For months, perhaps years, I’ve been sounding the alarm over the increasing threats to the Chinatown-International District (CID)/Little Saigon neighborhood/community.
Phở eating contest
The ever popular phở eating contest during Celebrate Little Saigon did not disappoint this year.
CID, Beacon Hill unite for public safety
Twin press conferences on Tuesday underscored community outrage over crime and violence in South Seattle and beyond, including in the Chinatown-International District (CID).
Metro to remove bus shelter in Little Saigon
Metro plans to remove a bus shelter in the heart of Little Saigon, citing safety and sanitary concerns, but many in the community think it won’t make a difference.
A question of good faith in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District and Little Saigon
The city’s escalating problems with public safety, larceny, mental illness and drug addiction continue to be felt in the Chinatown-International District (CID).
Rotary Club helps in Friends of Little Saigon clean-up
On March 5, nine members of the Seattle International District Rotary Club participated in a clean-up organized by Friends of Little Saigon. The club also provided coffee and cookies from Starbucks for the approximately 75 clean-up participants. Club members involved were David Akiyama, Nancy Benedict-Evans, David Della, Odette Della, David Goldsmith, Julie Hungar, Ed Jefferson, […]
$27 million boost for Thai Binh affordable housing project
SEATTLE — Wells Fargo announced on Aug. 17 that it recently invested $59.9 million in two affordable housing developments in downtown Seattle in exchange for low-income housing tax credits. One of the developments is the Thai Binh Apartments construction project that will result in 249 affordable studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments in Seattle’s International District […]
Little Saigon protests at City Hall, demands to be heard, meets with councilmembers
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly On Monday, March 6, Friends of Little Saigon organized a protest at Seattle City Hall. According to its press release, the protest, “is to demand that the mayor (Ed Murray) and city council give the neighborhood and communities the proper respect and recognize their voice as residents, families, business […]
PICTORIAL: Little Saigon protests at City Hall
Photos by Stacy Nguyen/NWAW
City: ‘Is it negotiable? It is not.’ — Little Saigon enraged and in disbelief during discussion about new homeless center
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly “People think this is just Little Saigon, and it’s just a block,” said Elaine Ishihara on Feb. 28 at a community meeting comprising International District and Little Saigon community members, City of Seattle employees, and others involved in the incoming Navigation Center. “But it’s much more than that,” […]
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