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City of Seattle
Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor
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NEWS ADVISORY
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| SUBJECT: Protect Yourself and Your Home from a Future Landslide
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
10/15/2009 3:15:00 PM |
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryan Stevens (206) 684-5045
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Protect Yourself and Your Home from a Future Landslide
City of Seattle Offers Two Free Landslide Awareness Meetings
SEATTLE — With the start of the wet season, the potential for landslides increases in Seattle. The City of Seattle is providing two free landslide awareness meetings. The meetings will provide informational tips on how residents/homeowners can better manage their landslide-prone property.
The two meetings, which offer the same information, will include presentations, a question and answer session, and time for one-on-one discussions with professionals in the field that include the City of Seattle, American Society for Civil Engineers, Association of Engineering Geologists, International Society of Arboriculture, and Associated Building Contractors.
The meetings will be held:
- Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
10 a.m. – Noon
South Seattle Community College
6000 16th Ave. SW
Judge Warren & Nobie Chan Building (north parking lot across the street from the Arboretum)
- Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
10 a.m. – Noon
Northgate Community Center
10510 5th Avenue NE
Multipurpose Room
For more information about the 2009 Landslide Awareness Meetings, please visit the DPD website at: http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Emergency/Landslides/default.asp.
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