All I can say is: there are 3 Starbucksi in the Coal Creek shopping center. 3 places in about .25 miles where you can get burned coffee and a bland, curated experience to go along side. 

In a region where we know good coffee and where people (especially millennials) are more and more seeking out "third places" to commune and work, the lack of independent small businesses is... sad? pretty sad? Kinda pathetic? Unsustainable? Unlivable? Unenticing? 

WE DONT EVEN HAVE A LOCAL PAPER - which what closed shop around the same time as the Mayor's letter.

As a Bedroom Community, our security issues don't stop at our city's borders. 

And many of our home owners are or will soon be retired with no intention to move.

The world has moved on from the "city" without a business model, we should too. This isn't sustainable.

Oh and an award for giving a budget presentation correctly?! Seriously? Does it go next to your t-ball participation trophy?

WHY ARENT WE SUCKLING FROM POWERHOUSE BELLEVUE?!