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Building a More Care-centered Crisis Response
Co-response teams supplement existing emergency behavioral health resources in King County.
State Grants Support Deeper Look at Housing Policy and Climate Vulnerability
These plans will help inform the Burien 2044 major update to the Comprehensive Plan.
Community Shares Their Strategies and Stories to Shape Burien’s Future
Results of this planning effort will guide policymaking, operational plans, and budgets for the next twenty years.
Puget Sound Park’s First Public Art Installation an Expression of Grief and Love
The mural, titled “365 Days of Grief”, is a response to a tragic event that occurred in 2017.
Preparing for Disasters Takes a Team Approach
Over the past few years, the City of Burien has been strengthening its emergency management efforts.
Economic Recovery Grants Boost Local Business Resiliency
Small business grants will help mitigate potential job losses, business closures, decline in sales tax revenue, and loss of goods and services to the community caused by enduring economic impacts of the pandemic.
Learning Science through Dance: Innovative Dance Program Gets Kids Moving
This fall, Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services staff will be working with the Pacific Northwest Ballet to expand the Dance to Learn program into four Burien schools.
StormFest Brings Students Outside to Learn Hands-on Science
From June 6 to June 8, students from different middle schools rotated through five hands-on lessons about stormwater and water quality taught by community volunteers, bilingual station educators, and environmental professionals.
Vicky Hartley Honored for Service to Boulevard Park Community
According to her fellow community members’ nomination, Hartley is “a community champion … and a model example of what it means to be a good neighbor.”
Editor’s Note (Fall 2023)
In this issue, you will meet several people making Burien a more vibrant and safe community.