A new report confirms what you see with your own eyes: despite a lot of effort and funding, the homelessness crisis is getting worse, particularly for people experiencing chronic homelessness.
April 19th, 2021 in Featured. Closed
Lydia Assefa-Dawson, a member the Federal Way City Council in King County, Washington [located within the Seattle metropolitan area] has announced that she is running for King County Council District 7 seat. According to her campaign Lydia, who is Ethiopian American, pledges to bring leadership and perspectives as a housing advocate, person with disabilities, immigrant, and mom. (Courtesy photo)
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Federal Way Councilmember Lydia Assefa-Dawson announces run for King County Council District 7
Lydia Assefa-Dawson formally announced her campaign to challenge 28-year incumbent Pete von Reichbauer for King County Council, Position 7.
Assefa-Dawson, in her second full term on the Federal Way City Council, believes it is time to take it to the next level in order to reflect the rapid demographic changes and economic challenges facing families in the district, which includes Federal Way, Auburn, Kent, Milton, A
Amazon leases another Bellevue office tower as it makes room for planned 25k employees in city
March 9, 2021 at 8:52 am
A rendering of The Artise office tower from N.E. 8th Street and 106th Avenue N.E. in Bellevue, Wash. (Motiv Studio Image)
Amazon is making room for some of the 25,000 employees it plans to add in Bellevue, Wash., announcing Tuesday that it has signed a lease to occupy a 600,000-square-foot office building called The Artise which is under development in the city east of Seattle.
Scheduled to open in 2024, the 25-story glass tower by Schnitzer West and architects NBBJ is at the corner of N.E. 8th Street and 106th Avenue N.E.
Amazon.com Inc. launched a new Housing Equity Fund earlier this month that will provide $2 billion to create and preserve affordable housing in Arlington, as well as Nashville, Tenn. and Washington State’s Puget Sound region - all places where the company is headquartered.
Another $125 million in cash grants will be given to minority-owned nonprofits, businesses and organizations to help find a “more inclusive solution” to the housing crisis impacting these areas.
Arlington, much like the rest of the Washington region, is in the throes of a housing crisis. But how much impact will the fund have in addressing it?
Legislators in Washington sink their teeth into pandemic-era issues for schools By Dahlia Bazzaz, The Seattle Times
Published: January 25, 2021, 8:16am
Share: The Capitol Building in Olympia. (iStock.com)
As they launched into their full-fledged pandemic legislative session earlier this month, lawmakers in Washington state had no shortage of education issues to sort through.
More than 60 bills related to K-12 schools are in the works already, including proposals to maximize the role of school counselors, change truancy policies and reopen school buildings. Heading into the session, lawmakers and state executives said their priorities would be focusing on supporting student mental health, granting financial flexibility to school districts and expanding access to the internet.