Kudos! Big thank you – Cine en el Parque was a success
Marie Trigona with King County Natural Resources and Parks thanks all the King County staff and community partners who took part in Cine en el Parque and ensured it was a fun, successful community event.
Hi all,
Many thanks for making Cine en el Parque a terrific success, in particular the White Center Community Development Association who cosponsored the event. We had about 500 attendees and we collected more than 100 stamped passes. King County had 10 tables and nine community partners who came out to the event. Two media outlets attended the event including, King 5 and El Siete Dias. Univision, the West Seattle Blog and White Center Now also helped promote the event.
After the event we posted to the Facebook event page thanking everyone who came out. We also asked that if they would like Cine en el Parque to return next year, to like the page, tell us how the event went and to share the post. We received 100 likes. Some comments included, “A beautiful and positive event for families and the community #united” and “Thanks to the organizers of this event”.
We would like to thank the staff at Steve Cox Memorial Park and the White Center Teen Program for doing such a great job getting the park ready and welcoming people. A big thank you to De’Sean Quinn who helped coordinate getting our tables set up and to Mauricio Martinez who produced an interview segment with Univision to promote the event. We also want to thank Mercedes Garcia from the radio station, El Rey 1630, who was an amazing MC and helped us book the entertainment.
Please visit our blog post to read more about the event and to see the amazing photos shot by Elli Brownell.
Thanks!
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Buying a Second Home or Rental Property
For the savvy investor who is looking to buy a vacation home or rental property, this seminar is presented by HomeStreet Bank to help you learn determining your investment style, how to obtain non-owner occupied financing, maintaining your property, and the pros & pitfalls you may face.
This class will be held at Chinook Building, Thursday, September 8 from noon to 1 p.m.
Registration is required. Call the Hometown Hotline at 888-425-6990, or visit www.homestreet.com/KingCo.
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Still warmer than normal
Crossposted from KC Emergency News
While we won’t see temperatures in the mid-90s like last weekend, temperatures remain warmer than normal. So, take precautions:
- When playing or working outdoors, wear sunscreen and avoid prolonged exposure to the sun and heat. Drink plenty of fluids. (See more safety tips in earlier post below).
- Adhere to water safety directives when boating or swimming in pools, rivers, and lakes. Always wear a life vest, even if you consider yourself a strong swimmer.
- Remember that fire danger remains high and a burn ban is still in effect.
Enjoy the sunshine and extra dose of summer weather!
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Seasonal home maintenance seminar
Whether you own your home or are renting, make sure your home is ready for the seasons ahead! This seminar is presented by HomeStreet Bank to help you learn basic home maintenance, what you need to do when the temperature changes, covering the cost of home maintenance and you’ll be provided with a home maintenance checklist.
This class will be held at King Street Center, Thursday, September 22 from noon to 1 p.m.
Registration is required. Call the Hometown Hotline at 888-425-6990, or visit www.homestreet.com/KingCo.
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Transit Advisory Commission seeks new members
Crossposted from Metro Matters
Do you ride transit and have a desire to improve transit service for everyone? King County is seeking several new members for its Transit Advisory Commission.
The commission helps improve transit services, planning, and programs by advising Metro, King County, and leaders about transit policy (visit the website to learn more).
The commission’s members include residents and other transit stakeholders. Our goal is to reflect the county’s diversity. Most members ride the bus, and all live in King County. Each serves a two-year term. The commission meets monthly or as needed.
Read more at Metro Matters
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The True Stories Project – 8 Stories: 1 Division
The Prevention Division of Public Health – Seattle & King County held it’s first ever all-staff gathering. From the variety of diverse programs in the division, this short video by Drew Emery captures eight stories that show what we have in common: we care.
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King County Elections and community partners kick-off General Election voter engagement
Earlier this year, King County Elections and the Seattle Foundation launched a pilot program to engage limited-English speaking voters. After soliciting two rounds of proposals, 22 organizations received funding for their voter outreach field plans. In total, the pilot program has awarded nearly $242,000 for community-based voter engagement.
On August 16, those community-based organizations officially kicked-off their work at Elections Headquarters in Renton.
“This represents a new way of doing voter outreach and community engagement in general,” said Director of Elections, Julie Wise. “Rather than assuming we know the right way to engage King County’s many diverse communities, we are partnering with and resourcing the organizations who have been doing this work for decades.”
Read more in the official press release.
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Celebrating 50 years of work to keep our waters clean
Crossposted from the Wastewater Treatment Division blog
In 1966 the Wastewater Treatment Division was created to protect our waters and our health every day. Here’s one story of our progress. – By Monica Van der Vieren
Raw sewage flowed from pipes at every street end. River waters in cities were so dead that fish would avoid swimming upstream. “Scum and toilet debris floated on the water,” said one person, shaking his head. “It stunk.”
That was the Puget Sound region 50 years ago.
Half a century later, WTD is celebrating all of the men and women who commit their careers, skills, talents, and creativity to the regional wastewater treatment system that has transformed our waterways.
Read the story and see (just some!) of the photos from the 50th Celebration last week on the WTD blog at the link below.
Read more at the Wastewater Treatment Division blog
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Ryerson Base wins safety competition
Ryerson Base has won the 2015 Base Competition Award. As part of the Transit Safety Program, a Base Accident Competition was initiated in 1982. Each base is analyzed by how many collision per million miles they have had and that is compared to the previous years performance. The base with the most improved accident record is recognized for their achievement. This year the award was won by Ryerson Base who reduced their collisions by 19.7 percent.
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Ideas to Boost Survey Participation Rates
Today we started our series of engagement survey orientation trainings. At the very end we did a brainstorm exercise to generate ideas for boosting participation in this year’s survey. Our response rate last year as 60% which is good enough to make the data valid, but we’d like to see more people participate.
For the brainstorm exercise we asked people to write an idea on an index card and then exchange cards 3 times with people in the room anonymously rating each idea on a scale from 1 – 5 where 5 is a great idea.
In this space we’ll share what training participants thought were the best ideas.
August 24:
- Survey BBQ
- Have a small party: have food and gather with staff. Post person pictures of people on a board or wall. Decorate.
- Have treats as unit quarterly meeting if we get 100% response rate.
- Create a short list of things that happened as a result of last year’s survey. Post it! Share it! Make it visible!
- Have a competition with another section.
- Let people fill it out in a staff meeting.
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