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Seattle Neighborhood Summit

posted Oct 13, 2008 8:16 AM by Matthew Stubbs
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO BRING ITS VIEWS TO THE SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS SUMMIT--
TUESDAY, OCT. 28 AT CITY HALL.  INFORMAL NETWORKING AT 5:15 PM, FORMAL PROGRAM 6-9 
 
Please be there at City Hall the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 28 for the Seattle Neighborhoods Summit!  This is your chance to express your ideas and meet with others who care about Seattle and its neighborhoods.  Light supper and beverages will be available throughout.  The event begins at 5:15 for informal networking with other volunteers and with City officials, and the official proceedings begin at 6.  First on the agenda is a keynote address by the  Mayor.  Then there are two sessions of fourteen breakout, focus groups (topics listed below).  The summit ends with a panel at which issues and questions from the focus groups are posed for a dialogue with members of the City Council. 
 
Please help us publicize this important event, and urge your friends and neighbors to come.  There will be a video and a written report, as with the January 2006 summit (available at http://seattle.gov/neighborhoodcouncil in the section on "documents, videos and links").  For questions, contact City Neighborhood Council Chair Chris Leman, cleman@oo.net  (206) 322-5463.  The City Neighborhood Council is a Seattle advisory committee, made up of one representative from each of the thirteen district councils, which are also advisory committees.  Below is the program for the Oct. 28 event:

5:15  Informal networking with other volunteers and with City officials
6:00  Welcome and introductions
6:10  Keynote by Mayor
6:30  First breakout session (see list of focus groups)
7:15  Second breakout session (see list of focus groups)
8:00  A panel of City Councilmembers responds to issues and questions from the focus groups
9:00  Adjourn

The topics of the focus groups are as follows:
 
(1)  Advocacy, communications, community-building, and inclusiveness
(2)  Open, participatory, and ethical government
(3)  Keeping neighborhoods safe from fire, crime, and disaster
(4)  Neighborhood and business economic development
(5)  Neighborhood-friendly utilities
(6)  Parks, community centers, open space, and trees
(7)  Youth and schools
(8)  Human and health services, seniors, and subsidized housing
(9)  Libraries, the arts, cultural heritage, and historic preservation
(10)  Roads, crossings, and sidewalks
(11)  Transit and bicycling
(12)  Neighborhood zoning, land use, design, and planning
(13)  Air quality, noise, and public health
(14)  Opportunity for topics not covered by other sessions

Comments (1)

Matthew Stubbs - Oct 14, 2008 8:48 AM

I will be attending as one of facilitator for the Advocacy, communication, community-building and inclusiveness focus groups.

Hope to see you there
Matthew Stubbs