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Editor’s Note: Forgotten Survivor
Emily Cantrell’s experience at the Vegas shooting turns into a journey to help others
At first, the crowd of more than 22,000 thought they were hearing firecrackers. Then the second round began, and many realized they were gunshots. In an instant, Emily Cantrell’s life changed forever. Fifty-nine people were killed and more than 700 wounded that night almost four years ago at an outdoor country music festival in Las…
Art Off The Chart
Two cities stand out for their art purchases
Bellevue art lovers gravitate toward oil paintings. Those in Seattle tend to favor sea and sky landscapes. Regardless of taste, Bellevue and Seattle residents both rank in the top 10 nationwide for their art-buying proclivities, based on the number of artworks sold per 100,000 residents. Bellevue is No. 4 and Seattle No. 10, according to…
Music By The People, For The People
Cultural Space Agency leads community acquisitions
In what’s been dubbed a blow against gentrification and displacement, the Cultural Space Agency – a “mission-driven, values-based” development company chartered by the city of Seattle – and internet radio station RainierAvenueRadio world have acquired the Columbia City Theater and the connected Bourbon Bar for use as a community-owned cultural space. The $3.2 million acquisition…
Back Cover: Seattle’s Burning Issues
It took almost three years for the Washington state supreme court to overturn Floyd Turner’s conviction for desecrating the american flag
Seattle magazine was right in the thick of three years of legal wrangling that began in 1967. After a drifter named Floyd Turner was convicted of desecrating a small American flag, the ACLU won a new trial. Three months before that trial, according to David Wilma and Walt Crowley in Historylink.org, the magazine that September “published…
Editor’s Note: A Reinvention
A new city, a new magazine
As celebrated author Ray Bradbury once said, the future is simply more of the same if all you ever do is look around. “To hell with more,” Bradbury said. “I want better.” Don’t we all, in Seattle and, well, everywhere. As the pandemic seemingly eases and mask requirements fade, it’s time for bold risks and…
Life On the Run
‘Running With Purpose’ details Jim Weber’s journey as CEO of Brooks Running
Seattle’s iconic Brooks Running Co. was once on the brink of ruin. CEO Jim Weber, however, never lost hope in what he calls the “positive power of the run.” Weber, who joined Brooks as CEO in 2001, engineered an aggressive turnaround. Now a stand-alone subsidiary of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Brooks has been on…
Wags To Riches
The cost of living here is high. So are the salaries of dog walkers.
You won’t get rich if you choose this profession, but at least you’ll be playing with the big dogs. Dog walkers in Seattle are among the highest-paid in the nation, earning an average annual salary of $32,366. That’s only $15.70 per hour, but it’s the sixth-highest dog-walking wage in the United States, according to 365petinsurance.com….
Sizzling Seattle Suburbia
This city is the most popular housing market in the country
A Seattle suburb perhaps best-known for its wine, tourism and recreation has notched another big achievement as the most popular housing market in the United States. An analysis of more than 1,000 cities by Seattle-based online residential marketplace Zillow finds that Woodinville tops a list of the 10 most spendy suburban areas based on page-view…
Teen Spirit
Shining the spotlight on girl entrepreneurs
Kate Isler and Susan Gates launched TheWMarketplace with a simple purpose in mind: to support women-owned and “gender-balanced” businesses. It now features products from more than 550 women entrepreneurs. Currently in partnership with The Startup Squad, Seattle-based TheWMarketplace has launched a teen seller collection to fuel the next generation of women entrepreneurs. The initial collection…
Feeding Food Banks
Food banks seek help as inflation soars
As a political junkie closely attuned to current events, Rainier Valley Food Bank CEO Gloria Hatcher-Mays could see it coming. When the pandemic began to abate and inflation took hold, she knew that steep spikes in food costs would have a “long-lasting” effect on those who depended on the food bank for basic necessities. Grocery…
Life in the Sea Suite
Jeffrey Linn takes a decidedly long view on climate change
Jeffrey Linn blends the mentality of an artist with the mind of a scientist to create what he calls a “steam punk aesthetic.” Put another way, Linn uses the past to predict the future. Linn, a Seattle resident, is a speculative cartographer, or someone who uses real world scientific data to create maps of rising…
Seattle is One Swanky City
People are buying, and selling, high-end homes at a rapid pace
From million-dollar mansions to top floor penthouses, Seattle-area residents are busy trading places. According to Coldwell Banker’s annual report on the luxury residential real estate market, the city boasted a 14.5% increase in luxury home sales last year, among the highest of 120 markets analyzed around the world. Coldwell Banker defines a luxury sale as…