Archive for 'Nightlife Initiative'
Downtown Seattle is the economic engine for the entire region. It is the center for entertainment, music, food, theater – for Northwest culture. It offers great shopping from international names to local gems. Even on a cold, rainy day, you will find people and activity bustling along on city sidewalks. This is
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Posted: May 8th, 2012 under Community Engagement, Human services, Jobs, Mayor McGinn, Nightlife Initiative, Public Safety, Transportation.
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
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Posted: February 14th, 2012 under Arts and Nightlife, Community Engagement, Education, Mayor McGinn, Nightlife Initiative.
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
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Posted: November 29th, 2011 under Arts and Nightlife, Mayor McGinn, Nightlife Initiative.
Tags: nightlife
On Saturday the mayor introduced Best Coast at the Capitol Hill Block Party, accompanied by the Summer Fellows from the Washington Bus. The Bus is a grassroots progressive organization dedicated to getting young people involved in politics, and most importantly, getting out the vote. They were out in full force at the
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Posted: July 25th, 2011 under Arts and Nightlife, Mayor McGinn, Nightlife Initiative.
Tags: music
After significant public outreach and community input, Mayor Mike McGinn today announced his proposal for changing state policy to allow cities to allow extended service hours for Seattle nightlife. The mayor transmitted a resolution to the City Council supporting a petition to the Washington State Liquor Control Board (LCB) to allow for
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Posted: July 14th, 2011 under Arts and Nightlife, Mayor McGinn, Nightlife Initiative, Public Safety.
Tags: extended service hours, nightlife
Summer weather is finally here - if last weekend's temperatures were any guide - and that means it's a great time to spend the night out, enjoying the places, businesses and communities that make Seattle a great place to live. We also want people to be and to feel safe. That's why
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Posted: June 6th, 2011 under Arts and Nightlife, Mayor McGinn, Nightlife Initiative, Public Safety.
Mayor Mike McGinn today released a status report on his Seattle Nightlife Initiative, a group of policy proposals to increase public safety, help the local economy and improve urban vibrancy. In remarks this evening at Washington Hall, a historic Seattle ballroom, and in the written report, Mayor McGinn said that since announcing
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Posted: December 28th, 2010 under Arts and Nightlife, Mayor McGinn, Nightlife Initiative.
Last night The Stranger and the Washington Bus hosted a public forum at the Hunter Gatherer Lodge in Capitol Hill to discuss the Seattle Nightlife Initiative. The Mayor’s Office is doing outreach as well, to community groups and precinct councils, but The Stranger made an excellent point. We weren’t talking to people
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Posted: September 2nd, 2010 under Arts and Nightlife, Community Engagement, Mayor McGinn, Nightlife Initiative.
Jump to Video Tonight Mayor Mike McGinn will announce his Seattle Nightlife Initiative, a proposal with eight components to increase public safety, grow our nighttime economy and improve urban vibrancy. “We look forward to sharing these ideas with the community and getting their feedback and input about how we can work
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Posted: July 13th, 2010 under Arts and Nightlife, Mayor McGinn, Nightlife Initiative.
