The Dearborn Street Coalition - the hardest working group in town.

It’s been 18 long months since the Dearborn Street Coalition formed to help make sure that the proposed Goodwill development in Little Saigon and they’re still going strong. The coalition has just put out a couple of announcements asking support from the Seattle community to help them out with their efforts to,

We seek a balanced mix of retail, not a big box, formula retail project with over 90% of its retail square footage dedicated to shops over 5,000 square feet. We seek a project that doesn’t require over 25,000 automobile trips per day to already congested arterials. We would like to see more housing in the project, in particular a commitment to affordable family housing which is so desperately needed in the downtown core. Above all, we seek a signed agreement with the developer that ensures a more appropriate project that provides real benefit to the community.

It doesn’t take much to help, here are three things they suggest,

1. *Donate* to our campaign. To date, we have operated through volunteers. But we must pay our experts in land use and economics to help our grassroots campaign against a well-funded developer. Your financial contribution is essential for achieving success. Any amount - small or large - will add up to make a difference! Contribute right now by clicking here: http://dearbornstreetcoalition.org/v2/get-involved/

Here are three more easy actions:

2. Sign our online *petition* today: Even though you may have signed a paper petition, sign our online petition – and encourage others to do the same. Click here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/DearbornStreetCoalition

3. Visit our *website*: http://www.dearbornstreetcoalition.org Keep informed about the project and our efforts.

And Sand Point/Laurelhurst readers, you should pay really close attention to this project since the company developing this site (TRF Pacific) also has plans to redevelop Building 11 in Magnuson Park. Who knows, if you help out Dearborn Street today you might find yourself with some new friends who are able to help you out later.