Revitalizing downtown neighborhoods with murals
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The city of Seattle is trying out lots of ways to bring people back downtown. Recently artists armed with paintbrushes and aerosol cans came together for the Belltown Mural festival. They left a big impression on the neighborhood..
Seattle Now producer Brooklyn Jamerson Flowers was out and about checking out the work and tells us about it.
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| 0:00.0 | These days, there's so much news. |
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| 0:26.5 | Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Tuesday. Hope you had a good long weekend. This is Seattle |
| 0:32.8 | now. The city of Seattle is trying out lots of ways to bring people back downtown. |
| 0:38.7 | Recently, artists armed with paint brushes and aerosol cans, |
| 0:42.5 | came together for the Belltown mural festival. |
| 0:45.6 | They left a big impression on the neighborhood. |
| 0:48.1 | Seattle now producer Brooklyn Jamerson Flowers was out and about, |
| 0:51.2 | checking out the work and even did a little painting herself. |
| 0:54.6 | We'll talk with her in a minute. |
| 0:56.1 | But first, here's what's coming up this week. |
| 1:03.8 | City Council is back from its end of summer hiatus this week. |
| 1:07.7 | They have a tight deadline to pass any legislation before the mayor kicks off budgeting |
| 1:11.9 | season at the end of the month. Two outstanding issues the council's looking at, the city's |
| 1:16.6 | minimum wage for delivery drivers, and an upcoming change to minimum wage for workers that make |
| 1:22.0 | tips. Be sure to check back this afternoon for any important updates on those stories. |
| 1:31.3 | Keep an eye out for yellow buses on the streets tomorrow. Welcome back Seattle Public School students. |
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