Rainier Beach Moving Forward

City invites neighbors to participate in third ‘Find It, Fix It’ Community Walk, July 22

In his public safety address to the Seattle City Council last month, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray detailed a series of ‘Find it, Fix it’ Community Walks, focused on several crime hotspots. At the walks, community residents, police, and city officials have been walking together to identify physical disorder and solve it. The two walks already [FULL ARTICLE]

Corner Greeters Come to Rainier Beach!

Just received this message from Barb Biondo on behalf of Rainier Beach: A Safe and Beautiful Place for Youth! Dear Rainier Beach Community,  Please join our “Corner Greeters,” and help make Rainier Beach a beautiful safe place for youth, you can help by: 1. Spreading the word! Share this announcement 2. Signing up to be [FULL ARTICLE]

Life Long Learning Action Team Meeting!

Dear Community Partners! Summer is here, school is out and we are preparing for the coming year! Come join us on the 24th of July, to discover how we can encourage and maximize out learning! There is much to talk about, including the Back 2 School Bash, An Art Rich School and YOUR awesome ideas [FULL ARTICLE]

RB neighborhood loses a champion but gains a legacy in the Hoffman passing

It is with a heavy heart that we bring you the sad news that Harry Hoffman passed away June 24 following a long battle with cancer. Harry quietly and valiantly staved off the challenge of cancer and kept up his relentless social justice and advocacy work, encouraging all of us at every meeting and fundraiser [FULL ARTICLE]

Stories Spark Action at The Gathering

If you weren’t able to attend The Gathering on May 31, here’s your chance to catch up. Visit these Web sites for more information about the organizing groups: Rainier Beach: A Beautiful Safe Place for Youth United Story: Breaking the Pane And watch for announcements on additional followup activities soon!

One of Rainier Beach’s best basketball players talks about his 2014 NBA Season

Jerry Brewer Seattle Times staff columnist wrote a wonderful article with Rainier Beach’s own Jamal Crawford. The headline refers to him as one of Rainier Beach’s best basketball players.  Do you agree? Anyway, the article provides an insight of a Rainier Beach honed individual we can all be proud of. Jamal Crawford (11) was a [FULL ARTICLE]

The RB counter punch… by Gregory Davis

Rainier Beach is a neighborhood full of vitality that random isolated shootings of buildings and potshots by naysayers cannot detract from. For the record…crime is down in Rainier Beach and education is up.  Re crime – Since September 2013 dozens of us have been reviewing SPD, Metro and Sound Transit crime statistics and it has decreased by [FULL ARTICLE]