For over 100 years, Seattle elected its nine councilmembers “at-large,” meaning each position on the council was voted on by the entire city. Then, in November 2013, voters in Seattle approved City Charter Amendment 19, creating seven city council districts, altering the way we elect our city councilmembers and how they represent us. Prior to Amendment 19, each person in the city was represented by all nine councilmembers, but beginning in 2015, each person in Seattle is now represented by only three members of the council—one for the district in which they live and two voted in at-large.

The city …

This Saturday, July 31, SDOT will host a bike ride on the new two-way cycletrack adjacent to Green Lake Park. Two years in the making, this protected bike lane is finally complete, giving cyclists a safer way to navigate East Green Lake Way N.

Riders will meet in the “Flamingo” parking lot of the Woodland Park Zoo, located at the corner of N 50th Street and Phinney Ave N. At 10:30am cyclists will ride down the improved bike lane on North 50th Street and, at the five-way intersection with Stone Way, proceed north on Green Lake Way N to the …

Ten years to the day after they first unlocked their doors, the Grizzled Wizard (aka “The Most Extreme Dive in the Multiverse™”) will close for good on December 31. In posts to Facebook and Instagram on December 5, Grizzled Wizard GM Ed O’Brien thanked his community of customers and encouraged everyone to stop on by one more time for a drink “whether it’s been five days or five years since you’ve visited the Grizz.”

And no matter when you last visited the Grizz, you can attest to its cozy atmosphere where both regulars and newbies felt welcome. The bar’s closing …

The first debate between the two District 4 city council candidates who made it through to the November 5 general election will take place on Thursday, September 5. Shaun Scott and Alex Pedersen will square off in the University Heights Auditorium at 5031 University Way. Doors open at 6:30pm, and the 90 minute debate will begin at 7:00pm.

The format is unique. The debate is being co-hosted by six of the eight candidates who faced off against Pedersen and Scott in the primary election, so expect to see Beth Mountsier, Cathy Tuttle, Emily Myers, Heidi Stuber, Joshua Newman and Sasha …

No, this is not an April Fool’s Day joke. Floating Bridge Brewing will buy you a beer on April 1, if you attend that evening’s community Project Development meeting at U-Heights Center and stop by the brewery afterward.

The Project Development meeting is part of the Your Voice, Your Choice: Parks & Streets initiative in which “Seattle residents democratically decide how to spend a portion of the City’s budget on small-scale park and street improvements.” Ideas were collected by community members earlier this year, and the Project Development meeting is intended to prioritize that earlier brainstorm into 8-10 ideas per …

An already complicated race for the Seattle City Council District 4 seat got a little more confusing on Thursday when incumbent Councilmember Rob Johnson announced his resignation, effective April 6. Johnson had already announced that he would not be running for reelection this fall, but his decision to step down early came as a surprise, as he had given no previous indication that he would not satisfy the remainder of his term.

This news should placate the folks who clamored for Johnson to step down immediately after he announced his plan to take a job as a transportation advisor with …