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Get Vaccinated in Your Neighborhood and Shop Your Block

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The City of Seattle will be hosting pop-up vaccinations in multiple neighborhoods to ensure that small businesses, workers, and community members can easily receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Seattle Fire Department (SFD) will host the vaccination pop-ups and partner with the Seattle Office of Economic Development (OED) and neighborhood partners to connect residents and workers in the surrounding neighborhoods to the thousands of available COVID-19 vaccines for individuals that are 12 years of age and older. A parent or guardian must be present in order for a minor to receive the Pfizer vaccine. These vaccination pop-ups are low barrier, and do not require advanced registration to participate. Walks ups are encouraged and welcomed!    

Upcoming Vaccination Pop-Up 

Fremont Pop-Up:  
Date & Time: Thursday, May 13, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 
Location: 462 N 36th St, Seattle, WA 98103 (U-Park Parking Lot) Next to Roxy’s Diner 
Vaccine: Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna  
Small Business Partner: Fremont Coffee Company

Ballard Pop-Up:  
Date & Time: Thursday, May 13, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. 
Location: Marvin’s Garden, 5400 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107 
Vaccine: Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna  
Small Business Partner: Salt and Straw Ice Cream

West Seattle Pop-Up:  
Date & Time: Saturday, May 15, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 
Location: Junction Parking Lot 4501 42nd Ave SW Seattle 98116 
Vaccine: Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna  
Small Business Partner: Husky Deli

Small Business Specials and Discounts: 

Fremont

Fremont Coffee Company: Free coffee and a treat to the first 50 customers who receive their vaccination at the pop-up on Thursday. 459 N 36th St.

Ballard 

Salt and Straw: Free ice cream to the first 50 people vaccinated at the pop-up. Patients will receive a coupon after their vaccination. 5420 Ballard Ave NW.

West Seattle 

Husky Deli: Free ice cream to the first 50 people vaccinated at the pop-up. 4721 California Ave SW. 

For the health and safety of yourself and others, please do not attend the pop-up site if: 

  • You are experiencing any COVID-19-like symptoms, including fever, sore throat or coughing; or 
  • You have come into close contact with a COVID-19 positive individual in the last 14 days.  

What to bring to your appointment 

  • Photo ID, if you have it. This is not required, but recommended. 
  • Face mask or covering. 
  • Wear short sleeves or a garment with a sleeve that can be rolled up or easily moved in order to administer the vaccine in your upper arm.  

OED encourages participants to visit and support local small businesses while in the neighborhood before and after receiving vaccines. Looking for businesses to support in your neighborhood, check out Shop Your Block!

For more information on COVID-19 vaccines and services offered by the City of Seattle, visit our COVID-19 Vaccination site.  

The Secret Lives of Seattle’s Neighborhood Shoppers

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THE SECRET LIVES OF SEATTLE’S NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPERS
CROSSCUT

Seattle’s Dept. of Transportation, the Office of Economic Development, and various neighborhood business associations teamed up to try to get data on questions that are usually matters of speculation, but which are of vital interest to shopkeepers, business boosters, and transportation planners alike. The results, released in February, may assist all of them in their efforts. They also give the rest of us some interesting comparisons between how people live, play, and get around in urban districts as farflung and different as Ballard and Othello Junction.

IT’S A SELLERS MARKET
MARKETPLACE

You’d think it would be a buyers’ market these days for homes. After all, prices are down more than 30 percent on average and they continue to slide. But in many places around the country, home sellers are now in the drivers’ seat and the market seems to be roaring back.

WHERE ARE THE GREEN JOBS?
THE ATLANTIC

Green jobs are often said to be a key growth area of the future: however, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, just 3.1 million people (2.4 percent of all American workers) were employed in “green goods and services” jobs in 2010. The report defines green jobs across five categories: production of energy from renewable sources; energy efficiency; pollution reduction and removal, natural resources conservation; and environmental compliance, education, training, and public awareness.