the number of bridge housing and shelter units
in 90 days by 25 percent to serve more than 500 addi-
tional people
every night.
The Mayor’s
plan will help
people experi-
encing home-
lessness move
into
safer
places where
they are more
likely to ac-
cess services.
C u r re n t l y,
Seattle
has
2,032 shelter
spaces, which
are 93% full
each
night.
Under Mayor
Durkan’s leg-
islation,
the Haddon Hall Apartments in Seattle
City of Seat-
tle will serve
more than 500 people every night through a series of
options being explored, including:
• Expanding and creating shelter capacity to create
233 additional spaces at places such as the Naviga-
tion Center;
• Creating 75 new space of bridge housing at Haddon
Hall through a master lease;
• Expanding 100 spaces at City Hall beginning on
June 29;
• Supporting of Whittier Heights Women’s Village, a
tiny home village serving 19 chronically homeless
women in 16 tiny homes; and
• Opening 46 tiny homes in South Lake Union and 30
new tiny homes at 18th and Yesler following com-
munity engagement and site approval. These tiny
PROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FAMILY DAY CAMP: Children,
teens and families who have lost a loved one are encouraged
to join us for this free day camp. The day camp will offer kids,
teens or families to come together for education, fun and sup-
port with the help of a professional grief counselors. Pizza will
be served for lunch. 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Providence Hospice of Seat-
tle in Tukwila, 2711 S. 102nd St. #200, Tukwila.
SATURDAY, JUNE 30
WASHINGTON’S WILDERNESS COAST: Learn about the ecology
and natural history of this wild place in a 2 p.m. presentation.
Beach-themed arts and crafts all day. Free. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.,
Lott’s WET Science Center, 500 Adams St. NE, Olympia.
SATURDAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 30 – JULY 1
URBAN CRAFT UPRISING 2018: Summer show: Urban Craft Upris-
ing is Seattle’s largest craft show. Now in its 14th year, fans can
choose a wide variety of handcrafted goods, jewelry, gift bags,
wallets, children’s goods, toys and much more. The show is free
and fun for the whole family. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Both days! Seattle
Center, 301 Mercer St.
homes would serve approximately 95 people.
The legislation will also allow the City to help main-
tain 163 shelter beds that would otherwise go offline.
Mayor Durkan’s approach includes a variety of strat-
egies to create new resources to bring people off the
streets and into safer places. The legislation also pro-
vides dedicated beds to serve individuals living un-
sheltered referred by the City’s Navigation team. Pro-
viding more capacity for people living unsheltered
to move into safer places like enhanced shelters and
tiny home villages makes it easier for them to access
services including substance use treatment, men-
tal health care, food, employment support, and case
management professionals.
Under Mayor Durkan, the City of Seattle is continu-
ing its investments in preventing individuals and
families from falling into homelessness. In April,
Mayor Durkan launched the Seattle Rental Housing
Assistance Pilot Program, which will serve approx-
imately 1,000 low-income households to provide a
range of critical resources, including rental assis-
tance and utility discounts as applicable.
In addition to efforts to prevent homelessness and
respond to the crisis, Mayor Durkan is acting to in-
crease accountability and transparency on the City’s
current investments in combating homelessness and
advancing regional and community partnerships
with cities, King County, philanthropists, and busi-
nesses.
Mayor Durkan is also continuing her commitment
to more permanent affordable housing: From 2018 to
2021, approximately 2,500 new City-funded afford-
able rental housing units and over 1,900 new MFTE
affordable units will come online. The City currently
finances 4,450 units of affordable housing for people
exiting homelessness.
