Office of Mayor Greg Nickels

Countdown to light rail: July 18, 2009

Mayor Nickels invites you to the opening of Sound Transit's light rail system

	Mayor announces new city record for recycling
	Nickels thanks residents and businesses for taking simple steps everyday to recycle. Read more

	Mayor: More summer jobs provide opportunities for young people
	With help from the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative and the federal stimulus, the city will put 650 young people to work this summer. Read more

	Mayor highlights changes to benefit neighborhood farmers markets
	Nickels says farmers markets will benefit from changes in the permitting process and reduced fees for holding markets on public property. Read more

	Nickels leads U.S. Conference of Mayors
	Mayor Greg Nickels is named President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Nickels says Seattle and the nation's cities will be strong partners with President Barack Obama to lead an economic recovery. Read the press release - Acrobat PDF

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Your City, Right Now

Mayor Nickels' Climate Action

Call for Volunteers

Working together with United Way of King County, Mayor Greg Nickels invites you to explore new volunteer opportunities.

Creating Jobs

Track Seattle's progress on the federal stimulus as we seek to create or save thousands of jobs and build our economy.

Riding light rail

Take a first ride on Sound Transit's link light rail.

MAYOR NICKELS' PRIORITIES

Transportation: Get Seattle Moving	Keep our Neighborhoods Safe	Create Jobs and Opportunities for All	Build Strong Families & Healthy Communities
BRIDGING THE GAP Improving transportation for every neighborhood BIKING IN SEATTLE Completing the Burke Gilman “Missing Link” PEDESTRIAN SAFETY Making Seattle the most walkable city in America REPLACING THE VIADUCT Reconnecting Seattle to the waters of Elliott Bay	NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING More officers where they’re needed, when they’re needed WALKING SAFELY TO SCHOOL Improving sidewalks at critical locations NEW SPEED VAN Pilot project to improve safety in school zones ADOPT-A-DRAIN Mayor invites neighbors to help prevent flooding	SEATTLE JOBS FORWARD Putting people to work. Boosting our local economy. RECOVERY.SEATTLE.GOV Creating and savings jobs. Track Seattle's progress. SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS Recognizing Seattle's entrepreneurial spirit. INDUSTRIAL JOBS Supporting our manufacturing and maritime industries.	YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION Our young people. Our promise. Their future. HOMELESS DAY CENTERS Mayor proposes money to keep day center open EMERGENCY FOOD Mayor increases funding, urges support for food banks HOUSING FIRST More funding to help the chronically homeless

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