Rethink the Link to West Seattle

WEEKEND PREVIEW: Rethink the Link walks potential light-rail route Sunday 1:30 PM:

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RETHINK THE LINK WE ARE WEST SEATTLE RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT SOUND TRANSIT’S PROPOSED LIGHT RAIL PLANS This means that there are better alternatives. Other transportation improvements will continue. Seattle Green Space Coalition Keeping land in public hands for the public benefit. Call for the No Build Option in...

In April of last year, the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce hosted this meeting with Sound Transit and business owners who may be affected by light rail. Since then, preferred alternatives have been in a state of flux and the timeline has moved.

The reason to watch this, though, is to hear the answers these business owners were given about relocation costs, timing of moves, and whether there will be any compensation for loss of business.

Questions start at about 20 minutes; compensation discussion starts around 30 minutes; from 33 minutes on Jordan Crowley of Alki Beach Academy starts asking his "hard questions." The video ends with Kandie Jennings, owner of Tom's Automotive, summing up the frustrations business owners have with this process.

Expanding Light Rail to West Seattle | Engaging Commercial Tenants w/ Sound Transit Speakers from SoundTransit joined the West Seattle Chamber & West Seattle Junction Association on April 7th to provide an update on the West Seattle Link Ext...

Please join us for Mode Music and Performing Arts' Friendsgiving Fundraiser! The fun will take place Friday, 11/17, at S**o Park from 5:30-10pm, supporting MMPA's work to provide accessible arts education for kids!

The night will be filled with outstanding performances from local musicians, thespians, and students! We'll have various auctions with fabulous packages up for the bidding from generous businesses all over Seattle! Plus dinner, drinks, & a live band! Don't miss this one; it will be a night to remember!

Head to https://ow.ly/tWYp50PQkYT to get your tickets now through 11/8! Even if you can't make it, you can use that link to donate; any amount is appreciated, big or small!

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The Walk recap, Seattle Transit Blog, Missing Neighbor, How You Can Help       The Walk Was a Success! Before The Walk, Photographer Tom Reese, author of “Once and Future River: Reclaiming the Duwamish,” and Pamela Adams, naturalist and host of BeaverInsights, checked the

Here's how Seattle Subway suggests fixing Sound Transit.

Seattle Subway on X Cultural and leadership differences aside, there are serious structural issues with Sound Transit.

We got a mention in The Seattle Transit Blog today!
Nice to know that not everyone thinks we are just a bunch of NIMBYs.

https://seattletransitblog.com/2023/09/21/open-thread-18/?fbclid=IwAR0MBbX7mocffX9x1PXUYtaZVYViba2e-dhJnhGmjbkLCqAfnOJJ6DyM5d8

Open Thread 18: Rethink the Link “Rethink the Link”: A West Seattle movement advocates the “No Build” EIS alternative for West Seattle Link. This one seems to be not just nimbys but people concerned about e…

Did you take The Walk with us yesterday?

Unfortunately, Willard Brown will not be able to join us on The Walk. But Pamela Adams, a Beaver Corps coexistence practitioner and West Seattle naturalist, will give a talk at the Longfellow Creek stop on The Walk.

Thank you, Pamela!

Getting the word out!
Only 4 more days until The Walk. https://conta.cc/3sQYkA3