by benmaritz | Jul 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Using Afrofuturism principles to keep, grow Black culture in Seattle’s Central District (Link to audio on KNXX) Our lead designer, respected Seattle architect Donald King went on NPR’s All Things Considered today to discuss the Acer project, Afro-futurism,...
by benmaritz | May 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
“No displacement” is a critical element of our equitable development model. While we believe development is a good thing for the community overall, it can have negative consequences for the people who currently live and work on the development site. As...
by benmaritz | May 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
On Thursday night we had our second community meeting with the Central Area LURC, a volunteer group that convenes meeting to discuss new development in the Central Area. The LURC group itself has a wonderful and diverse group of development professionals and committed...
by benmaritz | May 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our next community session is on May 27th with the Central Area LURC. All are welcome. Please email info@acer.house if you’d like to join! Date: Thurs, May 27 Time: 6-7:30pm Location: Zoom meeting — please click here for details and to add to your...
by benmaritz | May 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
We were pleased to have one of our favorite blogs, Capitol Hill Seattle, cover our project today. Plans for Acer House, Seattle’s first ‘first truly anti-racist private sector development,’ rising in the Central District CHS discussed some of the...
by benmaritz | May 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
As part of our EDG application, we recently completed a survey to get some input from people who live near the project site. We were very interested to learn about the community’s priorities, and will be incorporating these ideas into our concepts! Here...
