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A democracy voucher issued for the 2021 primary and general elections in Seattle. The Seattle democracy voucher program was approved in a 2015 citywide referendum. [1] Municipal elections in 2017 were the first year the program was implemented. [2] [3] It is the first program of its kind in the United States. [4]
The Bite of Seattle is an annual food festival held in Seattle, Washington.It takes place at the Seattle Center.Locally, the festival is known as "The Bite". It is held on one weekend during the month of July, and is considered to be one of Seattle's largest food and beverage events with over 200 participating vendors.
The Seattle Convention Center (SCC), formerly the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC), is a convention center in Seattle, Washington, United States.It consists of two buildings in Downtown Seattle with exhibition halls and meeting rooms: Arch along Pike Street and Summit on the north side of Pine Street.
In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the gala had to be cancelled and for the first time ever, the event was made free to the public, streaming online on December 1, 2020, as MoPOP honored Seattle's own Alice in Chains. [46] The benefit streaming raised more than $600,000 for MoPOP in its first night.
Based on the Vera club in Groningen, Netherlands.The name Vera comes from the phrase Veri Et Recti Amici, which is Latin meaning "true and sincere friends". [1] Seattle's VERA Project was founded in 2001 by James Keblas, Shannon Stewart [2] (both studied at the University of Groningen in 1999), and Kate Becker (founder of the Old Redmond Firehouse), along with the help of many other community ...
Seattle Pride is a nonprofit organization that coordinates and promotes LGBTQIA+ events and programs in Seattle year-round. The organization aims to create unity, honor diversity, and achieve equal human rights throughout the region and the world [9] through a variety of programs including its Pride Speaks speaker series, [10] Vote with Pride [11] voter engagement program, and its community ...
Bumbershoot is an annual international music and arts festival held in Seattle, Washington.One of North America's largest such festivals, [1] it takes place every Labor Day weekend (leading up to and including the first Monday of September) at the 74-acre (299,000 m 2) Seattle Center, which was built for the 1962 World's Fair.
By 2006, Seattle's murder rate had increased, with thirty murders that year. [9] Auto theft is another matter: Seattle has until recently ranked in the top ten "hot spots" for auto theft; the Seattle Police Department has responded by nearly doubling the number of auto theft detail detectives, and started a "bait car" program in 2004. [10]