The Little Saigon Landmark Feasibility Study was completed in Oct. 2014. We are currently pursing site control and will be conducting community outreach and engagement in 2016.

Celebrate Little Saigon 2012 Huong Viet Performing Arts Group.

Celebrate Little Saigon is back and we big plans for the 5th Anniversary! We have the Pho Eating Contest, live entertainment from Vietnamese American singers, children’s games and activities, and something new this year is the $2 Food Walk! The festival will be on Saturday, August 22, 2015  from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Follow us on for festival updates!

Placemaking Chicago is one of many cities taking a people-centered approach to planning, design and management of public spaces. Put simply, it involves looking at, listening to, and asking questions of the people who live, work and play in a particular space, to discover needs and aspirations. This information is then used to create a common vision for that place. The vision can evolve quickly into an implementation strategy, beginning with small-scale, do-able improvements that can immediately bring benefits to public spaces and the people who use them.

Placemaking in Seattle’s Little Saigon

Working with SCIDpda, Department of Planning and Development (DPD), and the , community members are gathering together to define neighborhood assets and needs in relation to neighborhood identity, urban planning, parking, and economic development. Through this process, we hope to

• Increase community capacity
• Create a strong vision for the future of Little Saigon
• Develop recommendations and strategies that may be implemented by the community over time
• Apply for funding to implement projects emerging from planning process

Some of the current project ideas are around neighborhood identity and cultural awareness:

1. Decorated crosswalks
2. Banners and signs on light poles
3. Public art: sculptures, murals
4. Park, permanent and/or temporary

Interested in being a part of the process? Want to lead your own placemaking project? Contact us at  to join the next meeting.

StoryCorps is coming to Seattle at the end of February to record the stories of Vietnamese Americans in our community – its part of their First Days Story Project, leading up to the 40^th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon. 

Right now StoryCorps is recruiting interview participants, the format is simple: a 40-minute uninterrupted conversation with a family member or friend, with questions/prompts provided by a StoryCorps facilitator as needed. This is a great opportunity for intergenerational conversations, shared memories, questions you’ve always wanted to ask, stories you want to pass on – and so on!

Dates are February 26^th, 27^th, and 28^th, 2015 (Thursday – Saturday). There are six interview slots each day. Please contact Tran Vu if you have questions or would like to sign up: / .

Attend the presentation and community discussion held by The Seattle Community Police Commission to listen, learn, and discuss the Seattle Police Department’s Body-Worn Camera Pilot Project.

 organizations have worked together to bring you the C-ID’s 2015 Kick-Off! Come to this open house to mingle, celebrate the ‘s Grand Re-Opening & the neighborhoods accomplishments as well as identifying needs and opportunities for the community. This event is open to everyone! Enjoy complimentary beer, wine, & appetizers as you chat, listen, & learn about what has been done in 2014 along with discussing what can and will be done for the year of 2015! We will have both Cantonese and Vietnamese translators there, hope to see you there!

Join the Little Saigon Neighborhood Planning Committee and the Department of Plannin and Development (DPD) on “place-making” in Seattle’s Little Saigon!

A neighborhood meeting where you can give your input on urban planning and design, most importantly a way to improve and reinvent our public spaces. There is a vast amount of potential that we want to capitalize on as resources come in to support future projects. A few of these discussions will be about neighborhood identity, urban planning, parking, and economic developments.

Next Meeting:
Monday, December 15th, 2014
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Nisei Veteran’s Committee Hall

For more information please contact Quynh Pham at or

Help the Cleanup Little Saigon project by donating to support cleaning services for 1 year! The goal we are striving for is $6,500! Services provided will be litter pick-up on the sidewalk and parking lots as well as graffiti removal up to 8ft along 12th Avenue and South Jackson Street.

Your donations will be greatly appreciated and by donating you will be part of helping the community have a clean and safe neighborhood to be in, increase the number of customers because of a cleaner and safer environment, and bring awareness to the community about sanitation.

Key Arena at Seattle Center is offering free dental, vision, and medical services from Thursday, October 23rd to Sunday, October 26th, 2014.

All are welcome, patients DO NOT need ID or proof of citizenship and there is no advanced registration, first come, first served. You can go in for a cleaning or filling, get your eye exam and free prescription glasses made, or even receive flu vaccines or chiropractic care. Interpretation services will also be available to assist patients throughout the clinic.

For more information go to www.seattlecenter.org/patients