WHAT WE’RE HEARING

PEOPLE

NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBERS

LANGUAGES: For translation & interpretation, DON can help identify recommended languages.

UPDATED 7/2018

Commonly Spoken: Mandarin /Cantonese Vietnamese

17Total Languages

Spoken

LEARN MOREDidn’t capture it? Contact the Department of Neighborhoods at NeighborhoodSnapshot@ seattle.gov or call 206.615.0856

More ResourcesFor a document with live web links, visit http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/neighbor-hoods-and-districts

Local Blogs + News• iexaminer.org• nwasianweekly.com• Ethnic Media: seattle.gov/iandraffairs/EMP

CHINATOWNINTERNATIONAL DISTRICT

(Filipinotown, Japantown, Little Saigon)

Housing/Homelessness• Homelessness, encampments• Navigation Center• Affordable housing• Displacement

Transportation• Sound Transit Tunnel and City Light Denny Transmission Line

Construction • One Center City & near-term strategies on access to CID

Public Safety• Drug dealing, drug use, public urination, property crime, graffiti,

panhandling, and violence in public/open space • Desire for a larger SPD presence, increased response times to 911 calls• CID/Little Saigon police precinct boundary alignment

Parks/Open Space• Park activation, increase in criminal activity in Danny Woo Community

Garden• Public safety in parks

Small Business/Economic Development• Impact and overlap of construction projects in center city• Commercial affordability for small businesses• Displacement of legacy businesses• Expansion of the ISRD boundaries

Other• In language outreach

Chinatown- International District Citywide

Renter households % 81.6 53People under 18 years of age % 13.2 15People age 65 and over % 19.5 11Persons of color % 71.7 33Language other than English spoken at home

% 56.2 22High school or higher % 75.5 93Bachelor’s degree or higher % 35.7 57Median household income $ 33,495 65, 277Unemployed % 6.2 7Population below poverty level 29.7 14Source: 2009-2013 American Community Survey

American Indian + Alaska Native 0.4% Asian 43.5%Black or African American 19.4%Hispanic or Latino, any race 2.8%Native Hawaiian + Pacific Islander 0% Some other race 0%Two or more races 6.3%White 27.5%

RACE/ETHNICITY:CID

American Indian and Alaska Native Asian Black or African American

Hispanic or Latino, any race Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Some Other Race

Two or More Races White

NEIGHBORHOOD/COMMUNITY GROUPS

PLANS / REPORTS / RESOURCES

SPACES TO GATHER

GET IN TOUCHDepartment of Neighborhoods Office: 206.615.0856NeighborhoodSnapshot@seattle.govwww.seattle.gov/neighborhoods

Mayor’s Office206.684.4000 www.seattle.gov/mayor

Customer Service Bureauwww.seattle.gov/customer- service-bureau/206.684.CITY (2489)

Council Member Sally Bagshaw, District 7sally.bagshaw@seattle.gov// 206.684.8801seattle.gov/council/bagshawCouncil Member Bruce Harrell, District 2bruce.harrell@seattle.gov // 206.684.8804seattle.gov/council/harrell

• International District/Chinatown Community Center

• International District Branch Library

• Wing Luke Museum• Hing Hay Coworks/ IDEA Space• Hirabayashi Place• Chong Wa• Nagomi Tea House• Summit Sierra Charter School

Neighborhood / Community Based Organizations

• Asian Pacific Directors Coalition • Chinese Information Services Center (CISC)• Chong Wa Benevolent Association • Downtown Neighborhood Roundtable• Downtown Seattle Association• Friends of Little Saigon• Helping Link• InterIm Community Development Assciation• International Community Health Services

(ICHS)• International Special Review District (ISRD)• Seattle Chinatown International District

Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda)

• Seattle Indian Health Board• Wing Luke Museum

Current Plans / Reports / Resources• Chinatown-International District Framework and Implementation

Plan• West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions• Little Saigon Business District• Equitable Development Initiative• One Center City

Neighborhood Past Plans / Reports / Resources• Chinatown-International District Public Safety Task Force Report• Stadium District Study• Commercial Affordability• Livable South Downtown

Citywide Past Plans / Reports / Resources• Legacy Business Study• Growth & Livability • The Creation, Activation & Preservation of Cultural Space Report• 2017 Parks and Open Space Plan• Parks Community Center Strategic Plan• Transportation City-Wide Planning• Housing Affordability & Livability Agenda• Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan• Encouraging Backyard Cottages

Current Outreach EffortsPlanning Projects asking for inPut

Housing/Homelessness/Land Use• Housing Affordability & Livability Agenda• Accessory Dwelling Units EIS• Chinatown International District Framework and

Implementation Plan• Little Saigon Street Concept Plan• Internation Special Review District Boundaries Expansion

Transportation/Roads• S King Street Greenway• 7th Ave Bike Lanes• Sound Transit Light Rail Station Planning• One Center City

Parks/Open Space• Little Saigon Park

Projects under construction

Transportation/Roads• Center City Connector (streetcar)

Business• CID Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA)• Ethnic Business Coalition• Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce

Transportation / Environment

• Central Seattle Greenways• Our Green/Duwamish

Public Safety• CID Public Safety Council• Chinatown International District Public Safety

Task Force• West Precinct Advisory Committee• Emergency Hubs & Block Watches