To gain housing, Pioneer Square needs a boost   
Crosscut
With a few bold and direct actions by an energized City Council on matters now pending before it, South Downtown can take full advantage of the economic renewal. Former Seattle Mayor Charles Royer proposes three items that would improve the neighborhood.

The changing geography of pop music   
The Atlantic
The San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Austin are as well-known for their clusters of entrepreneurial high-tech industry as their music. Places with flourishing music scenes have underlying economic and cultural systems that are open to new ideas, and that enable technology entrepreneurs as well as musicians and artists to mobilize the resources they need to realize their dreams and visions.

BetterBricks picks winners for 2011   
Daily Journal of Commerce
The awards recognize energy efficiency in commercial real estate. “Our high caliber winners this year are making impressive strides in both the private and the public sector. They demonstrate that through innovation and collaboration, significant energy savings can be accomplished,” said Claire Fulenwider, executive director of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance.

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