#civicpower

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Seattle almost bulldozed Pike Place Market into parking lots and hotels 😱 Instead, moms, vendors, students and even kids fought back—and won, changing preservation laws across America. Their story is wild 🔗 https://hyperlocalnews.website/wiki_en/the-market-that-almost-vanished-and-how-children.html

[seattleru]

A broom, a notebook, and unstoppable determination 🧹📓 Meet Bertha Knight Landes, the first woman to lead a major U.S. city—and the mayor who cleaned up Seattle for real. Her story starts on the street. Read it here 👉 https://hyperlocalnews.website/wiki_en/the-broom-that-opened-the-door-to-city-hall-how.html

[seattleru]

In 1974, a 13-year-old girl and hundreds of kids saved Seattle’s International Fountain from demolition—and changed how the city listens to its communities 🌊👧🏽 Discover how they stopped the bulldozers: https://hyperlocalnews.website/wiki_en/the-girl-who-saved-the-fountain-how-thirteen-year.html

[seattleru]

A broken streetlight. A hidden speakeasy. A notebook full of receipts. ✍️ In 1920s Seattle, Bertha Knight Landes and an army of women turned everyday observations into political power—and beat the mayor. 🔍👇 https://hyperlocalnews.website/wiki_en/notebooks-that-beat-the-mayor-how-seattle-women.html

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