What makes our community special begins with where we are. Our environment, outside and in, helps define our character and personality. It provides the foundation for who we are and what we do.
Living in the Pacific Northwest does something to people. It's easy to keep things in perspective when you can balance the pace of urban life with natural wonders. There's room to roam, places of silence, and environments where action invites exhilaration. Wide open spaces encourage open minds. The Northwest is a place that inspires respect for individuality and personal expression.
Seattle
Jet City. Latté Land. The Silicon Forest. Whatever you call it, Seattle is an amazing place. It's a young city, founded in the 1850s by people who came to the frontier to build new lives: Denny, Mercer, Yesler, Boren and Bell. The architects of early Seattle laid a lasting foundation that still rewards individuality and entrepreneurship. Today, instead of lumber and trapping, it's software, airplanes and coffee. Seattle is in many ways still a frontier city - open to new ideas and offering those who come here a place to make a fresh start.
Big enough to support both highbrow culture and experimental art. Small enough to find where you fit in. Music and art spills from galleries and theaters onto the street with year-round festivals and events. There is a spirit here that you don't find in other cities to sample something new, to make it part of your life.
Following are some links to help you get a sense of what life is like in Seattle:
Chamber of Commerce
History Link - An online resource about Seattle's history
Seattle Center - Site of the 1962 World's Fair
The Space Needle - Seattle's icon
Pike Place Market - Our world-famous farmers market
Seattle.net - a guide to everything Seattle
Seattle.gov - Visiting Seattle, the Official Site of the City of Seattle
VR Seattle - more than 400 Quicktime VR movies of Puget Sound
Experience Washington - the official Washington tourism site
Events
Bumbershoot - Seattle's art and music festival
Citysearch.com - Up-to-date information on events
Northwest Folklife
SeaFair - Summer-long series of events all over Puget Sound
Seattle International Film Festival
Museums and Galleries
Center for Wooden Boats
Experience Music Project
Frye Art Museum
Museum of Flight
Museum of History and Industry
Pacific Science Center
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Aquarium
Wing Luke Asian Museum
Woodland Park Zoo
Professional Sports
Mariners - Baseball
Seahawks - Football
Storm -Basketball (women's)
Sounders FC - Soccer
Thunderbirds - Hockey
Personal Sports
SkiWashington.com - pass and snow reports, and other links
The Bicycling Visitor's Guide to Seattle
Shredderlink.com - skiing, hiking, climbing, snowboarding guide
Washington Trails Association - a site dedicated to hiking
Transportation
Metro Online - City bus system
Traveler's Information for Washington State
Local Media
Television
KING-TV (NBC)
KOMO-TV (ABC)
KIRO-TV (CBS)
KCPQ-TV (FOX)
Newspapers
Seattle Times
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Weekly
The Stranger
Other Interesting Seattle sites
Cinerama - Paul Allen's high-tech movie theater
Seattle Webcams - a directory of Puget Sound Web cams