May 25th, 2003
Since being on the City Council I have taken an active interest in trying to get the city to promote more opportunities for Seattle’s artists to remain in the city and not be pushed out by higher housing costs. There are a number of different strategies to accomplish that goal. Aside from direct funding for low-income housing that is available for artists who need live/work space, there is also the strategy of changing our Land Use Code to better accommodate these opportunities.
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September 26th, 2002
For some time now many of Seattle’s blue collar workers who traditionally lived and worked in downtown and other close-in neighborhoods have been pushed out of the City by high rents. People, who work in the arts industry, including artists, comprise a significant portion of these displaced workers. A new nation-wide study by Americans For The Arts reports that in 2000 $134 billion was produced in total economic arts activity in the U.S. This activity generated 4.8 million full-time equivalent jobs, $89.4 billion in household income, and $6.6 billion in local government tax revenues. Ironically, most workers in the arts can no longer afford to live in the urban areas to which their activities initially brought economic viability.
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May 20th, 2001
Join me this Tuesday, May 22, 2001,from 10:30AM to 12:00 PM at The Dome Room in the Arctic Building, 700 3rd Ave, at 3rd Ave & Cherry Street. (enter through the side entrance, off Cherry Street) for a discussion on artists’ spaces.
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Posted: May 20th, 2001 under
Arts and Culture,
Development and Sustainability,
Housing,
Neighborhoods,
Parks,
Planning and Land Use,
UP.
Tags:
adequacy of open space,
artists,
Artists Space,
breathing room open space,
Construction and Land Use (DCLU),
Culture,
Department of Design,
low-income housing,
Pro Parks Citizen's Oversight Committee,
Rental Housing,
Seattle Arts Commission,
Seattle Housing Office,
UP,
usable open space
March 31st, 2001
Recent events in the Pioneer Square Historic District have turned Seattle’s oldest neighborhood inside out. Between Mardi Gras and the Nisqually Quake, this community of artists, small retail establishments and restaurants, residents, and music venues is struggling to maintain its vitality in the face of destruction.
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Posted: March 31st, 2001 under
Arts and Culture,
Environment,
Housing,
Human Services and Health,
Neighborhoods,
UP.
Tags:
Art walk,
artists,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
Historic District,
Mardi Gras,
Pioneer Square,
Pioneer Square Business Improvement Association,
Poet Populist,
Rental Housing,
UP
January 9th, 2000
Last year, I initiated a City-wide celebration intended to honor the many artists and arts groups working to enhance their communities. On February 13, 1999, 25 performers and performance groups, along with 14 exhibiting organizations, persented their work at the Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall downtown. Bernard Harris, Jr., was elected Poet Populist in Seattle’s first such election.
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