![]() ![]() ![]() Tiffani McCoy was our January guest to talk Initiative 135. SDOT Director Greg Spotts was our guest on February 15. Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm will be joining us for an Urbanist talk on May 9. Seattle Councilmember Andrew Lewis is our guest April 11th. We’ll be talking about her run for reelection in District 2. Seattle Councilmember Tammy Morales is our guest on March 14. Roosevelt neighborhood offers food and performances ![]() “The new station and street improvements have really elevated the neighborhood,” Pinkaow said. Mark Pinkaow, owner of Wann Yen / Mark Thai Food Box located adjacent to the new U District Station on NE 43rd, is excited about additional outdoor seating near his restaurant. The U District Partnership businesses also partnered with Sound Transit to create a new outdoor seating area and sidewalk improvements near the station. To make the atmosphere even more celebratory, a musical performance by the nationally acclaimed Roosevelt High School jazz band, a lion dance by Seattle’s Mak Fai Kung Fu Club, and drumming demonstration by Taiko Kai, group from the University of Washington, will all take place during the street festival. The U District was hit particularly hard during the pandemic by the University of Washington’s transition to remote learning, and small merchants are hoping light rail will help to invigorate the neighborhood and lift it out of difficult times. Rikard is a co-owner of Off the Rez Cafe, located in the Burke Museum.“It’ll be a new way for people to come to the cafe! Stop by Off the Rez during the festival that day for our Blackberry Cedar Tea Latte and Naked Frybread as part of the Food Walk.” (Credit: U District Partnership) “We are really excited for the Station Opening festival and are looking forward to it bringing more foot traffic to the U District area, especially after a year and a half without students,” said Cecilia Rikard in a press release for the event. Steps away from the new light rail station, the Ave offers a pedestrian experience few other commercial districts in Seattle can match. ![]()
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