{"id":5479,"date":"2011-06-01T09:28:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T16:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sustainablewestseattle.org\/?p=5479"},"modified":"2011-06-01T09:28:38","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T16:28:38","slug":"june-community-forum-developing-sustainable-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/2011\/06\/01\/june-community-forum-developing-sustainable-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"June Community Forum: Developing Sustainable Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orcanetwork.org\/sightings\/map.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sustainablewestseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Orca-and-WS-state-ferry.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a>Can West Seattle be a more defined partner to promoting regional tourism?<\/p>\n<p>Alki Beach has been nationally proclaimed a key destination beach, but stewardship is needed to insure it retains its neighborhood flavor as a local playground. A \u201cSustainable Tourism\u201d approach offers the potential to share with visitors the diverse wonders of our peninsula and help create a vibrant and sustainable economic engine for West Seattle businesses.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be meeting in the Senior Center of West Seattle, 4217 SW Oregon Street, east around the corner from the intersection with California. \u00a0Come at 6:30 pm for socializing and bring a light snack or other nibbles. \u00a0The program begins \u00a0at 7:00 pm and ends at 9:00 pm.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Heidi Siegelbaum and Steve Gersman, partners with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calyxsite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calyx Sustainable Tourism<\/a>, and Greg Whittaker owner\/operator of<a href=\"http:\/\/kayakalki.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Alki Kayak Tours<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.m2soutfitters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mountain to Sound Outfitters<\/a>, will join Patti Mullen, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wschamber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Seattle Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, to engage in a dialogue about the potential for local tourism.<\/p>\n<p>[mappress mapid=&#8221;380&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can West Seattle be a more defined partner to promoting regional tourism? Alki Beach has been nationally proclaimed a key destination beach, but stewardship is needed to insure it retains its neighborhood flavor as a local playground. A \u201cSustainable Tourism\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/2011\/06\/01\/june-community-forum-developing-sustainable-tourism\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/2011\/06\/01\/june-community-forum-developing-sustainable-tourism\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,11,13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-events","category-sws","category-transportation","category-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tox-ick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}