McKinstry Innovation Center cozies into position as cleantech ‘accelerator’
Xconomy
Perched atop two floors of parking on the McKinstry campus, the Seattle-based consulting, construction, and energy firm has built the first real space of its kind. The McKinstry Innovation Center is fast becoming a 24,000-square-foot oasis for up-and-coming clean energy startups.

Council passes nighttime disturbance ordinance for nightlife districts
City of Seattle
On August 2nd, the Seattle City Council unanimously passed what some have called the “meat-head ordinance,” which will allow Seattle Police officers to give tickets for after-hours disturbances in Seattle’s nightlife districts. The legislation, sponsored by Councilmember Nick Licata, enacts the number one recommendation of the Nightlife Advisory Board.

Op-ed: Capital for small and medium businesses is needed to grow jobs 
Seattle Times
Policy decisions by the Bush and Obama administrations appear to have staved off disaster, but access to capital, remains a challenge. Guest columnist Frank Knapp Jr. argues that the Small Business Jobs Act is needed to help muscle the economy into a better position.

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