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Ever wonder what on earth government agencies are thinking when it comes to the Seattle industrial base? If so, it's not unusual. But, it is unusual for City Hall to answer that question and that's what will happen Wednesday, June 18, during the Industrial Jobs Initiative Open House sponsored by the city's Office of Economic Development.
The event will include exhibits from organizations and programs providing services that help industrial firms and their employees. It will also provide opportunities to give input about city programs and policies that need to be improved or created.
The event runs from 4-7 p.m. in Building A of the new Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center, 6737 Corson Avenue South in Georgetown.
The open house will be used to develop recommendations to the Mayor and City Council about ways the city can improve services to industrial companies.
Well, Duh…
Today's
Seattle Post Intelligencer – of all places – includes a column that
suggests today's oil prices and related horrors might just have a teensy,
weensy bit to do with the US failure to develop its own energy resources.
That conclusion might not rank as rocket science for you, but it is
positively Einsteinian when it comes to most news coverage which almost
always fails to connect the dots that US energy supplies are dramatically
impacted by NIMBYism and aesthetic concerns that energy development is
often, well, "icky."
Read
the column here, in the news service section of the Seattle Industry
website, where you will also find a brilliant recent column by Charles
Krauthammer about our collective national failure to put 2 and 2 together
on energy. You might say we are child-like in our national naivety about
energy. But that would be insulting to children.
Lunch Bus Tours
Port of
Seattle has announced their Lunch bus tours for 2008. They will tour:
These tours
fill up fast so register today. For more information check out this
pdf
Click here
to register:
Go West MIC
Members
All MIC members are invited to join the West Seattle
Chamber of Commerce at a Business After Hours event on June 19 at Jack
Block Park from 5:30-7:30PM, hosted by the Port of Seattle. This will be a
very fun event. We have a lot more in common with our commercial neighbors
to the west than you may think. RSVP before June 16 at
(206)728-3449
First Avenue S Paving Project
Update
WORK SCHEDULE FOR NEXT
THREE WEEKS
E Marginal Way S to S Hudson Street:
• Curb
ramps and sidewalks
• Storm water drainage and concrete panels
replacement at S Hudson Street (will require 4 - day closure of S Hudson
Street east of 1st Avenue S and detour using 2nd Avenue S and Dawson; the
week of June 9th; detour signs will be posted)
• Pavement grinding
(week of June 16th) S Hudson Street to S Spokane Street:
• Curb and
sidewalk removal and replacement near S Spokane Street S Stacy to S
Dearborn Street:
• Curb ramps and sidewalks
• Crosswalk and traffic
island modifications at Railroad Way S/S
Dearborn Street
The
overall schedule for 2008 work on First Avenue S includes four (4) phases
described below:
1. E Marginal Way S to S Spokane Street; S Stacy
Street to S Dearborn Street. Curb ramps, sidewalks and other concrete work
- mid May to mid July
2. E Marginal Way S to S Hudson Street - mid May
to mid July
3. S Stacy Street to S Dearborn Street - mid July to mid
October
4. S Hudson Street to S Spokane Street - mid July to mid
October
Phases 3 and 4 will be predominately night work.
Please visit SDOT's website at: http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/first_ave_pave.htm
to view updates.
What to Expect During Construction
• Lane
closures
• Pedestrian detours
• Parking restrictions
• No
traffic disruptions during major sports events
• Moderate construction
noise and dust
• Normal day time work hours: Monday - Thursday; 7 am -
4 pm
• Night time work hours: 7 pm - 7 am
• Occasional weekend work
Project Contacts:
George Frost, Public Outreach Coordinator,
george.frost@seattle.gov, (206)615-0786 or Jessica Murphy, Project
Manager, jessica.murphy@seattle.gov, (206) 684-0178
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