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Local Business Associations:

Columbia City Business Association
Robert Mohn
4529 33rd Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 206-721-7265 Fax: 206-623-5976
E-mail: mohnrobert@qwest.net

Genesee Merchants Association
Grover Haynes
4610 41st Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 206-722-6947
E-mail: ghaynes30@hotmail.com

Hillman City Business Association
Denise Gloster, President
5504 Rainier Ave S, Seattle WA 98118
Phone: 206-723-4637 or 206-795-5824
Fax: 206-725-3110
Email: denisegloster@yahoo.com or hillmancitybiz@yahoo.com
Website: www.hillmancitybiz.org

MLK Business Association
Charleete Black, Secretary & Treasurer
Phone: 206-722-5280 x105
Email: cblack@rvcdf.org
Website: www.MLKBA.org

Rainier Chamber of Commerce
5290 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 206-725-2010 Fax: 206-725-0412
E-mail: mail@rainierchamber.com
Website: http://www.rainierchamber.com/

Rainier Beach Merchants Association
Mark Capestany
9238 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98119
Phone: 206-722-3661 Fax: 206-722-1433
E-mail: markcapestany@yahoo.com

Economic Development Organizations:

HomeSight
5117 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 206-723-4355
Website: http://www.homesightwa.org

Rainier Valley Community Development Fund
Richard McIver, Interim Executive Director
6951 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S, Suite #225, Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 206-722-5280 Fax: 206-722-1729
Website: http://www.rvcdf.org/
E-mail: RMcIver@rvcdf.org

Southeast Effective Development (SEED)
5117 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 206-723-7333
Website: http://www.seedseattle.org/

Economic Development Projects:

2001-2005 - Façade Program for storefront improvements for property owners and business owners
Columbia City Farmers Market
Free Wi-Fi - free wireless Internet access in the Columbia City business district
Development of marketing plan for Rainier Chamber of Commerce
Columbia City Business Association branding, dumpster free program, street trees
2005 - business workshops for Rainier Beach businesses (OED's Neighborhood Business District program)
Cultural Celebration Series (SEED-sponsored) celebration of cultural heritage (OED's Neighborhood Business District program)
Rainier Court (SEED) (acquisition financing from OED)