Location: Seattle, WA
Website: n/a
The Seattle process as an informal method values study, discussion and civic engagement. It will involve numerous stakeholder groups. It requires the community to present effective data, and for organizers to translate data from different constituencies into useful reports for decision makers.
Using process to seek out consensus and hearing all opinions even extends to the corporate boardroom, not just government.
Methods of participation typically include council meetings, neighborhood forums, ballot measures, and marches. Stakeholder groups are all-inclusive and usually include citizens, corporations, non-profits, neighborhood representatives, and advocacy groups.
Despite being called a "process" there is no definitive methodology to the Seattle process; in fact, while writing about Seattle taking four decades to build a light-rail line, the New York Times called it a "mysterious and maddening phenomenon".
Showing posts with label Seattle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seattle. Show all posts
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
Commute Seattle
Location: Seattle, WA
Website: www.urbanresearch.org
Commute Seattle is a not-for-profit Transportation Management Association (TMA) working to provide alternatives to drive-alone commute trips into Downtown Seattle’s 10 neighborhoods. We are a 501c(4) not-for-profit, public-private partnership commissioned, funded, and governed by an Advisory Board of executive leaders from the Downtown Seattle Association, King County Metro, and the City of Seattle.
We seek to reduce the drive-alone commute rate in Downtown Seattle to 30% by 2016, making Seattle a strong leader among peer cities in supporting alternatives to driving alone.
Commute Seattle is committed to delivering transportation services that not only reduce congestion and support increased commuter options, but also support business objectives in greater Downtown. These services include:
- Transportation consultations to support a property or small business’ assessment of its transportation benefit program elements,
- Offering a range of services and commute option products tailored to individual business needs,Education and marketing of transportation information to businesses and commuters; and
-Marketing and selling ORCA Business Passport to Downtown employers.
Website: www.urbanresearch.org
Commute Seattle is a not-for-profit Transportation Management Association (TMA) working to provide alternatives to drive-alone commute trips into Downtown Seattle’s 10 neighborhoods. We are a 501c(4) not-for-profit, public-private partnership commissioned, funded, and governed by an Advisory Board of executive leaders from the Downtown Seattle Association, King County Metro, and the City of Seattle.
We seek to reduce the drive-alone commute rate in Downtown Seattle to 30% by 2016, making Seattle a strong leader among peer cities in supporting alternatives to driving alone.
Commute Seattle is committed to delivering transportation services that not only reduce congestion and support increased commuter options, but also support business objectives in greater Downtown. These services include:
- Transportation consultations to support a property or small business’ assessment of its transportation benefit program elements,
- Offering a range of services and commute option products tailored to individual business needs,Education and marketing of transportation information to businesses and commuters; and
-Marketing and selling ORCA Business Passport to Downtown employers.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Black Coffee Co-op
Location: Seattle, WA
Website: www.blackcoffeecoop.com
Black Coffee is a worker’s cooperative, café, community space & infoshop in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Black Coffee serves specialty coffee & tea, vegan food & pastries, and delicious beer & wine. In addition, the Black Coffee Co-op hosts all sort of community events, maintains a small public library, and has a selection of independently produced literature.
The collective began to form near the beginning of 2012, and began construction on its space in October 2012.
We are located at 501 E. Pine St, the corner of Pine & Summit. We are open weekdays from 7am to midnight, and weekends 8am to midnight. We accept event and meeting reservations.
Black Coffee Coop is committed to a non-hierarchical structure of work & a not-for-profit model of commerce. In creating the Black Coffee Cooperative, the individuals that currently comprise it hope to create a number of beneficial tools, for example:
- Physical space for culture and community, from fundraisers to film screenings, book fairs to belly dancing, skill-shares to silk-screening. Black Coffee will be a hub for events, meetings, or just drinking a brew with comrades.
- A non-hierarchical workplace, where we learn to truly work together, and share the fruits of our work equally.
- "Safer-space,” for those who don’t feel safe or welcome in most public spaces. This means we actively attempt to keep the space free of prejudice. This also means we are always open to learning how to become more safe and welcoming.
> A new info-shop and mini-library.
> Delicious vegetarian & vegan grub + coffee & tea + beer.
Website: www.blackcoffeecoop.com
Black Coffee is a worker’s cooperative, café, community space & infoshop in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Black Coffee serves specialty coffee & tea, vegan food & pastries, and delicious beer & wine. In addition, the Black Coffee Co-op hosts all sort of community events, maintains a small public library, and has a selection of independently produced literature.
The collective began to form near the beginning of 2012, and began construction on its space in October 2012.
We are located at 501 E. Pine St, the corner of Pine & Summit. We are open weekdays from 7am to midnight, and weekends 8am to midnight. We accept event and meeting reservations.
Black Coffee Coop is committed to a non-hierarchical structure of work & a not-for-profit model of commerce. In creating the Black Coffee Cooperative, the individuals that currently comprise it hope to create a number of beneficial tools, for example:
- Physical space for culture and community, from fundraisers to film screenings, book fairs to belly dancing, skill-shares to silk-screening. Black Coffee will be a hub for events, meetings, or just drinking a brew with comrades.
- A non-hierarchical workplace, where we learn to truly work together, and share the fruits of our work equally.
- "Safer-space,” for those who don’t feel safe or welcome in most public spaces. This means we actively attempt to keep the space free of prejudice. This also means we are always open to learning how to become more safe and welcoming.
> A new info-shop and mini-library.
> Delicious vegetarian & vegan grub + coffee & tea + beer.
Monday, January 14, 2013
NE Seattle Tool Library
Location: Seattle, WA
Website: www.neseattletoollibrary.org
The NE Seattle Tool Library provides free, community access to a wide variety of tools, training, and sustainable resources. Become a member now!
We will officially start lending tools at our Grand Opening on January 19, 2013. The building will open at 10 am for new member registrations and meet-and-great, followed by the official speeches and ribbon cutting at 11 am. We’ll stay open until 2 pm for tool lending, plus “Taste of the Tool Library” demonstrations.
The NE Seattle Tool Library is a community-led project to provide pay-what-you-can community access to a wide range of tools, training, and relevant advice.
By providing this service, the Tool Library aims to inspire its community to participate in community projects, such as park restorations, and pursue sustainability through fun projects like backyard gardens, home energy improvements, and water harvesting.
Benefits:
- Leverage existing resources
- Reduce our environmental footprint
- Reduce consumption of tools used only once or twice
- Educate community members in proper use and maintenance of tools
- Enhance self-reliance and resilience
- Foster sense of community and mutual support
- Encourage repairing items instead of throwing them in the trash
- Encourage making products for ourselves instead of buying them from far away
- Lay a foundation for a Sharing Economy
Website: www.neseattletoollibrary.org
The NE Seattle Tool Library provides free, community access to a wide variety of tools, training, and sustainable resources. Become a member now!
We will officially start lending tools at our Grand Opening on January 19, 2013. The building will open at 10 am for new member registrations and meet-and-great, followed by the official speeches and ribbon cutting at 11 am. We’ll stay open until 2 pm for tool lending, plus “Taste of the Tool Library” demonstrations.
The NE Seattle Tool Library is a community-led project to provide pay-what-you-can community access to a wide range of tools, training, and relevant advice.
By providing this service, the Tool Library aims to inspire its community to participate in community projects, such as park restorations, and pursue sustainability through fun projects like backyard gardens, home energy improvements, and water harvesting.
Benefits:
- Leverage existing resources
- Reduce our environmental footprint
- Reduce consumption of tools used only once or twice
- Educate community members in proper use and maintenance of tools
- Enhance self-reliance and resilience
- Foster sense of community and mutual support
- Encourage repairing items instead of throwing them in the trash
- Encourage making products for ourselves instead of buying them from far away
- Lay a foundation for a Sharing Economy
Monday, October 22, 2012
Citytank
Locatiom: Seattle, WA
Website: www.citytank.org
Citytank is a think tank for cities.
Citytank aspires to be an online convergence of the best thinkers and doers in urbanism both locally and nationwide.
Citytank will generate pointed analysis and advocacy that supports the proposition that cities are our best hope for achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability, from the local to global scales.
Citytank will address the need to bridge the knowledge gaps between policy, research, and design.
Citytank’s mission is to propagate ideas that help fulfill the promise of cities to both expand the human spirit and sustain a thriving planet.
Citytank was thunk up by Dan Bertolet. He’s a recovering electrical engineer and lately an urban designer who created a blog called Hugeasscity that in the course of two years grew an audience of over 17,000 unique site visits per month. In 2010 the Seattle news and politics web site PubliCola swallowed up Hugeasscity, exposing Dan’s writing to a much broader audience.
Dan has long believed that Seattle needs a source of analysis and commentary to help bring sanity to debates over policy that will shape the future of the City. Thus, Citytank.
Website: www.citytank.org
Citytank is a think tank for cities.
Citytank aspires to be an online convergence of the best thinkers and doers in urbanism both locally and nationwide.
Citytank will generate pointed analysis and advocacy that supports the proposition that cities are our best hope for achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability, from the local to global scales.
Citytank will address the need to bridge the knowledge gaps between policy, research, and design.
Citytank’s mission is to propagate ideas that help fulfill the promise of cities to both expand the human spirit and sustain a thriving planet.
Citytank was thunk up by Dan Bertolet. He’s a recovering electrical engineer and lately an urban designer who created a blog called Hugeasscity that in the course of two years grew an audience of over 17,000 unique site visits per month. In 2010 the Seattle news and politics web site PubliCola swallowed up Hugeasscity, exposing Dan’s writing to a much broader audience.
Dan has long believed that Seattle needs a source of analysis and commentary to help bring sanity to debates over policy that will shape the future of the City. Thus, Citytank.
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