Minutes Exhibit A
Thank You for this Initiative & Partnership! We are the SeaTac Community Coalition Composed of the More Than 40 Businesses Who Were Displaced By Transit-Oriented Redevelopment at the Commercial Mall We Built Up Over Twenty Years Last Day at the Old Location August 31, 2019 Merchandise is in Costly Storage Businesses need financial help to re-open soon and keep the tremendous economic and cultural power of Locating and Operating Together We represent a united community of East African Immigrant Businesses and we are reaching out to other ethnic groups, such as Latinx community as well. Long-Term We need to Port's help and leadership to create one or more new international markets in South King County. Saving from immigrant jobs at the airport, families are investing in businesses, but they need "incubator" space to get started just as the Pike Place Market initially provided. In addition to serving a diverse immigrant population, an international market will meet the needs of people of color pushed south by Seattle gentrification. The Public Market Initiative Must be Revived in King County and Follow the Leads of Other Communities Portland (OR) Mercado New York City's Essex Market (one of six public markets there) Cleveland's Westside Market Minneapolis' Midtown Market Napa CA's Oxbow Market A South King County Market Could Follow the HomeSight Othello Crossing Model, Partitioned by a Condominium to Provide one or two floors of Commercial below with Residential above. Here is a video link to the full testimony of three displaced SeaTac East African Immigrant merchant families and a repeat of this PowerPoint with audio. Click anywhere on the picture below to start.
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