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A job fair and workforce training symposium is being held at South Seattle College on Wednesday, 10/23 from 4-7pm. The event is free and open to the public, and will feature career and paid training opportunities in clean water, construction and sustainable building. The fair also includes hands-on “day in the life” demonstrations, resume help and networking. Spanish interpretation will be available. Date : Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 4 - 7pm Where : South Seattle College Georgetown Campus: 6737 Corson Avenue S. Confirmed Employers and Exhibit booths include: Training Programs Jump Start Program Apprenticeship & Non-Traditional Employment for Women (ANEW)  Rivian Sphere Solar Energy Key Tech Labs Cement Masons and Plasterers Local Union 528     JATC Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprentice programs Employers King County Wastewater Treatment Division King County Parks King County Water and Land Flatiron Hoffman Kiewit Jacobs Engineering McKinstry Hermanson

Now through November 30th, Georgetown residents have the opportunity to participate in the 10th annual citywide Seattle Public Safety Survey. The survey is being administered by Seattle University, and is available in Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean, Oromo, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya and Vietnamese. Access the survey at publicsafetysurvey.org . Results will be reported to the Seattle Police Department, after which community-police dialogues will take place May - August 2025 to provide opportunity for community engagement about the results.

A party is planned for Tuesday, Oct. 15, to share progress about a new neighborhood center. Local drag queen Sylvia O’Stayformore will host bingo and emcee at the event. Food and drinks will be available. All ages are welcome from 6-9 p.m. The event will be at The Stables, 980 S Nebraska St., which has hosted several neighborhood parties, including the annual post-holiday party in January. But Georgetown Community Council President Heather Carney dreams of future events at a new neighborhood center. For close to a year, Carney, along with other Georgetown residents and stakeholders, City of Seattle representatives and design consultants have met to figure out what a future neighborhood center might look like. Their vision includes a place that can support multiple groups and events including meetings, youth activities, performances, and even a community kitchen. No school, library or church exists in the neighborhood, so Georgetown has lacked this type of space for a long time. The party “is to share where we are at” and the next steps as well as answer questions and collect feedback, Carney said. Options with varied square footage and operating costs will be available. The center could launch in rented space and eventually move to a permanent location. A $500,000 grant from the federal Green New Deal legislation aimed at improving climate mitigation and community resilience funded the visioning work. Turning the group’s vision into reality will take significantly more than that half million dollars. The center would be owned and operated by the neighborhood, not the city or county government. A fundraising campaign is likely, Carney said. For more information about the neighborhood center project, click here .

by Kate Miller Roberto Sanchez is new to Georgetown and new to owning an art gallery. In August, he opened Eight Roses Gallery in the former Buhl Grocery building at 6206 Carleton Ave South. Sanchez explained that he leapt at the chance to rent the building when he saw a “For Rent” sign in the window – “It was just meant to be.” Sanchez created Eight Roses with the goal of promoting the work of street and tattoo artists to a wider audience. A tattoo artist and painter himself, Sanchez explained that, “tattooers have great art that they don’t really showcase.” He added that, for casual art viewers, entering a tattoo shop may be intimidating. True to its ethos, Eight Roses’ inaugural show featured paintings from Electric Cobra Tattoo, where Sanchez also tattoos. Next up, Eight Roses’ will host a solo show by local artist BIGSKULL. The exhibition kicks off with a public reception featuring the artist on Saturday, October 12th from 7 - 10pm. The show runs until November 3rd, and is free to the public. Besides art, visitors to Eight Roses may also see the resident cats, Whispers and Grimm. Both cats are “super super sweet,” according to Sanchez, who also advised that Grimm only bites “sometimes.” Eight Roses Gallery is open Sundays from 12-4 pm. Information about future exhibitions can be found at eightrosesgallery.com .

Georgetown business says an SDOT plan threatens its operations Image 1: Bloom Bistro & Grocery operates on the first floor of the building at 6601 Carleton Ave S. The loading zone is to the left of the blue door and in front of the yellow door. Image 2: Proposal for a Healthy Street installation in front of Bloom Bistro & Grocery at 6601 Carleton Ave. S. Image 3: SDOT file photo of a narrowed Healthy Street in Seattle. Image 4: Plans could include installing benches and a large planter in front of the market. (Click on images to expand) A proposed plan to narrow Carleton Avenue South at South Warsaw Street to calm traffic is receiving pushback from a business owner and landlord at the same corner. The Seattle Department of Transportation wants to narrow the wide road down to 11 feet by installing large planters and signs to slow speeding cars. The concept first appeared in 2020 with soon graffitied “Road Closed” construction signs intended to discourage speeding drivers cutting through Carleton when the West Seattle Bridge closed. The “Healthy Streets” narrowing project has appeared in a handful of neighborhoods recently. Beyond permanent signs and concrete planters, a 20-foot by 15-foot curb bulb with benches could be built at the Georgetown location. But Marisa Figueroa, the owner of Bloom Bistro & Grocery, and Allan Phillips, the landlord, say the proposed permanent “Healthy Streets” design will eliminate a needed loading zone for deliveries in front of the bagel shop at 6601 Carleton Ave. S. They want the planters and signs moved south on Carleton to preserve the loading zone and not block the business. “Loss of delivery truck access will destroy the business,” said Phillips, who once operated a grocery out of the first-floor space. “The one-size fits-all approach of ‘Healthy Streets’ is not the right approach to traffic engineering on this block.” The issue has spanned the summer generating a series of emails, meetings between SDOT, Office of Economic Development representatives and Figueroa. City Council Member Rob Saka, who chairs the transportation committee, also visited the bagel shop last month. In a recent email message SDOT planners told Figueroa they are working on an alternative design and requested more information about her deliveries. “We don’t know if that means they will move it one inch or they move it down the block or seek to put the project elsewhere,” she said. While this is going on, the city’s latest comprehensive zoning plan seeks to reintroduce corner stores to residential neighborhoods. It remains to be seen if one part of city government can align its goals and policies with those of another department. Earlier in the year, SDOT surveyed Georgetown residents about making permanent the Healthy Streets designation on Carleton Ave. A majority of respondents supported the project. But “Does it make any sense to make (a business) impossible to operate?” asked Phillips. “If (SDOT) really sat down and talked with the neighborhood about these plans, I have a hunch neighbors might feel differently.”

Photo courtesy of KOMO News According to Seattle Police, four men wearing masks used a Hyundai to smash through the front doors of the pot shop Bakeréé at 74 S. Lucille Street in Georgetown in the early morning hours of September 16. They took vape cartridges and other easy-to-grab items off the display wall before fleeing in a second vehicle. According to an employee who saw the security camera footage after the fact, the thieves looked disorganized and one of them got momentarily stuck between the car and the doorframe while the alarm was wailing. Bakeréé is open regular hours though customers will need to use an alternate entrance until the front doors are rebuilt.

In a digital age, pinball games still have a place in Georgetown and across the city Photo 1: Mike (no last name given) plays Tron. Photo 2: Georgetown Pizza Arcade has several machines including John Wick, Jurassic Park, the Foo Fighters and the custom-made Beyond Eight Ball. (Photos by Steve Lannen) Seattle is known for many things including pinball. Although a much smaller city, Seattle has triple the machines  of Los Angeles and a thriving pinball culture. In an age when it is de rigueur to have a gaming system at home, people plan vacations to Seattle to play pinball. Most Monday nights, 20 of the city’s taverns host Monday Night Pinball , “the largest social pinball league in the world” with 340 players. That league includes teams from Georgetown’s Seattle Tavern & Pool Room  and Georgetown Pizza & Arcade , both on Airport Way S. The latter hosts three (!) teams and a separate all-ages pinball tournament at 4 p.m. every Sunday to encourage players of all ages to compete. Danielle Crowson co-owns Georgetown Pizza & Arcade with her husband, Nic. Both have played in the Monday league for 12 years and watched it grow from eight teams to 34 this year. They love that their business has become a pinball destination for nationally ranked players but also families looking for a fun activity. “We have an awesome community of people. Different walks of life, different careers and they all come together to play pinball. It’s just kind of exploded,” she said. Georgetown Pizza & Arcade hosts their 2nd Anniversary Halloween Pinball Tournament  on Thursday, Oct. 31. $200 pot splash for the prize pool and trophies for top three players. Raffle drawing with prizes for all entrants and $50 for Halloween costume contest winner. Signups at 6:30 p.m. Play starts at 7 p.m. $10 to enter.

Georgetown residents and businesses will have the chance to meet with Seattle City Council Member Rob Saka and representatives from the Seattle Police Department on Tuesday, October 8 at 7 pm to discuss public safety issues. The meeting will be held at the Seattle Jiu Jitsu Academy  (5900 Airport Way S, Suite 121; near Fran’s chocolate), and is being hosted  through a partnership between Georgetown Business Association (GBA) and Georgetown Community Council (GCC). In addition to Councilmember Saka, who represents District 1 (West Seattle, South Park, Georgetown, Sodo and Pioneer Square) and is Vice Chair of the Public Safety Committee, SPD will have the following representatives in attendance: Crime Prevention Coordinator Mark Solomon and Captain Robert Brown who leads SPD’s South Precinct. The meeting is open to the public, and is intended to focus on safety concerns from Georgetown residents and businesses. In order to address as many issues as possible, the GBA and GCC ask that attendees RSVP and submit questions and concerns no later than Friday, October 4.  : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgKXc3azXKlRBi_kHM-HU9KElDI2ZCDnt27pupHVmwoBZ6Dw/viewform

The 10th Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival screened on Sat., Sept 7 to a sold out crowd.  Thank you to the amazing filmmakers and audience for such a special night and an extra big thank you to the Georgetown Steam Plant for making this community-driven event possible. Mega props and gratitude to Laura Wright for once again organizing this amazing festival. This year, the event showcased 34 amateur super 8 films featuring the Duwamish Valley as its backdrop. Congratulations to the winning filmmakers of 2024: Youth Awards: BOXING BOXES by Red 40 & Zrobot THE BRICK HOUSE HAUNTING by Beau Berquist, Hazel Sehlhorst, & Colin Tucker   Judges Awards: Andy Spletzer (SIFF) - PIZZA DELIVERY by Cole Russom Rosario-Maria Medina (FOGHI) - CIRCLES SORT OF by David Johansson Neal Patel (Georgetown Association of Arts & Culture) - GEORGETOWN PAUSE by Leah Noble Davidson Ramona Lee (Artist/Founder of Differ Studio & Gallery) - DEAL WITH THE DEVIL by Augie Pagan & PwA TA Katrina Hess Jeremy Cropf (6-Time Emmy Award Winner/Director of Cascade PBS in Seattle) - BABYDOLL by Kirill Nikolai Steven Bradford (Filmmaker & Educator/Teacher at Seattle Film Institute) - ANALOGY PART 2 by Laura C. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award: LET’S GO FISHING by Peter Requam Filmmaker's Choice Award: DALE’S KILLER CAR DEALS Drew Highlands People's Choice Award: HAWT 4 PAWS Megan Mowry & Gillian Rhodes   If you missed it, you can catch all on the films on YouTube following the link at www.georgetownsuper8.com .

Guest post by Karen Paola Carpenter 2024 marks the 21st Annual Georgetown Haunted History Tour ( tickets on sale now ). For all the repeat guests, ghosts, and guides, you know what a thrill it is to see neighbors bringing history to life. I know I’ll never forget listening to a guide explain that the concrete where we stood was the Duwamish River’s path before it was straightened by settlers. It spurred in me a deeper understanding of our responsibility to the original stewards of this land, including paying real rent to the Tribe. La Dele Sines is the founder of the tour and longtime producer at the helm again this year. She says the tour has always been about talking with your neighbors, sharing stories and nurturing people’s talents. In the early aughts, six like-minded individuals, propelled by their success in preserving the iconic Hat 'n' Boots, asked themselves what they could do to continue preserving the history and culture of Georgetown. They talked to elders in the neighborhood and heard about several homes with ghost stories. Instead of writing a book, putting on a museum exhibit, or making a website, the group decided to walk around and take turns sharing stories with their neighbors in October. By the third year, they started incorporating scenes where local theater kids, performers, travel industry folks, and historians became ghosts telling their own stories. The tour is now backed by the historical society, Friends of Georgetown History. Brian Kennon, a musician and returning ghost actor, says the tour’s constant evolution is what makes the experience so great to be a part of and to witness. He has previously interpreted Mayor Mueller and Banker Horton. Guides are encouraged to adapt to their audiences’ interests, keeping in mind that people won’t remember a deluge of facts, but might remember the hook of a catchy song. This year, guests will be invited to Bloom Bistro. Today, it’s a spot for freshly baked bagels and sandwiches, but did you know it used to be a saloon with a hotel on the top floor? See you on the tour the first weekend of October!

Georgetown embraces Halloween like no other. As summer comes to a close, the spooky season begins with two must-attend events. Returning for its second year, the GCC’s Spooky Stroll will highlight the quirky, eerie, and downright scary. Join the fun on Saturday, October 19th, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Mini Mart, where you can pick up a map and stroll through the neighborhood to admire Halloween displays created by your neighbors. Event organizers are seeking participants and volunteers. For more details, visit [ georgetowncommunitycouncil.com/spooky-stroll-2024 ] And on the spookiest night of all—October 31st—the GTAAC will host its inaugural Halloween Parade. The parade begins at 6:30 p.m. after the trick-or-treating festivities and will feature floats from local organizations, businesses, performers, artists, and community members. Workshops will be held leading up to the event.  Check out the Events Calendar in the September issue to learn more. And don’t forget to sign up as a participant or volunteer, [ georgetown-arts-culture.org ] Both events are family-friendly and celebrate the creativity and talents of Georgetown’s residents. Mark your calendar and support these exciting community events!

The 10th annual San Gennaro Festival, celebrating Italian culture, food and music, returns to Georgetown this weekend. The festival offers free admission and will include food vendors, a beer and wine garden, live music, dancing and more! Saturday morning will also feature an Italian procession. Join in on the fun at 1225 S. Angelo Street during the below hours: Friday, Sep 6 - 6pm - 10pm Saturday, Sep 7 - 10am - 10pm Sunday, Sep 8 - 11am - 4pm