Unfortunately, exclusion and expulsion are not new to our local Asian American community. We hope by plainly laying out the current and recent actions with other marked moments throughout our local and national history, the pattern of intentions and impact will give you pause for thought and inspire you to take action.
Organized by Date Starting With Most Recent:
- August 2024 - Information embargo on studies of 4th Avenue Transit Hub continues despite community pleas; $50 million per month of delay x 20 months = $1.05 billion of wasted taxpayer funds; compare with funds spent fulfilling every SLU request for more alternatives plus delays; Sound Transit dog and pony show workshops continue.
- April 11 & 18, 2024 - Sound Transit hosts lunch meetings at Ocean Star Restaurant with about 60 seniors living in Interim managed buildings in violation of the CID Community Engagement Toolkit to publicize meetings and report out to the community; the Director of Community Relations refuses to answer questions about the meetings.
- July 17, 2023 - MLB Week results in negative economic consumption in CID due to attendees being steered to avoid CID and Pioneer Square.
- May 9, 2023 - National Trust for Historic Preservation selects Chinatown International District—Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon—for listing as one of the Nation’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.
- March 23, 2023 - Sound Transit Board votes 15-1 to approve N&S of CID options as preferred alternatives while continuing studies on the 4th Avenue Union Station Transit Hub.
- January 24, 2023 - HNTB document to Sound Transit outlining flaws with N&S of CID options; not widely shared.
- January 10, 2023 - Sound Transit hosts lunch for about 90 seniors at Ocean Star, telling them not to choose the 4th Avenue Transit Hub because of too many issues: dust, noise, traffic; staff do not say negative things about N&S of CID options.
- January 5, 2023 - Sound Transit staff introduce N&S of CID options to replace the voter-approved 4th Avenue Transit Hub.
- Dec. 2022 - Washington Trust for Historic Preservation selects Chinatown International District—Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon—for listing as one of the state’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.