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Seattle to Hold Symposium For Local Businesses and Business Districts

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On Friday, September 20, The Seattle City Council will be hosting the first ever Seattle Business Organizations Symposium. This event will provide businesses with a variety of resources and advice on how to help your business grow and be more successful.

Council President Sally J. Clark invites all Seattle businesses to a morning of information, networking and inspiration.  The event will include:

  • A panel discussion with reporters and public relations experts on how to get more and better media coverage
  • A lightening round of keynote presentations on how business organizations can grow while helping their business districts
  • A case study on how Pioneer Square became Seattle’s newest trendy neighborhood
  • A resource fair of services for neighborhood chambers and business organizations

Admission is free and breakfast snacks and coffee will be provided.

This event will be held on Friday, September 20 at the Seattle City Hall, in the Bertha Knight Landes Room and first floor lobby from 8 a.m. to noon. Enter from Fifth Avenue between Cherry and James Street.

To RSVP or for additional information, contact David Yeaworth at (206) 684-5328, email at David.Yeaworth@Seattle.gov or visit the Seattle City Council Page.

Consultant Opportunities Workshop with Seattle Public Utilities

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Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is hosting a workshop on January 23 at Seattle City Hall to provide consultants with information about upcoming opportunities to do business with the department.

The workshop, which will be held in the Bertha Knight Landes Room at Seattle City Hall, will run from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Project managers will present information on upcoming SPU projects, including phased engineering support services for Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) planning, design and construction in CSO basins.

Some of the workshop topics include:

  • SPU contracting processes
  • Working with SPU
  • Women and minority-owned business inclusion plans

Project Managers and other staff will be available to speak one-on-one with consultants. (This session will be timed and consultants will be asked to rotate.) All questions asked during the “General Q&A” and “Business to SPU” portions of the workshop will be recorded and published.

Due to room size, advance registration is requested to guarantee admittance. Registration will also help SPU develop a distribution list for future events.

Register at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SeattePublicUtilities.

 

 

Learn more about Seattle Public Utilities, at: http://www.seattle.gov/util.

In addition to providing a reliable water supply to more than 1.3 million customers in the Seattle metropolitan area, SPU provides essential sewer, drainage, solid waste and engineering services that safeguard public health, maintain the City’s infrastructure and protect, conserve, and enhance the region’s environmental resources.

Enjoy the rest of the summer season with some free music, entertainment

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Two free musical series are scheduled for anyone who loves music, entertainment, fresh air, and the Seattle community. 

The first line-up of shows is the Concerts at the Mural, presented by KEXP 90.3 FM and Seattle Center.  This concert series is open to all-ages and all concerts happen at the Seattle Center.  The dates and bands for the concerts are as follows: 

  • Friday, August 6th at 6:00 p.m. – Elliott Brood, Grand Hallway, and Gabriel Mintz
  • Friday, August 13th at 6:00 p.m. – Brite Futures, Noddy, and State of the Artist
  • Saturday, August 14th from 2:00 – 9:00 p.m. – Quasi, Suckers, The Lonely Forest, The Joy Formidable, Dinosaur Feathers, and Victor Shade
  • Friday, August 20th at 6:00 p.m. – Say Hi and Head Like a Kite
  • Friday, August 27th at 6:00 p.m. – Mt. St. Helen’s Vietnam Band, The Head and the Heart, and Yuni in Taxco

To learn more about this concert series and other exciting Seattle Center activities, such as free movies shown at Seattle Center this summer, click here.

The second collection of free concerts is the Seattle Presents concert series, that is held at noon at Seattle’s City Hall.  This series is presented by the City of Seattle’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs.  This is a year-round event and is open to all-ages. The dates and bands for the next few weeks are as follows:

  • August 5th – The Tallboys
  • August 12th – Handful of Luvin’
  • August 19th – Latin Expression
  • August 26th – Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown
  • September 2nd – The Kora Band
  • September 16th – AMA

To learn more about this concert series, click here.