Activists in Westlake Park, Snow, Tolls & More
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By Lauren Mang November 21, 2014
It’s Friday. It’s raining. Potentially violent protesters could be mere steps from our offices. Leading off:
Warnings are out for the possibility of violent protests downtown today or over the weekend. The fringe activist group October 22nd Coalition Against Police Brutality, Repression and The Criminalization of a Generation is expected to gather at Westlake Park in response to the grand jury decision whether or not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown, which happened in Ferguson, Mo. KIRO Radio’s Jason Rantz has the full story here.
When Westlake Park isn’t facing threats from violent anti-cop protesters, expect it to be filled with loads of holiday cheer. The Downtown Seattle Association announced its winter village, including the famed holiday carousel and a heated Holiday Recharge Lounge that is “made up of clear tents and will be filled with trees, foliage and a snowy landscape, bringing nature indoors,” will launch on Friday, November 28, the day after Thanksgiving.
USA Today has published a profile on Matt Ehrlichman, the ceo of Seattle-based startup Porch.com. Ehrlichman is one of several finalists for the newspaper’s Entreprenuer of the Year award. A winner will be selected in December.
Would you pay an extra toll to get out of traffic congestion? Northbound and southbound express lane tolls along I-405 should be popping up in late 2015 and are designed to reduce congestion on the stretch of the I-405 highway from Lynnwood to Bellevue. Crosscut reports that “the amount of the tolls would depend on how fast the main traffic is going.”
Everyone makes a big deal about all the development happening in Seattle, but despite our building boom, there are still areas where development is struggling. Seattle Weekly takes a look at the South End, where land still is in need of buyers.
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