Joseph Rivers: Metro operator and Special Olympics athlete, coach, referee, volunteer and athlete parent
Joseph Rivers is one of King County’s 3,000 Metro Transit operators. He is also a former Special Olympics athlete, current volunteer, has coached and refereed for the games, and is the proud father of two of the athletes competing in this week’s Seattle- and King County-hosted 2018 Special Olympic USA Games! Rivers joined King County Metro General Manager Rob Gannon before the games to announce the partnership between Metro, Sound Transit and Port of Seattle in support of the USA Games. He also discussed the games with KIRO 7 and the Seattle… Read More
Learning from listening
Crossposted from Best Starts for Kids Blog Part 3 of our Community Owned Data blog series This is the third post in our month-long Community Owned Data series we are doing to highlight our learnings from the Best Starts for Kids Health Survey. We brought the data to specific communities in the form of “data dives,” asked what they thought, and learned a lot from community input and data interpretation! In this post, we share more about what we heard and learned. During the data dives, we presented data about five important… Read More
2018 Seattle Pride Parade in pictures
Hundreds of King County employees and their friends and family joined King County Executive Dow Constantine to celebrate diversity, fairness, and justice at the Seattle Pride Parade Sunday. “Another fantastic #SeattlePride on the books! Times are difficult, but in King County, we’re striving to make sure that #allarewelcome,” Executive Constantine shared on Twitter Sunday. King County Metro Bus 6885 was wrapped for the occasion, and traveled the parade route with a King County Medic One rig, courtesy of Public Health. Public Health has a long history of participating in the Seattle Pride… Read More
King County: #RiseWithUs
Welcome 2018 Special Olympics USA Games! Let me win. But, if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt. – Special Olympics Athlete Oath During the July 1-6 Seattle- and King County-hosted games, more than 4,000 athletes and coaches representing each state and the District of Columbia will compete in 14 team and individual sports “in the best sports facilities in the greater Seattle region including the University of Washington, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, King County Parks’ Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Willows Run Golf Club, Celebration Park, Angle… Read More
What’s a Data Dive?
Crossposted from Best Starts for Kids Blog Part 2 of our Community Owned Data blog series Last week, we kicked off our month-long “community owned data” blog series. You can read the first post here. Every other year, Best Starts collects community data that helps guide our funding strategies. To ensure that we are truly partnering with communities and sharing data ownership, Best Starts partnered with specific communities to have conversations about the data from our Best Starts for Kids Health Survey and help us understand it. We learned a lot from… Read More
Save the date: Fifth Annual PRIDE CLE and Happy Hour event
Spread the word about this Pride Month event sponsored by King County Superior Court and QLaw. Two Steps Forward; One Step Back: The State of LGBTQ Rights King County Superior Court and QLaw are sponsoring their Fifth Annual PRIDE CLE and Happy Hour event Monday, June 25 in the 12th floor jury room of the Seattle Municipal Court, 600 Fifth Avenue. The CLE will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and the happy hour will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The panel will explore up-to-the-minute legal issues related to state… Read More
44th Annual Seattle Pride Parade Sunday
Why not bring your family and friends and join the King County contingent? We’re number 21 in the lineup (out of 220) and will be staging on 4th Ave, between Union and University. Just look for the Metro Bus or Medic One Rig to find us. We recommend people arrive at 10:30 a.m. to decrease the amount of stand-around waiting time. Even though the parade starts at 11 a.m., our contingent won’t start moving right away (we likely won’t start moving till noon-ish). This will give us enough time to hand out… Read More
Newest transit-to-trails service makes it safer, more convenient to explore Mailbox Peak
Trailhead Direct – a public-private partnership co-led by King County Metro and King County Parks –launched its third route this weekend, offering transit service from North Bend to one of the most popular trails in the Pacific Northwest; Mailbox Peak. The newest transit-to-trails service reduces unsafe overcrowding at the Mailbox Peak parking lot. Transit vans depart every 20 minutes from a satellite lot in North Bend during weekends and holidays. “We are making it safer and more convenient for hikers to explore one of the premier trails in our region,” said King… Read More
Roads Career Development Academy demonstrates Investing in YOU mindset
When engagement survey data revealed the importance of career growth and development to employees of the Department of Transportation’s Road Services Division, leadership reached out to Human Resource Division’s Career Support Services section to explore a partnership, and the Roads Career Development Academy was born. The program was designed to help employees identify their professional goals and take charge of their careers. Employee engagement scores at Roads are slightly higher than the countywide average, as are Roads employees’ feelings about opportunities for growth and development. Still, division leadership saw that the growth… Read More
Metro HR employee athlete competing in 2018 Special Olympics USA Games July 1-6 in Seattle
The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games will be held in Seattle and King County during the first week of July, and – in addition to being a public partner of the games – King County is proud to have employees participating! Jonathan Leckband, Office Assistant with the Department of Transportation, is one of the employees who will be competing in the games. He is a soccer player who will be representing the State of Washington during the Seattle- and King County-hosted games. More than 4,000 athletes and coaches representing each state and… Read More
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