Nov 29, 2022

International Special Review District

The annual election for the International Special Review District (ISRD) Board was held by mail, with Seattle Department of Neighborhoods receiving a total of 183 ballots. Two positions were up for election. Michael Le won Position No. 3 for a business owner, property owner or employee, and Nella Kwan won at-large Position No. 5. Both candidates are currently serving their first terms on the ISRD Board, and have been re-elected to serve a second term, beginning Dec. 1. In 1973, the International Special Review District Board was created to preserve, protect and enhance the cultural, economic and historical qualities of the Chinatown International District. The board is composed of seven members – five elected by the Chinatown International District community and two appointed by the mayor. Board member terms are typically for two years, and members may serve up to two consecutive terms. The following Board members served through November 2022: Lizzie Baskerville (vice-chair), Ryan Gilbert, Nella Kwan, Adrian Lam, Michael Le, Andy Yip (chair) and Ming Zhang. The International Special Review District is coordinated by the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Historic Preservation Program which is responsible for the designation and protection of more than 400 historic structures, sites, objects and vessels, as well as eight historic districts located throughout the city.

Idaho Scientific

CAES, a provider of electronics for aerospace and defense, announced that it has won its first commercial U.S.-based license for its RISC-V/NOEL-V processor IP with Idaho Scientific, based in Boise, Idaho. Idaho Scientific specializes in solutions that prevent hardware and software security attacks. The announcement builds on a license agreement CAES signed with Idaho Scientific earlier this year. Having access to the source code of the RISC-V/NOEL-V processor IP allows Idaho Scientific's designers to build a ground up processor architecture which will include their own value-added functionality to maximize mitigation of tampering via cyberattacks. CAES is among the largest providers of mixed-signal and radiation-hardened technology to the United States aerospace and defense industry.

Nov 23, 2022

Cyemptive Technologies

Snohomish-based Cyemptive Technologies is the recipient of ten 2022 ‘ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards from American Security Today - more than any other company at this year's competition. Cyemptive won for its cybersecurity solutions that are guaranteed to protect computing environments before or immediately following a compromise. American Security Today's annual ‘ASTORS' Awards recognizes industry leaders in a variety of areas, including physical and border security, cybersecurity, emergency preparedness - management and response, law enforcement, first responders, as well as federal, state and municipal government agencies in the acknowledgment of their efforts to keep the nation secure. Cyemptive handles threat elimination by keeping systems in known and predictable states while constantly and automatically removing threats. Cyemptive won five Platinum Awards, two Gold Awards, two Silver Awards and one Bronze Award. Founded in 2014, Cyemptive's leadership team is comprised of executives from several of the world's technology and security organizations, including the former CIO of Microsoft and the former chief computer architect for the National Security Agency. American Security Today is a digital media platform in the U.S. Homeland Security and public safety industry, focused on breaking news and in-depth coverage of the newest initiatives and technologies in physical & IT security.

Madrona Prize

Madrona awarded the 15th Annual Madrona Prize to the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering team working on the VOCAL system. VOCAL (Video Organization and Interactive Compositional AnaLytics) system enables users to extract semantic information from large quantities of unlabeled data without pre-trained models. VOCAL helps users organize their data, build domain-specific models as they go, and then search for interesting events. Ph.D. students Maureen Daum, Enhao Zhang, and Dong He worked together on the two VOCAL sub-projects that received the prize: Video Organization and Exploration and video search technology called Interactive Video Analytics for Compositional Queries. They were co-advised by Professor and Director Magda Balazinsk and Professor Ranjay Krishna, and they also worked with a collaborator (and Allen School graduate) from Microsoft, Brandon Haynes. Madrona is a venture capital firm based in Seattle, and has been investing in early-stage technology companies for more than 25 years.

Seattle Job Fair

CareerTown.net, Champions Of Diversity, and Choice Career Fairs have partnered to present a multimedia job fair that provides recruiters and job seekers with the latest in social networking communications and online recruitment technology along with the multicultrual network of Champions of Diversity and CareerTown.net's virtual events technology. The fair will allow recruiters to connect and communicate in real-time with thousands of job seekers on-line. The event is being promoted on-air & on-line through Spectrum Reach and IHeart Media, and will be held December 15, 2022 from 11am-2pm. Additional information is available at ChampionsOfDiversity.org Inc.

Nov 22, 2022

Low Income Housing Institute

From October 30th to November 14th, The Low Income Housing Institute held its annual Gala & Auction virtually. LIHI raised over $430,000 for Tiny Houses & Urban Rest Stops, a direct service programs to benefit the daily lives of people experiencing homelessness in our region.

LIHI develops, owns and operates housing for the benefit of low-income, homeless and formerly homeless people in Washington state.

Mockingbird Society

The Mockingbird Society board of directors named Natalie Lente its executive director, effective Monday, November 28. As a nonprofit executive with experience in both Washington state community agencies and local government, Lente will work to advance The Mockingbird Society's mission of transforming the foster care system and ending youth homelessness. Most recently, Lente served as the chief external affairs officer at Child Care Resources, leading the agency's policy/advocacy, fundraising, public partnerships, and communications work. She was formerly the health services administrator for the Health Care for the Homeless Network at Public Health – Seattle & King County. Lente succeeds interim executive director Peter Bloch Garcia, who assumed the role in 2021. For over 20 years, Mockingbird has created, supported, and advocated for racially equitable, healthy environments that develop and empower young people who have experienced —or are experiencing—foster care or homelessness.

GOLFTEC

GOLFTEC is opening a new training center located at 3815 S Steele St. Suite H, Tacoma. The new center will feature a vibrant interior, putting green for TECPUTT lessons and the latest teaching technology. The new Tacoma Center will also offer club fitting and sales. GOLFTEC's golf club fitting system matches ideal clubs and shafts to your swing, with equipment available for purchase directly from GOLFTEC. In addition to indoor services, GOLFTEC offers outdoor and on-course golf lessons.

City of Tacoma

The city of Tacoma is accepting Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP) funding applications from eligible Tacoma artists, working in all artistic disciplines including but not limited to literary, performing, digital, new media, film, visual, and interdisciplinary arts. TAIP funding supports artists in creating new work and growing their skills. Fundees must share their art or artistic practice with the residents of Tacoma through a free public component. Artists selected for funding will each receive $4,000 to support their work and will have until December 31, 2024 to complete their project. Applications must be submitted online by January 23, 2023. Eligibility extends to individual artists who are residents of Tacoma, are practicing artists dedicated to producing artwork on a regular basis, and are at least 18 years of age. Artists who have received TAIP funding in 2021 - 2022 are not eligible to apply. Funding for TAIP is determined through a competitive application process. More details, including all eligibility requirements and instructions on how to apply, are available at cityoftacoma.org/artsopps.