Tag: othello
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We need a safer Rainier Ave now. Meetings Thursday and Tuesday
Rainier Ave is Seattle’s most dangerous neighborhood street. There’s a collision every day. Somebody is injured in a traffic collision every two days. And it has been this way for a long time. The injury rate is so high in part because the speeding rate is so high. In fact, more than half of all…
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Whistle Stop Co-op closing in December
Whistle Stop Co-op near Othello Station is closing December 4. The wonderful community cafe also housed a bike shop focused on providing affordable wheels and repairs for people in the neighborhood. We profiled the shop earlier this year. The shop was started in 2011 by Mona Lee and Dick Burkhart, longtime residents who have been…
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Othello Street redesign underway: Gentrification or traffic justice?
Othello Street/Myrtle Place redesign work starts today. The project, funded by the Neighborhood Street Fund, will include biking/walking safety improvements from Beacon Ave to Seward Park Ave. The redesign is also expected to bring motor vehicle speeds down closer to the speed limit and reduce car collisions. The road currently has a dangerous four-lane highway…
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Whistle Stop Co-op will give away free bikes and ORCA cards
Whistle Stop Co-op Cafe and Bike Shop near Othello Station will be giving away free bikes and ORCA Cards as part of a program to remove barriers to cycling and transit use in Rainier Valley. The program, dubbed Live Free or Drive, is funded by a Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment grant. We wrote…
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Whistle Stop Co-op at Othello Station is a special place, but it needs your support
Mona and Dick took a risk, but they did it for their neighborhood. They started Whistle Stop Co-op near Othello Station because they saw two needs: A coffee shop for the neighborhood to gather and a place to go for affordable bicycle repairs. Bad ass founders Mona Lee and Dick Burkhart—who have been advocating for…
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Tuesday: Ride with SBAB for a SE Seattle bikeability tour
Southeast Seattle desperately needs ambitious, family-friendly biking and walking routes. Tomorrow, you are invited to join the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board and a slew of other biking and neighborhood organizations for a two-hour biking tour from the Mountains-to-Sound Trail to Brighton to Beacon Hill. Rainier Valley is possibly the best candidate for a neighborhood greenway…
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