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<strong>In 2022 Lance J. Randall moved to Portland to lead the Black Business Association of Oregon — a newly formed organization with its sights on attracting, retaining and supporting Black-owned businesses throughout the state. </strong>

The housing levy is set to expire this year, leaving the Seattle City Council to develop a proposal to renew it over the next couple of months.

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Get your damn ballots in if you want to avoid heart problems on Tuesday evening. Home-owner precincts are currently outvoting the shit out of renter precincts, according to King County's election dashboard. Let's zoom in. TONIGHT: We've got another debate between mayoral candidates Lorena González and Bruce Harrell. This one's supposed to be about public health and safety, although the last one was supposed to be about business and the economy and ended up being...

Tenants in a South Seattle senior living facility demand "better security, a cleaner environment, rent equity, and a show of respect and dignity."

Tonita Webb Named New CEO Of Verity Credit Union News provided by Share this article Share this article SEATTLE, March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Verity Credit Unions Board of Directors announced the appointment of its new CEO, John Zmolek, who retires on April 14. Webb comes to Verity from Seattle Credit Union, where she spent the past fifteen years both as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, and formerly, the Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. T...

by Jasmyne Keimig • Feb 18, 2021 at 3:30 pm Cant wait to hop onto the light rail to go from the Capitol Hill Arts & Cultural District to the Rainier Valley Creative District. BEN HORAKAfua Kouyate, executive director of ADEFUA Cultural Education Workshop, is leading an effort to designate southeast Seattle as a creative district under the states Creative District (CD) program. Having situated her arts organization within the community for over three de...

Colleen Echohawk joins race for Seattle mayor The executive director of the Chief Seattle Club is a well known name in City Hall and the world of homelessness and philanthropy. by In this Dec. 17, 2018, photo, Colleen Echohawk, right, executive director of Chief Seattle Club, is applauded by Mayor Jenny Durkan as Echohawk speaks during a news conference announcing that Seattle will invest more than $75 million on affordable-housing units in the following year. (Elaine Thompson/AP) Colleen Ech...

Michael Seiwerath will be its next executive director. He makes the move from Community Roots Housing (formerly Capitol Hill Housing). SEED board president Krista Holland said in a statement, “We are extremely excited to welcome Michael to SEED, and believe he will infuse new energy and leadership into the organization as we continue serving our Southeast Seattle community.” Seiwerath added, “SEED is an absolutely vital organization working at the intersection of affordable housing, ar...