Overview This project aims to improve city programs by ensuring our youth programming is accessible, impactful, and relevant. Projected Timeline Phase 1: Identify pilot programs, identify and resolve policy questions, design initial site Phase 2: Launch new portal and pilot application in time for March/April recruiting season Phase 3: Scale… [ Keep reading ]
Overview The project team has met to outline a plan of action and timeline for the creation of the affordability portal. The affordability portal will screen benefit programs and provide information for individuals including average savings and processing times. It will also help streamline applications processes. Projected Timeline and Milestones… [ Keep reading ]
Overview The Earthquake Early Warning project will build a last-mile alert prototype to deliver early warning of impending hazardous ground shaking to key public safety officials enrolled in a beta test. Updates Phase 1: The City of Los Angeles has been working on a similar pilot. The team will reach… [ Keep reading ]
Overview The Earthquake Damage Assessment project focuses on improving the City’s ability to obtain and analyze damage assessment information after an earthquake event by determining how to pull information from multiple sources into a single system for damage information. Updates Timeline: Answer as many questions for technical specs (and other… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle (January 8, 2019) – Mayor Jenny A. Durkan released the below statement following the announcement by Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell that he will not seek re-election in 2019: “Bruce has been a friend and colleague for over 30 years. For decades, he has worked tirelessly for our… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle (November 28, 2018) – One year after being sworn in as the first woman to lead Seattle in nearly a century, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan is marking one year of urgent action and spending the week crisscrossing Seattle listening to community members at nearly a dozen community events and roundtables… [ Keep reading ]
City of Seattle Receives $252,157 Federal Justice Assistance Grant; Seattle Police Department Will Use Federal Grant to Fund Three Crime Prevention Coordinators Seattle (October 15) – In a victory for Seattle, the rule of law, and public safety, the Trump administration has abandoned its nearly year-long initial effort to withhold 2017 federal funds… [ Keep reading ]
My experience with the 13th year scholarship has been life changing. Not having to pay for college is something that I wish would happen everywhere else. The opportunity to attend college for free is truly a blessing, and I am very grateful. I applied for the 13th year scholarship during… [ Keep reading ]
My name is Xavier Albertson and I am a sophomore at Ingraham High School in Seattle. I rely on the E line in order to get to and from school, as do many of my friends and classmates. I use an ORCA card, provided by the City of Seattle and… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor Jenny Durkan’s 2019-2020 biennium budget takes a hard look at the City of Seattle’s current spending and projected revenues and envisions a strong future where our government makes important investments in our region’s most pressing challenges, while also focusing on funding essential services and creating a more just and… [ Keep reading ]
