West Seattle Thursday: Income-tax ‘town hall’; Design Review x 2; more…


(Wednesday morning peek view of The Olympics, photographed by Jim Borrow)

Quick look ahead to tonight, before the afternoon arrives…

GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT: Multi-vendor event at Alair gift shop, 5-9 pm – details in our calendar listing. Refreshments, raffle, more. (3280 California SW)

INCOME-TAX TOWN HALL: This was scheduled even before the City Council’s vote this past Monday on a resolution of intent to pursue a city “high-earner” income tax. The resolution’s co-sponsor Councilmember Lisa Herbold is on the program for the organization Trump-Proof Seattle‘s “town hall” meeting tonight in Olympic Hall on the south end of the South Seattle College (WSB sponsor) campus. Program starts at 6 pm. (6000 16th SW)

DESIGN REVIEW X 2: The Southwest Design Review Board meets tonight at the Senior Center/Sisson Building, with two projects on the agenda: 6:30 pm, it’s an Early Design Guidance review for the downsized 1250 Alki SW project, now proposed as a six-story building with ~44 condominiums, 66 offstreet-parking spaces. See the design packet here. Then at 8 pm, another EDG meeting, this time for the newest proposal for 4800 40th SW, a four-story building with 67 units, 46 underground parking spaces, and 5,400 square feet of commercial space. See the design packet here. Both meetings will have public-comment periods. (4217 SW Oregon)

HELP PLAN HIGHLAND PARK’S FIND IT, FIX IT WALK: First meeting of the community “action team” planning the May 25th event – everyone’s invited to be part of it, just show up! – is tonight, 6:30 pm, at Highland Park Elementary. (1012 SW Trenton)

GETTING READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL, PART 2: 7 pm tonight at Madison Middle School, it’s the second part of this two-part series, this time for Madison parents/guardians only. RSVP requested – our calendar listing shows how. (45th SW/SW Spokane)

EVEN MORE … on our complete-calendar page!

1 Reply to "West Seattle Thursday: Income-tax 'town hall'; Design Review x 2; more..."

  • Mark Schletty May 4, 2017 (12:16 pm)

    After today’s federal health care vote the “Trump proof Seattle” proposal has it completely backwards. We don’t need another tax, what we need is a massive cut in city taxes so we will be able to pay for health insurance. 

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