South Park Bridge - Letters of support for King County's Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER II) Discretionary Grant Application (2010)Thank you for supporting our application for funding!Funding partner commitments:
Businesses who have written to express their support
• William E. Acomb Jr., CMS Construction Co. Inc. (101KB .pdf)
• Kristin Arvidson and Darren, Wiley Wiley's Watersports, Inc. (180KB .pdf)
• John Burrage, Aaire Particle Control (40KB .pdf)
• Ronald J. Cook, President, South Park Business Association (13KB .pdf)
• Ronald J. Cook, R.L. Cook Sales & Supply Co. (12KB .pdf)
• Energy Savers, Inc. (109KB .pdf)
• Lee Frazier, Pacific Industrial Supply (400KB .pdf)
• Dave Gering, Duwamish Transportation Management Association (28KB .pdf)
• Dave Gering, Manufacturing Industrial Council (MIC) (27KB .pdf)
• Reed O. Hadley, Sunfresh Foods, Inc. (101KB .pdf)
• Jeff Homchick, J. Homchick Classic Stonework (78KB .pdf)
• Rob Johnson, Transportation Choices Coalition (276KB .pdf)
• Otto Josephine, Napoli Pizzeria (9KB .pdf)
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• Patrick C. Leung, Seaking Real Estate Partnership (11KB .pdf)
• Thea Levkovitz, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition (388KB .pdf)
• Gary D. Long, Carpet to Go (80KB .pdf)
• Samuel Olsson, Olsson Mfg, Inc. (103KB .pdf)
• Martin J. Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer Cine Rental, L.L.C. (107KB .pdf)
• Mark Osteroudt, Pump Industries (55KB .pdf)
• Clay Peil, The Buying Network, Inc. (27KB .pdf)
• Maria Porco, Via Vadi Caffe (9KB .pdf)
• Toni Powell Express Movers Inc. (19KB .pdf)
• Robert R. Sullivan Jr., O.S. Winery LLC (91KB .pdf)
• Gary Tashjian, Darwin's Natural Pet Products (91KB .pdf)
• Eugene Wasserman, President, North Seattle Industrial Association (17KB .pdf)
• Dirk B. Wassink, Second Use Building Materials, Inc. (75KB .pdf)
• John M. Williams, QUAL-FAB Precision Sheet Metal (104KB .pdf)
| Elected officials and public agencies who have written to express their support
• Maria Cantwell, United States Senate (106KB .pdf)
• Patty Murray, United States Senate (334KB .pdf)
• Christine Gregoire, Governor, Washington State (571KB .pdf)
• Rep. Jim McDermott, U.S. House of Representatives (203KB .pdf)
• State Senator Mary Margaret Haugen and State Representative Judy Clibborn, Transportation Committee Chairs, Washington State Legislature (68KB .pdf)
• Washington State Legislators
Frank Chopp, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 43rd Legislative District
Eileen Cody, State Representative, 34th Legislative District
Mary Lou Dickerson, State Representative, 36th Legislative District
Bob Hasegawa, State Representative, 11th Legislative District
Zack Hudgins, State Representative, 11th Legislative District
Ken Jacobsen, State Senator, 46th Legislative District
Claudia Kauffman, State Senator, 47th Legislative District
Karen Keiser, State Senator, 33rd Legislative District
Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney, State Representative, 46th Legislative District
Adam Kline, State Senator, 37th Legislative District
Jeanne Kohl-Welles, State Senator, 36th Legislative District
Joe McDermott, State Senator, 34th Legislative District
Sharon Nelson, State Representative, 34th Legislative District
Tina Orwall, State Representative, 33rd Legislative District
Jamie Pedersen, State Representative, 43rd Legislative District
Margarita Prentice, State Senator, 11th Legislative District
Geoff Simpson, State Representative, 47th Legislative District
Dave Upthegrove, State Representative, 33rd Legislative District
Scott White, State Representative, 46th Legislative District (266KB .pdf)
• Bob Drewel, Executive Director, Puget Sound Regional Council (585KB .pdf)
• Dow Constantine, King County Executive (94KB .pdf)
• King County Council (104KB .pdf)
• Bill Bryant, President, Port of Seattle (56KB .pdf)
• Jim Haggerton, Mayor, City of Tukwila (27KB .pdf)
• Joan McGilton, Mayor, City of Burien (62KB .pdf)
• Mike McGinn, Mayor, City of Seattle (153KB .pdf)
• Seattle City Council (760KB .pdf)
• David Fleming, M.D., Director, Public Health, Seattle & King County (39KB .pdf)
• Beatriz Pascual Wallace, Children's Librarian, South Park Branch, Seattle Public Library (34KB .pdf)
| Individuals who have written to express their supportThe South Park Community has been overwhelmingly supportive of efforts to secure construction funding for the new South Park Bridge. Over 1,250 residents signed petitions in support of King County's TIGER II grant application for a new South Park Bridge. Read the KOMO 4 Georgetown blog  to learn more. Additionally, over 160 individuals listed below sent letters to Secretary LaHood, urging the funding of a new bridge.
• Rainer Adkins
• Genevieve Aguilar
• Steve Akerman
• Tim Allen
• Kelly Anderson
• Bruce Arnold
• Michael Barton
• Rebekah Barton
• Craig Benjamin
• Renae Berg
• LeeAnne Beres
• Rachel Berkson
• Dawn Blanch
• Megan Bott
• Jennifer Bowman
• Lennon Bronsema
• Rhiannon Bronstein
• John Brown
• Larry Brown
• Zacharaih Bryan
• Giselle Carcamo
• Jeniffer Calleja
• Luzviminda Carpenter
• Nancy Carpenter
• Marissa Chavez
• Pat Chemnick
• Amy Clark
• Joy Colino
• Alexandra Collier
• Karen Cowgill
• Elizabeth Coz
• Julie Creahan
• Diane Davies
• Art Day
• Jennifer Day
• Maura Deering
• Lisa Dekker
• Amy Donnelly
• Rhonda Farrar
• Carrie Fassler
• Terry Figueroa
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• Katheryn Flake
• Brigitte Gaines
• Dick Gillett
• Gordon Glasgow
• Sandra Goldade
• Samantha Good
• Tim Gould
• John Guevarra
• Robin Guevarra
• Jolie Harris
• Luella Hays
• Andrew Hedden
• Paige Heggie
• Frederica Helmiere
• Harry Hoffman
• Jon Holden
• Kelly Holland, M.D.
• Matthew House
• Jeannie Hoyt
• Missy James
• Francis Janes
• Elliott Jones
• Sheryl Jones
• Arthur Kaufman
• Sunny Kim
• Asmara Knighton
• Martha Koester
• Vita Kravchuk
• Kate Kruller
• Joseph Kuhn
• Eunice Letzing
• Wolfgang Loera
• John Loyd
• Garth Luark
• Jess Maggi
• Mark Manning
• Alanna Martin
• Marcos Martinez
• Noemie Maxwell
• Deborah McNeil
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• Ahlyshawndra Means
• Victoria Medina
• Susan Merritt
• Paola Mizrahi
• Ana Mondragon
• Fatima Morales
• Jorge Morales
• Juan Morales
• Jon Morgan
• Patrick Morris
• Wendy Mulhern
• Ellen Naor
• April Nishimura
• Dung Nguy
• Rachel Olson
• Richard Osborn
• Rae P.
• Steve Parks
• Rebecca Parrish
• David Parsons
• Pamela Paul
• William Pease
• Marline Pedergosa
• Paul Pemberton
• Damari Peralez
• Maribel Peralez
• Elena Perez
• Ruth Pettis
• Molly Poirier
• Catherine Pottinger
• Alan Puckett
• Heidi Raykeil
• Adam Porad
• Nitika Raj
• Jenae Reyes
• Rosario Reyes
• Connie Rodriguez
• Geraldine Rodriguez
• Lou Rowan
• Diane Ste. Marie
• John Scearcy
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• Jeanne Sears
• Nathaniel Shara
• Samira Shirdel
• Sonja Sivesind
• Gregory Slaughter
• Jermaine Smiley
• Cheryl Smith
• Betty Sorbo
• Erin Stamper
• Kate Stamper
• Hilary Stern
• Michael Tappon
• Michael Tempesta
• Spencer Thal
• Michele Thomas
• Barbara Thome
• Tracey Thompson
• Mimi Torchia Boothby
• Christine Torres-Clara
• Joyce Tseng
• Whitley Tucker
• Janice Tufte
• Laura Useche
• Andrea Valverde
• Jordan Van Voast
• Max Vekich
• Claudine Wallace
• Morgan Watson
• Virginia Weihs
• Keith Weir
• Joshua Welter
• Brenda Wiest
• Erica Williams
• Lily Wilson-Codega
• Margaret Wykowski
• Daniel Young
• Nadya Zawaideh
• Paul Zilly | Labor unions who have written to express their support
Organizations who have written to express their support
• Chuck Ayers, Cascade Bicycle Club (162KB .pdf)
• Kevin Burrell, Executive Director, Environmental Colaition of South Seattle (ECOSS) (99KB .pdf)
• Sheila Burrus, Filipino Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific; Christina Gallegos, Board Member, Community Coalition on Environmental Justice; Pramila Jayapal, Executive Director, One America with Justice for All; Will Pittz, Executive Director, Washington Community Action Network (Washington CAN); Michael Ramos, Executive Director, Church Council of Greater Seattle; Rogelio Riojas, Sea-Mar Community Health Center; Dave Schmitz, President, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) 21; Sharyne Shiu-Thorton, Executive Director, International District Housing Alliance; Hilary Stern, Executive Director, Centro de Ayuda Solidaria a Los Amigos Latina (Casa Latina); David West, Executive Director, Puget Sound Sage (60KB .pdf)
• Phil Bussey and Mark Weed, Seattle Chamber of Commerce (52KB .pdf)
• Larry Brown and Dagmar Cronn, Co-Chairs, New South Park Bridge Coalition (38KB .pdf)
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• Rob Johnson, Executive Director, Transportation Choices Coalition (276KB .pdf)
• Dagmar Cronn, President, South Park Neighborhood Association (35KB .pdf)
• Barbara Culp, Executive Director, Bicycle Alliance of Washington (145KB .pdf)
• Don Fiene and Chris Eggen, Co-Chairs, SeaShore Transportation Forum (34KB .pdf)
• Patrick Gemperline, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor University of Washington, Residency Site Supervisor, Sea Mar/Swedish Cherry Hill, Family Medicine (9KB .pdf)
• The Georgetown Community Council (94KB .pdf)
• Sharon H. Lee, Executive Director, Low Income Housing Institute (190KB .pdf)
• Bette Reed, Maureen Bo, Will Parry, Puget Sound Alliance for Retired Americans (116KB .pdf)
• Rogelio Riojas, Chief Executive Officer, Sea Mar Community Health Center
• South Park Bridge Coalition, A coalition of 37 community groups, business, state and local agencies and other stakeholders in support of a new South Park Bridge (99KB .pdf)
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