Archive for 'Arts and Nightlife'
Announcing an $1.1 million investment in neighborhood business districts
Today the mayor joined neighborhood business district leaders and local business owners at Big Time Brewery & Alehouse in Seattle’s University District to announce a $1.1 million investment in 19 neighborhood business districts as part of the Seattle Jobs Plan. “Our neighborhood business districts are a critical economic asset. Their diversity and[More]
Posted: February 28th, 2012 under Arts and Nightlife, Community Engagement, Jobs, Mayor McGinn.
Mayor on KEXP tomorrow morning
Tune in to KEXP 90.3 tomorrow morning at 8:15 am for Mayor McGinn's regular monthly appearance on the Morning Show with John Richards. The mayor will be joined by local musician Macklemore and Olivia Smith, a Youth Ambassador from Cleveland High School, to talk about their work on our campaign to improve[More]
Posted: February 14th, 2012 under Arts and Nightlife, Community Engagement, Education, Mayor McGinn, Nightlife Initiative.
Announcing our $1.6 million investment in Seattle arts organizations
Mayor Mike McGinn today announced more than $1.6 million in investments to Seattle-based arts, heritage and cultural organizations through the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs’ Civic Partners program. The program will provide funding to 137 organizations in 2012. [caption id="attachment_7795" style="italic" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Director[More]
Posted: February 7th, 2012 under Arts and Nightlife, Jobs, Mayor McGinn.
Creating a Downtown Historic Theater District
Yesterday nearly 100 arts supporters gathered at the historic 5th Avenue Theatre where Mayor Mike McGinn signed a resolution designating a Downtown Historic Theatre District to support the preservation, promotion and maintenance of Seattle’s downtown historic theaters. The 5th Avenue Theatre is one of five historic venues that will make up the[More]
Posted: December 7th, 2011 under Arts and Nightlife, Mayor McGinn.
Five New Late Night Taxi Stands Open for Business
Today we announced the installation of five new late night taxi stands as part of our Seattle Nightlife Initiative. To help ensure that everyone arrives home safely, the stands provide a safe and visible sidewalk location for people to grab taxis in the city’s entertainment hubs and operate nightly from 10PM to[More]
Posted: November 29th, 2011 under Arts and Nightlife, Mayor McGinn, Nightlife Initiative.
Tags: nightlife
Working to improve access to the arts in education
At a time when we are facing further education cuts at the state level, the recent passage of the Families and Education Levy demonstrates Seattle remains committed to ensuring every child will graduate school ready for college or a career. This is a bold vote of confidence that will help our youth[More]
Posted: November 23rd, 2011 under Arts and Nightlife, Education, Mayor McGinn.
Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibition breaks ground
Today the mayor spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony for Seattle Center’s new Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibition, alongside Dale Chihuly, Jeff Wright and others who worked hard to make this project a reality. Construction of the exhibition will bring 121 new construction jobs to Seattle, and directly create 142 ongoing jobs. With[More]
Posted: August 23rd, 2011 under Arts and Nightlife, Jobs, Mayor McGinn.
Supporting Seattle’s Street Food
Over the last year, I instructed our City departments to take a serious look at how to bring innovation into Seattle’s street-food scene. I submitted legislation to the City Council last spring and I worked with them to enact Ordinance 123659, which amended several regulations to extend Seattle’s unique street-food vending into[More]
Posted: August 23rd, 2011 under Arts and Nightlife, Jobs, Mayor McGinn.
Tags: food carts, food trucks, street food
New policy expands sidewalk café options for restaurants and bars
These are tough times for business, especially small businesses like local bars and restaurants. We need to do everything we can to support them during this challenging period. Sometimes that's as simple as changing a small rule that's getting in the way. We've heard from local restaurants that the city could be[More]
Posted: August 15th, 2011 under Arts and Nightlife, Jobs, Mayor McGinn.
Tags: seattle nightlife initiative
Arts in education
Throughout our town hall meetings and conversations with arts advocates, we have heard loud and clear that arts are an essential ingredient in a complete education. Evidence suggests that when schools invest in arts education, students demonstrate academic gains. And when students engage in creative expression, they benefit from increased self-confidence, sharpened[More]
Posted: August 9th, 2011 under Arts and Nightlife, Education, Mayor McGinn.
Tags: education