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$27 million boost for Thai Binh affordable housing project

August 24, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: International District, Little Saigon, Thai Binh, VOL 36 NO 35 | AUGUST 26 - SEPT 1

Little Saigon protests at City Hall, demands to be heard, meets with councilmembers

March 9, 2017 By Stacy Nguyen

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 […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2017, Little Saigon, NAVIGATION CENTER, VOL 36 NO 11 | MARCH 11 - MARCH 17

PICTORIAL: Little Saigon protests at City Hall

March 9, 2017 By Stacy Nguyen

Photos by Stacy Nguyen/NWAW

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Feature stories, Pictorials Tagged With: 2017, Little Saigon, NAVIGATION CENTER, VOL 36 NO 11 | MARCH 11 - MARCH 17

City: ‘Is it negotiable? It is not.’ — Little Saigon enraged and in disbelief during discussion about new homeless center

March 2, 2017 By Stacy Nguyen

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,” […]

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2017, Little Saigon, VOL 36 NO 10 | MARCH 4 - MARCH 10

Frustration over new center in Little Saigon

February 9, 2017 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly   On Feb. 8, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced in a press release the location of the “Navigation Center” at the Pearl Warren Building, at 606 12th Avenue South in Seattle’s Little Saigon, an area of predominantly Vietnamese businesses and residents. “To best serve those living unsheltered in our […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2017, Little Saigon, VOL 36 NO 7 | FEBRUARY 11 - FEBRUARY 17

Proposed redevelopment plan for Little Saigon paves way for progress?

March 31, 2016 By James Tabafunda

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly For generations, shoppers visited Asian Plaza at the easternmost part of Seattle’s International District for authentic Southeast Asian food and the rarest of all downtown amenities: free parking. They will soon find a modern mixed-use commercial center built at an undisclosed price. The first phase of construction is targeted […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2016, APR, Avenue South, Chinese American, Dennis Chinn, Duc Tran, International District, Leeching Tran, Little Saigon, Lyn Hair Salon, Nate Chinn, Seattle Metropolitan, Sichuanese Cuisine, Vietnamese American, Vol 35 No 14 | April 2 - April 8, Yesler Terrace, parking

Mourners pack Orange County church to honor shooting victim

December 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners packed a church near Orange County’s Little Saigon to remember Tin Nguyen, 10 days after she died during the San Bernardino massacre. The 31-year-old was honored in a service conducted in Vietnamese last Saturday at St. Barbara’s Catholic Church in Santa Ana. Her fiance carried a portrait […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Catholic Church, Little Saigon, Orange County, San Bernardino County, Santa Ana, Southern California, Tin Nguyen, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

Questions, questions — Donnie Chin murder investigation update

December 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly There was a community meeting to provide an update on the murder investigation of Donnie Chin, held Nov. 25 at the Nagomi Tea House in the International District. International District icon and Seattle resident Donnie Chin was shot and killed in the early hours of July 23, 2015. As the […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Councilmember Harrell, Deputy Chief Carmen Best, Donnie Chin, International District Emergency Center, Little Saigon, Nagomi Tea House, Northwest Asian Weekly, SPD, Seattle, Seattle Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Sharon Tomiko Santos, Vol 34 No 50 | December 5 - December 11, attention, communication

Taylor Hoang awarded Courage Award

November 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Crosscut.com Taylor Hoang is the recipient of Crosscut’s 2015 Courage Award for business. This year’s winners were honored at the annual Courage Awards Breakfast on Oct. 29 at Benaroya Hall. In the heat of last year’s debate over raising Seattle’s minimum wage, it became clear to Hoang that minority and immigrant business owners were largely […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Benaroya Hall, Ethnic Business Coalition, Ethnic Seattle, Huong Binh, Little Saigon, Niv Cousins, Pho Cyclo Caf, Rainier Valley, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Taylor Hoang, United States, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 46 | November 7 - November 13, West Seattle, attention, social media

EDITORIAL: An easy test: Q: Are our readers concerned about safety in the ID? — A: “YES”

July 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

We have a lot of questions here at the Weekly, and most come from our readers. We try to give answers whenever we have them, but sometimes it just isn’t possible. So now we inquire. Can anyone help us out here? Public officials, residents, anyone who takes interest in the International District—we would love your […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, Asian Weekly, Benito Benny Enriquez, Chinatown International District, Frank Irigon, ID, King Street Station, Little Saigon, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31

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