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Great cities thrive with dynamic educational institutions. Downtown Seattle is no exception. Join City University of Seattle on Friday, January 25, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at 521 Wall St, Seattle as we open our doors and dedicate our flagship campus and headquarters. We're thrilled to return home to Seattle and continue to make a difference in lives through education.

Event to include…

• Appetizers and cocktails provided by Tom Douglas Catering
• Tours
• Complimentary valet parking service
• Live music and entertainment
• Giveaways
• Special remarks from Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, famed restaurateur Tom
  Douglas, Downtown Seattle Association chairman Jack McCullough, and Seattle
  Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Maud Daudon
• And much more!

Your RSVP is optional, but taking a moment
to do so will help us execute a thoughtful event. Thank you!

Yesterday was the wettest day in a year. You can help by clearing storm drains of leaves, and report flooding to Seattle Public Utilities at 206-386-1800.

Read more at seattle.gov.

The Seattle Police Department West Precinct will be holding the first meeting of the new Safe Communities initiative Thursday, October 18, at 7 PM at the Belltown Community Center.

Modeled on the Youth and Families Initiative, Safe Communities will follow a similar path, bringing residents, police officers and City departments together in living rooms, cafes, barber shops and community centers across Seattle to tell the City and SPD about specific things their communities need to improve safety and determine which priorities should come first. Those priorities will then guide the actions the City, SPD and neighborhoods will take together to protect public safety. This process seeks to address chronic neighborhood issues, concerns that will require coordinated involvement of diverse voices in the city (SPD, Parks, SDOT, City Attorney’s Office, Neighborhood Groups, Schools and others) working together to understand, address, and resolve conditions that impact public safety.

Please register online or by contacting Noreen Tanaka at 206.684.8901.

Details to come…

October 10
7 PM
Belltown Community Center, 415 Bell Street

Kerrie Stoops, Coordinator of the Belltown Community Center, will be giving an update on programming at the Belltown Community Center and how individuals and groups in the community can use the Community Center facilities for classes, meetings and events.

Big changes are coming to Metro bus service starting this Saturday. Here's what you need to know.

• The Ride Free Area is ending. On all trips except on RapidRide, board through the front door and pay as you enter. Exit through the back door except if you need the lift or ramp or are unloading a bicycle from the rack on the front of the bus.
• Metro is launching the RapidRide C & D lines, which operate on a proof-of-payment system. If paying cash, board through the front door and be sure to get a transfer even if you are not planning on taking another bus. Fare inspectors will board RapidRide buses and passengers without a valid transfer or tapped ORCA card may be subject to a $124 fine.
• If you have an ORCA card and are at a RapidRide station equipped with off-board readers, such as the one at 3rd & Bell, you may tap your ORCA card at the station and then board the RapidRide bus through any door from 6 AM – 7 PM. Otherwise, board through the front door and tap as you enter. The off-board readers are for RapidRide only – on all other buses you need to board through the front door at all times.
• RapidRide D replaces Route 15 to Ballard, operating along 15th Ave W/NW to NW 100th.
• RapidRide C replaces Route 54 to West Seattle, serving the Alaska Junction and Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal.
• Both RapidRide lines operate every 15 minutes or less from 6 AM to 11 PM every day, as well as late-night trips replacing the 81 and 85 night owl routes.
• Route 18 is being replaced by Route 40, which operates along Westlake to Fremont, then along Leary to Ballard, north on 24th Ave NW to NW 85th St and then east to Northgate along Holman Rd. It will operate every 15 minutes Mon-Sat but only every 30 minutes on Sundays.
• The 5 will no longer serve Northgate. Take RapidRide D to NW 85th St and change to Route 40 to Northgate.
• Buses to Magnolia now operate on 3rd Avenue.

The two elementary schools serving downtown are both over capacity while more and more people are choosing to live downtown. The BCC joins the Downtown Seattle Association in calling for a new downtown elementary school.

The Seattle School Board is finalizing the details of the BEX IV Capital Levy that will be sent to the voters in February. To make sure they include funding for a new school in downtown Seattle, they need to hear from you! Attend the public hearing Thursday at 6:30 at McClure Middle School or send mail to schoolboard@seattleschools.org.

The Asset Based Community Development training scheduled for September 29 has been postponed until January. More details will be available soon.

September 14
4-8:30 PM
415 Bell Street

Join us for the grand opening of the Belltown Community Center! There will be live music and
food from around the neighborhood. Mayor Mike McGinn will join us at 6 PM.

Come meet your neighbors and see this beautiful new facility!