Not every business moving in on Capitol Hill will be the latest expansion of a dental services startup backed by a big name tech executive. Some of the neighborhood’s more traditional spirit is taking shape on E Pike where paperwork shows early planning underway for a new Chill Bar project in the Greenus Building next to Meet Korean BBQ and the neighborhood’s location of the Studs ear piercing studio chain. “Located in a historic auto row building, this gorgeous 3,807 square foot space is an ideal location for any office/retail needs,” the listing for the 500 E Pike commercial space reads. “Th ..read more

An image from “One Seattle Public Safety Message” video promoting the new initiatives Mayor Bruce Harrell’s efforts to address public safety concerns and ongoing gun violence across the city will focus on Capitol Hill and the Central District as his administration will host the next in a series of public forums next week at Garfield High School. Tuesday night’s meeting will bring Harrell and city public safety leaders to the 23rd Ave campus that has found itself in the middle of the city’s ongoing struggles with gun violence. This week brought the latest incident near the campus as a shooter ..read more

(Image: Soul Collective) Folina By Nicholas Williams/UW News Lab A Central District hair salon has become the unexpected host of monthly poetry nights in the midst of neighborhood development at 23rd and Union. Soul Collective, located below the Midtown Square apartments near neighboring businesses Jerk Shack, Neighbor Lady, Raised Donuts, and the Arte Noir gallery, is a space committed to sharing its artistic expertise of diverse ethnicities, backgrounds and hair textures. Owner Alexandria Folina says she founded the small business to desegregate hair care in an environment of unpretentio ..read more

A look at this curve of E Olive Way’s future (Image: King County) The Seattle Design Review program isn’t dead yet but Wednesday night’s session for an eight-story, mixed-use project planned to rise along Capitol Hill’s E Olive Way provided a few more reasons why the process could change. The development has been in the works for years after a massive 2019 real estate deal with Vancouver, Canada-based real estate investment and management company Low Tide Properties paying $21 million for a collection of commercial buildings including former Coldwell Banker offices and the former Fred Wild ..read more

The Seattle City Council’s Governance, Accountability & Economic Development Committee will open debate Thursday afternoon on legislation from committee head and council president Sara Nelson that would roll back the city’s minimum wage requirements for app-based workers amid complaints of soaring fees and lost work, and heavy lobbying by the industry. “The original legislation was adopted by the Council in 2022 and went into effect in January this year,” a council brief on the proposal reads. “The revised bill intends to reduce labor costs for network companies while still guaranteeing a ..read more

(Image: Poquitos) (Image: Poquitos) As Seattle restaurant groups are claiming a growing share of the city’s dining revenue, a new local food and drink conglomerate with deep connections to Capitol Hill — as well as Ballard, Bothell, Tacoma, Leavenworth, and, yes, Denver — has taken shape. The Yes Parade Restaurant Group now encompasses 13 venues including Poquitos and Rhein Haus locations on Capitol Hill. Formerly organized as Weimann Maclise Restaurants, the company began in 2008 under founders James Weimann and Deming Maclise with Bastille Cafe & Bar in Ballard and the roster of rest ..read more

The man arrested three years ago in a 4 AM Capitol Hill traffic stop driving a blood splattered car in which police found a 9mm handgun, two fired rounds, a bullet, and a half kilo of drugs has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to 30 years in jail. In February, a jury found Bryson Morgan guilty of first degree murder for the January 2021 killing of 21-year-old Autumn Young. Court records show Morgan was sentenced last week to 360 months for the crime. CHS reported here on the charge leveled against Morgan after his arrest as Young was found stripped naked and shot to death near Seward ..read more

Seattle’s new transportation plan makes a big deal about making the city’s sidewalks better and adding new ones to the remaining areas without. Cal Anderson Park is out in front on things. Capitol Hill’s central park is starting spring with its buckled eastern edge lined by a smooth new sidewalk and new solutions to help save the space’s Red Sunset Maples. Meanwhile, city officials are meeting with area business representatives and organizations with hopes to address larger questions around public safety on the park’s west side. On the east, the Seattle Department of Transportation’s three-bl ..read more

(Image: @seattledot) “Nearly one hundred years ago, on April 21, 1924, the first traffic light in Seattle was installed at 4th and Jackson…” The Seattle City Council Tuesday approved a new 20-year transportation plan for transit, street, sidewalk, and bridge projects across Seattle that will serve as the framework for the planned $1.35 billion transportation levy renewal vote this fall. While still massive in scale and the result of a two-year process of outreach, bureaucracy, and budgeting, Mayor Bruce Harrell and council leadership are emphasizing the plan’s focus on day to day issues like ..read more

There were no reported injuries and no arrests after a gunfire incident involving a shooter reportedly firing from the sunroof of an SUV on E Jefferson just west of Garfield High School Tuesday afternoon. According to East Precinct radio updates, witness accounts described the shooter in an SUV reportedly opening fire on another vehicle near an unloading Metro bus and students on E Jefferson near 22nd Ave around 1:20 PM. Both SUVs fled the scene. Police were collecting shell casings along E Jefferson and video evidence from security systems and the nearby Garfield campus. Police were also work ..read more