Beacon Pacific Village - Studio & 2-Bedroom Apartments Available!

Beacon Pacific Village – Studio & 2-Bedroom Apartments Available! Studio and two-bedroom apartments are currently available at Beacon Pacific Village. Located in North Beacon Hill, just across the bridge from the Chinatown International District, Beacon Pacific Village offers modern, affordable housing with beautiful city views.

Move-In Special for Studios: Get $500 off your first month’s rent when you sign a lease on a studio apartment! For leasing inquiries, visit beaconpacificvillageapts.com or call (425) 385-0564.

Need Help with Your Application? Our community partners—CISC, InterIm CDA, and Horn of Africa Services—are here to assist with applications and answer questions. Each organization offers support in different languages; visit beaconpacificvillageapts.com/community_leasing_partners for more information about the language assistance and services each partner provides.

We Have Units Set Aside for Applicants Who Have Been Displaced from the Area Beacon Pacific Village has a community preference policy, prioritizing households with ties to the area. This includes: • Households where one or more members currently live, work, or attend school in the area. • Households whose family members or businesses were displaced from the area (census tracts 90, 91, 93, 94) within the past 40 years. For more information, visit beaconpacificvillageapts.com/community_preference.


Rest in power, Frankie

We were saddened to hear of Frankie’s (Francisco Irigon’s) passing on September 12th.  Love and condolences to Felicita and family.  Frankie was a fierce advocate for the CID community and social justice everywhere and he served on the InterIm CDA board for many years.  Rest in power, Frankie.


Seattle's karaoke hotspot Bush Garden looks to late 2024 reopening, new future

Exciting news about Bush Garden opening at Uncle Bob’s Place later this year!  Follow the link in our bio to learn more.

KUOW – Seattle’s karaoke hotspot Bush Garden looks to late 2024 reopening, new future


Washington State Medal of Valor ceremony awarded to Donnie Chin

“Donnie watched over us for nearly 50 years.  He saved hundreds of lives and made the world a better place.  He was humble and thought that he was just doing his job.  Donnie ultimately gave his life protecting our community.  He was our hero, our brother, our friend.  He was a hero, but not for how he died but how he lived.”  (Connie Magorty, February 21, 2024)

Donnie Chin was awarded the Washington State Medal of Valor at a ceremony in the Washington State Capitol Building on Wednesday morning –A  bittersweet and emotional gathering to honor and remember our beloved CID guardian angel and hero, Donnie Chin.  Thanks to Donnie’s sister, Connie, for helping everyone understand who Donnie was and what he meant to our CID community.  And thanks to Washington State Representative, Sharon Tomiko Santos, for nominating him.


Clean Water, Sustainable Building, Green Jobs Symposium & Career Fair 

Clean Water, Sustainable Building, Green Jobs Symposium & Career Fair

Hands-On Demonstrations | Breakout Sessions | Networking | Resume Help

March 6, 2024

4-7 pm

South Seattle College – Georgetown Campus

6737 Corson Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98108

You are invited to meet in-demand employers in the fields of clean water, sustainable building, and green jobs! Attend and participate in hands-on demonstrations, break-out sessions, networking, resume help, and other skill-building activities. This event is free and open to the public, including people in all stages of careers and education.

Job Seekers: RSVP with this QR code or click here:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VM8KH5J

Sponsored by King County Wastewater Treatment Division and South Seattle College – Georgetown Campus / Sustainable Building and Science Technology program.

PDF of the flier: https://sustainablebuildingscience.technology/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/01/Final_Green-Jobs-Symposium-and-Job-Fair.pdf

JPG of the flier: https://sustainablebuildingscience.technology/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/01/Final_Green-Jobs-Symposium-and-Job-Fair-scaled.jpg

Exhibit Application/Interest: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R8NNYPS


Thank you, Native Wildflower Nursery

We’re overwhelmed with gratitude for the incredible support from Native Wildflower Nursery! Your generous donation means the world to us and will make a huge difference in our community. Thank you for believing in our mission and investing in a greener, brighter future.
#Gratitude #CommunitySupport #Sustainability #CommunityGarden


2023 Gift Drive! ~ Thank you donors, supporters, volunteers, CID and InterIm CDA

The Chinatown International District is one of the most impoverished communities in Seattle. InterIm CDA serves many of the neighborhood’s low-income, immigrant, refugee, Asian, and Pacific Islander residents through all our community-building programs and services. To further provide emotional and material support, InterIm initiated an end-of-the-year gift drive for our clients and community residents.

InterIm CDA and CID residents would like to thank our supporters for the many thoughtful gifts we received. We initially hoped to get 200 gifts for our gift drive; however, with our supporters’ help, we could provide 441 clients and residents with gifts. We would also like to thank the score of volunteers who helped to organize our holiday party and wrap, transport, and hand out gifts.

The gifts embraced and provided cheer for many of the recipients. We are grateful for those who participated in this effort to make the holiday season and New Year good for our community.

We want to thank the following companies and individuals for providing gifts to this project:

  • Marpac Construction
  • Enterprise Community
  • Gates Foundation’s Gates Asians in Philanthropy Employee Resource Group
  • Expedia Group Volunteers in partnership with Asian Community at Expedia
  • Starbucks Pan-Asian Partner Network
  • ProvidenceSwedish
  • Sound Transit
  • King County Metro Transit
  • Walsh Construction Company
  • Site Workshop
  • International District Emergency Center
  • Mai and Rob Ketcherside
  • Elaine Ikoma Ko
  • Leslie Morishita
  • Teresa Woo
  • Elaine Ishihara
  • Family of Carl and Marie Ooka
  • Mercedes Luna
  • Ann Kawasaki Romero
  • Liana Woo
  • Vivian Chan
  • Valerie Pang
  • Sharon Tomiko Santos
  • Ken Daffon
  • Anca Boldan
  • Lynette Seigafo
  • Sarah Mac
  • Peter Kim
  • Jilian Carlo (for Jaysen and Qilian)
  • Anhkhoa Lam (for Alfred)
  • Gary Lee
  • Erin Shigaki
  • Cindy Domingo
  • Erin Demmon
  • Sharon Maeda
  • Delight Roberts and Ethan Im
  • And several anonymous folks

Caption: On December 10th and 11th, InterIm Community Development Association and volunteers delivered gifts to Chinatown International District Residents.


Register for WILD (Wilderness Inner-city Leadership Development) Program Fall 2023!

Registration is open for WILD’s Fall 2023 term! WILD (Wilderness Inner-city Leadership Development) is a youth program that empowers youth of color (ages 14-18), primarily those who come from immigrant and refugee Asian Pacific Islander families, to learn about environmental justice and civic engagement. In our programming, youth will engage in leadership development, intergenerational community in the CID, and outdoor adventures while earning their choice of a $100 stipend or 20 community service hours for participating in the 10-week program. Our fall program will run from October 18 through December 14 and will meet on Wednesdays from 3-5pm and Thursdays from 4-6pm at 310 Maynard Ave S. For more information, please reach out to skili@interimcda.org. 


Photos of the 47th annual pig roast in the Danny Woo Garden in July 2023

Thank you to all who joined us at the annual pig roast last month! And huge thanks to those who provided financial support and donated food and time, including our pig roast sponsor Enterprise Community Partners, our gardeners and community members, Tai Tung, Fort St. George, Uwajimaya,  and Starbucks. And very big thank you to our garden staff, KaeLi Deng and Kathryn Tehl for all their work on the event!

Volunteers picked up food donations from around the CID neighborhood. Photo credit: Huilan Huang.

 

Here are some of the delicious food donations! Photo credit: Huilan Huang.

 

Asian Pacific Islander Coalition Advocating Together for Health (APICAT) volunteered to help set up for the event. Photo credit: Lynette Seigafo.

 

More youth engaged as volunteers with senior gardeners to host the pig roast. Photo credit: Lynette Seigafo.

 

The pig was roasted in the pig roast pit by volunteers who take shifts from Friday evening all night long through Saturday morning turning the pig. Photo credit: InterIm CDA

 

Long time pig roast volunteer Marcus preps the fully roasted pig for the potluck on Saturday. Photo credit: InterIm CDA.

 

People gathered on Friday to enjoy food, games and catching up with one another in the garden. Photo credit: InterIm CDA.

 

On Saturday, gardeners enjoyed a potluck lunch including the roasted pig. Photo credit: InterIm CDA

 


Coalition of CID partners celebrates approval of north and south stations as preferred alternative, reducing risk of community displacement

PRESS RELEASE                                                                              For immediate release
Thursday, March 23, 2023

PRESS CONTACTS:
Christina Shimizu, Executive Director, Puget Sound Sage, 206-552-5508, chrissy@pugetsoundsage.org
Derek Lum, Advocacy and Policy Manager, InterImCDA, dlum@interimcda.org
Nina Wallace, CID Coalition, 360-305-0160,