A recent announcement that the Navigation Center, a homeless shelter in Seattle’s Little Saigon owned and operated by the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC), will not relocate in January, as previously planned, has spurred former Seattle City Councilmember Tanya Woo to start a petition calling for the City of Seattle, King County, and Washington’s legislature to support revitalization of Little Saigon.
Navigation Center to leave the CID by January
The City of Seattle will move the controversial Navigation Center out of the Chinatown-International District (CID) sometime before its lease expires in January 2025.
Last call for the Chinatown-International District/Little Saigon
For months, perhaps years, I’ve been sounding the alarm over the increasing threats to the Chinatown-International District (CID)/Little Saigon neighborhood/community.