A White Center Produce Market Tour was held on Oct. 20 to do updates/reports of past and current work to raise the awareness of healthy food options at the produce markets and promote healthy foodshopping and cooking (WC Food Bank Healthy Food Gift Certificate Program, Family Connections events). Around 20 participants walked through WC business district, visited two produce markets and conversed with the owners of Lee’s Produce and Samway Market. The tour ended at 3.14 Bakery and Coffee to see a presentation from Evergreen H.S. students on a food label project conducted at WC local markets.

Photos courtesy of Desiree Sideroff.

October White Center 3rd Saturday Art Walk
Saturday, October 16th 6 PM until 7 PM

Salvadorean Bakery (1719 SW. Roxbury St.): Fall photography show of the New Start High School students!! Ann Magyars crew of talented photographers.

Cafe Rozella (9434 Delridge Way SW): Christian Thorkildzen. Featuring The Indian Prince / Siddhartha Cautama.

Bakery 3.14 (9602 16th Ave SW): Fritha Strand-Davern. Expressionistic landscape paintings.

Proletariat Pizza (9622-A 16th Ave SW): Casey Brennan. Glass Art. Im inspired by poster art and bright colors. Each piece is hand made with love & a little blood. mailto:cbrennan321@yahoo.com. Thanks & have a great day!

Dzul Tattoo (9622-B 16th Ave SW): Dzul Family. We’re showcasing prints of our most recent work, and new Day of The Death art paintings.

Uncle Mikes Barbecue (9640A 16th Ave SW): Come see Uncle Mikes personal collection of original paintings and lithographs. A fine collection of art!

Full Tilt Ice Cream (9629 16th Ave S): AAAAAAARRRRRRRTTTTTT Still.

Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Ave SW): Devrim Ozkan. Photography, prints and paintings. If you missed this last month, PLEASE check it out.

Dubsea Coffee (9910 8th Ave SW): Alexander Chamas, True individuals. Photography. A show of portraits with a sense of community.

Attention fans of White Center’s Salvadorean Bakery! There is a vote to see who has the Best Latin Restaurant in Western Washington. As you can see, Salvadorean Bakery is coming in at a close 2nd, so vote today and support your local White Center business!

This shirt was seen on this particular White Center storefront yesterday. Seems like an eerily familiar design, but hey, who doesn’t love White Center?

Calling all local historians, both amateur and professional! Preservation 4Culture is embarking on a new project in partnership with the White Center Community Development Association to document the history of the Southgate Roller Rink and we are asking YOU to share your memories…

The Southgate Roller Rink served as a community gathering place - weekend hangout, family activity center, and sports arena - for over 70 years. It is a neighborhood fixture that helped put White Center on the map. Popular sports figures like boxers Al Hostak and Harry “The Kid” Matthews, wrestler Robin Reed, and most recently, the Rat City Roller Girls drew large crowds to White Center. The rink is probably best remembered by locals, however, for the hours they spent showing off their skating skills circling around the hardwood floor with their family members and/or sweethearts. We want to hear about those experiences!

Contact Flo Lentz at flo.lentz@4Culture.org or (206) 296-8682.

Image: © 1948, Courtesy of Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch.

Source: 4Culture

Best representing White Center’s vibrant and ethnically diverse business district, “Growing a Global Village” is the culmination of an exciting process led by the White Center Community Development Association and a Marketing Taskforce comprised of business owners and members of the White Center community. To preview the new brand and logo, please visit the White Center CDA Office at 1615 SW Cambridge Street starting July 6 through August 31, 2010.

The new brand thoughtfully incorporates both the uniqueness of White Center and the aspiration of more improvement still to come. “To me, the authenticity of the brand is what’s most important. In particular, the word ‘growing’ means there is an important and solid foundation from which to grow, expand and bloom,” said Aileen Balahadia, Executive Director of the White Center CDA.

“Growing a Global Village” portrays a picture of people from all corners of the world living and working side by side.  White Center embodies the aspirations and hard work of people, living the American Dream and creating a future for their families. “Just like a real global village, our business district has something for everyone and serves our diverse community very well” says Nicky Nguyen, owner of Banh 88 Restaurant in White Center.

A beautiful vibrant logo was created for the brand. “The colorful, organic rings represent the diverse community of White Center as it comes together to form unity. Different yet the same, the continuum of people and place…a moving-forward and in-motion neighborhood with vitality and conviction. The baskets, which are found in the center of our business district at 16^th & Roxbury are symbolic of something we all have and share in our various cultures,” wrote Kathi Wheeler, a White Center resident and brand graphic designer.

The White Center CDA would like to thank the White Center community, marketing consultants PRR and graphic design firm Noise without Sound, for their invaluable contribution to make this project possible. We’d like to acknowledge the White Center Chamber of Commerce for re-painting the five “Welcome to White Center” signs using our new brand color palette. The White Center CDA is looking forward to work with partners to promote and integrate our community brand and will soon make the brand available for web download by the community.

This photo was taken just this morning. Nice day (weather wise) for a bridge closure. There is a “wake” planned for the South Park Bridge tonight. For more info, click here.

You heard it here first: We’d like to congratulate Ana Miriam Castro, co-owner of The Salvadorian Bakery in White Center, for receiving LATINA Style Magazine’s “Entrepreneur of the Year Award”! Castro accepted this award on Thursday, June 24 at the Seattle Grand Hyatt. Congratulations to Ana and the entire Salvadorian Bakery family.

Photo by Dean Wong, exclusively for the White Center CDA and may not be republished in any way without the consent of the White Center CDA.

King County Executive Dow Constantine brought together leaders from all over the community today to bring hope to the South Park Bridge Replacement Project. At the base of the South Park Bridge this afternoon, elected leaders from the state to neighborhood came to announce their support for the South Park Bridge Replacement. Governor Chris Gregoire announced $20 million from the State, Constantine, King County Council Chair Bob Ferguson and County Council Member Julia Patterson announced $30 million from King County, City of Seattle Council President Richard Conlin announced $15 million from Seattle, and Port Commissioner Gael Tarleton announced $5 million to support the bridge replacement. The crowd could feel the support for this regional link that connects families and industries. Photo by Virgil Domaoan.

Volunteers give the "Welcome to White Center" sign a makeover during the 2010 White Center Spring Clean on May 15. Photo by Alex Meas of Youth Media Institute.

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