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"Welcome Back" Seattle! City debuts summer events celebrating downtown
"Welcome Back" Seattle! City debuts summer events celebrating downtown neighborhoods
7/17/20211:24

Chinatown International District (CID) was alive with art, food, music, and more over the weekend. The community helped kick off three events, which aim to bring visitors and workers back to downtown Seattle neighborhoods that were hit hard during the pandemic. The "Welcome Back Weeks" celebrations continue in Pioneer Square on July 24, followed by celebrations in Westlake on July 25.

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Seattle Gay News exhibit

Half a century of pride: Seattle Gay News celebrates milestone

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Mayor Harrell and community leaders to commemorate lives lost to gun violence, open new memorial garden space

Mayor Harrell and community leaders commemorate lives lost to gun violence with new memorial garden space

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Chief Seattle Annual Memorial Walk

Annual memorial walk brings healing to Seattle's Indigenous community

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Local club helps remote control car enthusiasts unleash their inner speed demons

Club helps remote control car enthusiasts unleash their inner speed demons

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Earth Day 2024

Seattleites clean up urban forests for Earth Day

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Seattle-area students take trip of a lifetime to Historic Black Colleges

Seattle-area students take trip of a lifetime to Historic Black Colleges

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From streets to stanzas, Seattle's neighborhoods host poetry installations

From streets to stanzas, Seattle's neighborhoods host poetry installations

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Luck of Irish brings sun & cheer for annual St. Patrick's Day Parade

Luck of the Irish brings sun & cheer for annual St. Patrick's Day Parade

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Native plants on the Seattle waterfront

Waterfront project will restore native plants & Salish stories

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From hammer to heel, the story behind Leolo's bespoke shoe craftsmanship

From hammer to heel, the story behind Leolo's bespoke shoe craftsmanship

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Lunar New Year

Seattle City Council officially recognizes Lunar New Year as citywide holiday

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Over a 1,000 unite for annual MLK Jr. Day March

Over 1,000 unite for annual MLK Jr. Day March

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Mayor recalls UW's underdog triumph in 1978 Rose Bowl

Mayor recalls UW's underdog triumph in 1978 Rose Bowl

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New warehouse will salvage & distribute building materials

New warehouse will salvage & distribute building materials

1/5/2024
Five fresh faces take oath of office for Seattle City Council

Five fresh faces take oath of office for Seattle City Council

1/2/2024
mam's books opens a new chapter for Chinatown-International District

mam's books opens a new chapter for Chinatown-International District

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The Fight Against Fentanyl

The Fight Against Fentanyl

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Georgetown Morgue, giving more than thrills & chills since 2009

Georgetown Morgue, giving more than thrills & chills since 2009

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Local businesses get boost from Seattle's Downtown Activation Plan

Local businesses get boost from Seattle's Downtown Activation Plan

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Pink salmon spawning

Pink salmon return to spawn in local rivers

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Move & groove into the night at Dancing til Dusk

Move & groove into the night at Dancing til Dusk

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Seattle Youth Employment Program capstone

Seattle Youth Employment Program marks 50 years of empowering tomorrow's leaders

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Courtney Marie Andrews serenades during Downtown Summer Sounds

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews takes center stage at City Hall Plaza

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Vanishing Seattle celebrates city's past through captivating collection of salvaged signs

Vanishing Seattle celebrates city's past through captivating collection of salvaged signs

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Bon Odori: Sights & sounds from one of Seattle’s oldest festivals

Bon Odori: Sights & sounds from one of Seattle’s oldest festivals

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