Seattle Commons — The Case For

Why this is a win for Debora Juarez (D5 — Lake City, Northgate, Bitter Lake)

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The Win

You were the first Indigenous person to serve as Seattle Council President. Seattle Center has deep Indigenous cultural programming — the Daybreak Star Cultural Center in Discovery Park, First Nations art throughout the campus. If Seattle Center operates the Arch, there's a real opportunity to make Indigenous cultural programming a cornerstone of the commons identity from day one, not an afterthought.

District 5 also sits at the north end of the Link spine — Northgate Station is 18 minutes from Westlake by rail. A commons that's genuinely accessible by transit changes what "downtown" means for your constituents.

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I want to analyze this proposal from the perspective of Debora Juarez (D5 — Lake City, Northgate, Bitter Lake). There's a civic proposal to convert the WSCC Arch building at 7th & Pike into a year-round public commons operated by Seattle Center. The case being made to Debora Juarez (D5 — Lake City, Northgate, Bitter Lake): You were the first Indigenous person to serve as Seattle Council President. Seattle Center has deep Indigenous cultural programming — the Daybreak Star Cultural Center in Discovery Park, First Nations art throughout the campus. If Seattle Center operates the Arch, there's a real opportunity to make Indigenous cultural programming a cornerstone of the commons identity from day one, not an afterthought. The full proposal: https://commons.conventioncityseattle.com What are the strongest arguments for and against, from Debora Juarez (D5 — Lake City, Northgate, Bitter Lake)'s perspective?
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