Learn how your comment data is processed. I also have people that just love our new clothes.”, Goodbye & Thank you 15th Ave. E. Take 2 has been my passion and livelihood for the last 19 years. Owner Frank Taylor started this shop, his second, in January, anticipating the purchase of the shopping complex where his first shop was located. She let nearby residents mail and receive packages at her store if they didn’t have a way to do so at the apartments. Adjusted for inflation, that income in 2000 represents $44,800 in 2013 dollars. Some of that is because of an influx of immigrants who are just starting out. ... Central Districts Basketball Club. Keep out of the reach of children. I am so sorry you have to close due to the cascade of circumstances our hilltop small businesses have had to face. On 12th Ave, world famous cocktail bar Canon is struggling to stay in business after reshaping its offerings as a mercantile  CHS wrote about Canon’s retail effort here. It has been an honor to work with all of you. 2310 E Union St | Seattle WA 98122 Customers of longtime Pike/Pine shop Retail Therapy have rallied to raise more than $13,000 in a fundraiser to support the store and owner Wazhma Samizay. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times), General manager Erika White brings out plates to Steve Monroe; his daughter Lakisha Monroe; and her children Josiah Walters, 7, gray shirt; Joshua Walters, 5, black shirt; and Jahara Walters, 8 months, at Fat’s Chicken and Waffles in the Central District. 206-420-5798, Central District She knows a lot of the regulars by name. China will buy empty buildings on the hill just like Pioneer Square. 206-420-5770, Lake City 9822 15th Ave SW | Seattle WA 98106 The question is whether it’s too late to pick up where that chapter in the community’s history left off. Amazon, it was temporary. Just got this news from a friend, otherwise I wouldn’t have known. None of this would have been possible without the amazing staff! The congregation mushroomed to 125 in three years, and when Truevine needed to expand, it did so in Skyway because land adjacent to the existing church had become too expensive, Willis says. Owner Sarah Star Simpson says the longtime 15th Ave E consignment shop has depleted its finances after months of adapting to COVID-19 restrictions and dealing with the compounded effects of protests deterring customers from the area and street construction halting foot traffic out front. Central District shop is our flagship location and was the second pot shop to open in Seattle in 2014. A life of struggle and stifled potential was all many in his age group knew. I am sorry our city leaders do not have the vision to support our small businesses during this time. “Seattle is losing its Blackness — literally and figuratively,” says Marcus Green, a native of South Seattle who six years ago started an online news outlet, the South Seattle Emerald, to highlight the issues affecting people in some of the city’s most ethnically diverse ZIP codes. This is a tough time for retail, especially stores that don’t have a great online option. We have exhausted all conceivable options in order to stay open for you; our valued customers, friends and family. Sorry to see it go and wish the owners the best. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times), General manager Erika White brings out plates at Fat’s Chicken and Waffles. To shop one last time and say goodbye to Take 2 before it closes on October 31, visit the store at 430 15th Ave E or go to take2seattle.com. She also has an amazing sense of style and I always loved the window displays. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Phyllis Beaumonte, associate pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the oldest and largest Black congregations in the city, says that as far back as the early 1980s Black ministers in the CD stood at their pulpits and cautioned their congregations that gentrification was coming and that property values were going to skyrocket. Catfish Corner was formerly housed in this Central District business. This sucks. The once-small white population, by contrast, has ballooned to around 60 percent. There should be a fund set aside for rent assistance so that landlords don’t have to bear the brunt of whatever policies are in place. Spac3man says that while he was growing up off and on in the CD, friends were pretty much on their own at home because many of their elders were dealing with addiction, incarceration, unemployment and other problems. From the CD down through Rainier Valley, the same frustrations reverberate in conversations with African Americans young and old who sense they are being turned into strangers on their own stomping grounds. When the shop’s brick and mortar space could reopen again at limited capacity in June, Simpson recalls intense construction as 15th Ave E was repaved. After decades of recycled fashion retail, Capitol Hill consignment shop Take 2 is closing. After 36 years on Capitol Hill, Take 2 New and Recycled Apparel is permanently shuttering at the end of October — adding to a growing list of businesses unable to withstand the long term effects of the pandemic. The scene is like a portal to the past, with plants in hanging macramé baskets, R&B and hip-hop classics blasting from the speakers, and a relaxed, racially mixed customer base. COVID-911 is a public health scam to scare people into compliance, redistribute wealth and take out independent homes, families and economic endeavors. These generous actions have kept the hope alive and filled us with gratitude through these unfathomable times. 501 15th Ave E | Seattle WA 98112 Central Districts Basketball Club www.LionsBasketball.com.au News. I have had many of your clothing items in my closet over the years. Join the Capitol Hill Seattle Facebook Group But really, we needed a higher, short-term tax targeted specifically to the pandemic to help our city weather this – and assure the taxed, ie. Should not be used by women that are pregnant or breast feeding. It is a LIE. Much of the change has been attributed to a recent wave of gentrification. Copyright© document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Uncle Ike's Pot Shop | Uncle Ike's Glass & Goods | All Rights Reserved, 11064 Lake City Way NE, Unit 6 | Seattle WA 98125. Central District support helps Flowers Just 4 U stave off eviction Posted on Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 7:03 am by Mark Van Streefkerk Mary Wesley has been serving the Central District for over 35 years, and eventually hopes to train young people in how to make floral arrangements. Many Black homeowners jumped at the opportunity and sold, then relocated farther south, where suitable new housing was more affordable. I love their combination of old and new, always at affordable prices. When Pastor Lawrence “Ricky” Willis took over at Truevine of Holiness Missionary Baptist Church in 2001, it was located in a building owned by the church at 18th Avenue and East Columbia Street in the CD. I’ve been shopping there since I moved into the area in 1992, so they’ve seen me through my grunge-era retail job 20’s, my “must look more professional for my office job” 30’s, and my “how on earth do I dress for my 40’s?” 40’s. O’Cain was facing an upcoming surgery. The shop is at 23rd Avenue and South Jackson Street. Always sad to hear of the closings. Farther south, in Kent, Gwen Allen-Carston serves as executive director of the Kent Black Action Commission  (KBAC). Ive been shopping there for 25 years. Your email address will not be published. “It takes a whole community but at some point, we dropped the ball.”. It has meant the world to us. African-American families found themselves struggling with chemical dependency and the drug-related arrests of loved ones. Last year, when her good friend, restaurateur Marcus Lalario, needed someone to run his new Central District eatery at the former Catfish Corner location in the CD, it made sense to pick White, a successful restaurant manager, local hip-hop figure and native daughter from the neighborhood. A third congregation holds services on Saturdays. Premier league tip off 1:30. Earlier on in the pandemic, CHS reported on the permanent closure of fellow longtime Capitol Hill consignment shop Le Frock, foreshadowing a challenging future in the world of retail and resale ahead. Save 15% off all online orders of regular priced items. Do not operate a vehicle or machinery while under the influence of this drug. When they got out of prison and rehab, Willis continued those relationships, helping people reintegrate into society.