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VOL. 102, NO. 17
Progress continuing on arena
Climate Pledge Arena achieved another milestone last week as the first seats were installed. Seat installation will now begin in full across the arena along with interior work and installation of the wiring and pipes for the ice slab. Construction at Climate Pledge Arena in Uptown continues on schedule and will be ready for opening in October 2021, according to arena officials.
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Surprising findings
Available housing a setback in solving homelessness in Puget Sound region By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor According to two researchers familiar with homelessness and housing in the Puget Sound, one of the biggest obstacles keeping residents, community organizations and governments from addressing the problem is a lack of understanding what is causing the dilemma in the first place. In “The Real Cause — Homelessness in Seattle,” Kollin Min, formerly of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Dr. Gregg Colburn, of the University of Washington, shared their insights on what explains the homelessness situation in Seattle and what can be done to improve the situation, during a virtual Initiative on Community Engagement presentation, last week. Min, who is an attorney with more than 20 years experience in nonprofit, governmental and private sectors, said he’s lived in Seattle for the past 30 years and has been working on housing homelessness issues for most of that time. The problem with homelessness is as bad as it has ever been, he said.
Many people, Min said, have different ideas on what the problem behind homelessness is, such as drug addiction, mental illness, social services that are too generous and drawing people from other parts of the country, a lack of shelter beds or permanent housing. Gregg “And unless you’re careful and really follow the data and Colburn the evidence, and dig deep to understand what is happening, then I think that you set the conditions for the kinds of paralysis that we’re seeing in our region today,” Min said. “You have communities that spend money on one set of solutions, and, when they don’t work, they’re considered a failure, and you wonder why nothing is changing, and so, Kollin Min without a common diagnosis for what’s really causing the problem, it’s very hard to come up with meaningful solutions, particularly on a problem that’s as complicated and as multi-faceted as homelessness,” he added. Min said, with their presentation, they hoped people will have a better idea about what is actually causing homelessness and create deeper discussion in Queen Anne and Seattle to come up with solu-
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Local nonprofits participating in GiveBig 2021 fundraising efforts Residents can help their favorite nonprofits raise much needed money this spring by donating in the GiveBIG 2021 campaign, which is taking place now and continues through a 48-hour giving event May 4 and May 5. Local nonprofits participating are Queen Anne Farmers Market; Picture Perfect Queen Anne, Queen Anne Helpline and Queen Anne Historical Society. According to its website, GiveBIG was started by the Seattle Foundation in 2011 and transferred to 501 Commons in 2018. Since it is inception, GiveBIG has raised $144 million for nonprofits. In 2020, 91,618 donations were made to 1,635 nonprofits, according to the website. The donations, combined with donoradvised funds and IRA contributions, matching donations from individuals and companies and other contributions totaled $19.2 million. For more information on GiveBIG go to www.givebigwa. org. To see which local nonprofits are participating or what local fundraising pages have been established, visit www.givebigwa. org/nonprofits?_rs=1840296589.
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