‘Welcome Aboard!’ Admiral District’s new slogan, future plans

The Admiral District‘s business association, led by president Parris Sadow of Atomic Boys, is sailing full speed ahead. We have toplines from the group’s meeting this afternoon at the Heartland Café‘s Benbow Room:

SLOGAN: It’s finally official, and was announced at this afternoon’s meeting – “Welcome Aboard.” This was chosen following several months of discussion and brainstorming. (You can even see it on the Admiral District Facebook page.)

EVENTS: A draft list of events circulated at the meeting included both proposed Admiral District participation in events/activities organized by other groups – most notably, tabling at the Admiral Neighborhood Association-presented Summer Concerts at Hiawatha series (co-sponsored by WSB), Thursday nights 7/26-8/30 (seen the lineup yet?) – and also new Admiral District events. One that you can mark on your calendar already: August 11th, the Admiral District Sidewalk Sale. They’re also starting to plan for the fall holidays too – including the always-popular Treats and Treasures Halloween event.

ART WALK: Admiral District businesses want to be sure you know some of them participate in the West Seattle Art Walk too – it’s not just “a Junction thing,” so they’ll be raising their profile. At today’s meeting, they heard from Art Walk planning committee members including John Smersh of Click! Design That Fits (Junction business formerly located in Admiral, WSB sponsor), Lora Swift of Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor), Susan Melrose from the West Seattle Junction Association, and WSB co-publisher Patrick Sand. Next Art Walk is June 14, 6-9 pm!

6 Replies to "'Welcome Aboard!' Admiral District's new slogan, future plans"

  • miws June 4, 2012 (8:47 pm)

    Did they sit around the table, “smoking” candy cigarettes, to relieve the stress of doing all of this planning? ;-)

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    Mike

  • Mike June 5, 2012 (12:17 am)

    Arrrrr, Welcome Aboard the Heartland Cafe decision table. We’ll be settin’ sail soon..arrrrrr

  • comment June 5, 2012 (9:37 am)

    Well that’s a nice slogan… for the Heartland or Shipwreck. Not much else though.

    • WSB June 5, 2012 (10:16 am)

      There’s more nauticalness in Admiral than that … the theater, for one, with its design … and that’s a big iconic one! Manages to incorporate the nautical name and the “welcoming” concept … While the Admiral Neighborhood Association does not have a slogan, it does have T-shirts with the word Admiral and artwork incorporating an anchor; maybe they can multipurpose! – TR

  • DF June 5, 2012 (3:02 pm)

    From my understanding there was a matching neighborhood fund years back which resulted in the installation of more street lights along California ave. in the admiral business district. Have noticed now that I think back from observations two years now of growth from trees cutting off light from those trees. Can you folks with the ANA do something in your work to help? This could promote safer crossing for us pedestrians, cyclists and motorists alike.

  • Sam June 6, 2012 (8:49 am)

    Can we please get a directional sign on Admiral which directs people to Alki? The city is not being fair when they do not provide destination signage to one of the largest beaches in the area. The Admiral neighborhoods right off the view point are inundated all year with people looking for the beach. They speed through tight little streets taking out mirrors on cars, nearly missing our kids and then get pissy when asked to drive safely. It has gotten more threatening every year, especially when asking what turns out to be a car load of gangbangers lost to slow down.
    How about some signage that actually serves the neighborhood.

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