NEWS FLASH: Do you know of an organization or group (including your own) that has been involved in Public Safety in Rainier Beach? Help us update our information on the progress and challenges related to these priorities over the past year. Information you provide will help inform the next Town Hall Meeting in January, where we will set priorities for 2010. Just enter your observations as a comment at the end of this page. Thanks!
See most recent updates here.
Overall Goal - RB Coalition will join with residents and existing organizations to enhance, expand,
and/or develop programs and activities that ensure a safe and secure community.
2009 and Beyond – Priorities identified at 2009 Town Hall Meeting
To help monitor and track throughout the year click here and enter any activity in Rainier Beach that is responses to these priorities
1. Monitor dense housing development around Light Rail
2. Safety on Metro
3. Education on Youth Culture and Mentoring
4. School Closures
5. Reach out to immigrant and refugee community
6. Funding cuts for drug rehab/mental health
7. Dismantling racism
8. Public/Resident accountability via communication
9. Employment opportunities
10. Police Response time
Public Safety projects to keep our eyes and ears on:
* Southeast Crime Prevention Council (Same)
* Communities Reuniting Rainier Beach (CURB), formerly Clean Dreams (POCAAN)
* Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative (City of Seattle)
* Southeast Rainier Valley Safety Partnerships (Seattle Neighborhood Group other service providers)
* Joint Rainier Beach Neighborhood Block Watch (Same)
Public Safety Partners
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[WEB ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTE: This comment was submitted by Debbie Paul]
I live at 9946 Rainier S. I may not be able to make the town hall meeting, but wanted to pass on the two concerns I have:
1) Safety – transportation: There is no bus service from Cornell Avenue north on Rainier – it was removed when Light Rail went in. Now no one in this corridor has accessible public transportation, and can’t take the bus to the Henderson light rail. I talked to the city/bus planning folks and their recommendation was to walk to the Renton Avenue stop. Of course this is about a 1 mile walk straight uphill on Cornell Avenue (dead horse canyon) and not feasible.
2) safety – we cannot use the sidewalk on the west side of Rainier because the hill is sliding down to Rainier. It has been this way for 25+ years. I talked to the city safety folks who said they were aware of it but there was no plan to fix it. The Safety folks said they’d include it in the safety initiative, since you can’t cross the street safely there either.
Thanks Debbie
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Here’s what we’ve heard so far about initiatives launched or continued last year related to our 2009 priorities:
+ Opposition to density at light rail stations Initiative.
+ Pre-arrest diversion programs funding
-Communities Uniting Rainier Beach refunded
+ Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative opens operation at Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club
+ Rainier Beach Trespassing Coalition/Ending Banishment Initiative
– RBMA, SPD, Racial Disparity Project
+ The March Against Violence, June 14.
– Organizer Denise Gloster
+ Community Safety Meetings
– Seattle Neighborhood Group, Rainier Beach Community Block Watch, Southeast Seattle Crime prevention Council, South Precinct Community Advisory Council
+ Public Safety communications
– via web, http://www.RBCoalition.org, e-Newsletters: Rainier Block Watch Group, SECPC – SPD updates, SPD – Community Safety Newsletter