The Main Street Project
Every neighborhood has a beating heart. Sometimes it's a single street where the lifeblood of the community flows.
As the pandemic recedes and relief money begins to flow, The Main Street Project will document economic recovery one street at a time.
We'll talk to many people living and working on each street we visit. We'll learn who's bouncing back and who's being left out. We'll look for strategies that work and take note of those that don't. And we'll look into whether the economy that's emerging on your street is more equitable than the economy we left behind.
Our series began on streets in Seattle, Tacoma and Kent. Where should we go next?
Fill out our short questionnaire to suggest a street you know.
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'The love of a neighborhood:' how the pandemic has strengthened community on Tacoma's MLK Jr. Way
For businesses along in MLK Jr. Way in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood, the pandemic has brought struggle. But it's also introduced new opportunities for building community among neighbors.
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This woman traveled thousands of miles to help rescue Seattle’s economy
The American Rescue Plan – all that stimulus money coming from the federal government — will give nearly a quarter billion dollars to Seattle. How will the city spend those dollars? Pamela Banks is looking at how that money could help businesses recover from the pandemic.
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Seattle's Main Street: stories of pandemic hardship and reinvention
This has been a really hard year. But the pandemic is shifting, and now we’re poised to recover. At this moment, we’re just trying to figure out – how people are doing? And what’s their future look like? Today, we’re launching a series called The Main Street Project, where we get a sense of what life is like on a single street. Our series begins in Seattle.