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GenPRIDE, Honorees

Breanna Anderson – Pillars of Pride Honoree 2022

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In 1990, after growing up a dutiful son in a conservative Christian home,  Breanna exploded out of the closet and into a community she had no idea even existed up to that time.  Waiting for her was community and support at Ingersoll Gender Center.  The support groups and information helped Breanna to fully embrace and actualize her identity as a woman and for that she is eternally grateful.  She immediately engaged to return the favor by joining the peer facilitators that have always been the heart of Ingersoll’s support.   

Wanting to further integrate with the burgeoning Seattle Queer Community, she joined the scrappy …

GenPRIDE, Pride Place Updates

Monday, December 13, 2021 – Crane goes up!

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It was truly a triumph of teamwork, including support from more than a dozen different organizations—including Community Roots Housing, Environmental Works, Leavitt Cranes, Barnhart Crane & Rigging, Northwest Tower Crane, CEC Equipment, Seattle Blue, Yes We Can Flagging, Albrecht Birkenbuel, Inc., RDF BUILDERS CO, Swenson Say Faget, Merit Electric, Seattle DOT, King County Metro, & NW Skyview Imagery!

  • Continued daily closure of the sidewalk along the west side of Broadway will continue between 7AM – 5PM delay. Typical days this sidewalk will be re-opened by 3:30PM.
  • Installation of the concrete mat footing for the tower crane will begin
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Pride Place Construction Updates

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It’s been a successful month of construction at the Pride Place project!

We have completed the demolition of the Atlas building, and we have salvaged pieces of the landmark structures that will be part of the new Pride Place. GenPride is excited to have these pieces of history be a part of the new housing and community center.

The project has now moved on to the installation of the perimeter soldier piles.

Watch the video below for a neat 360-degree aerial view of the construction site!

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GenPRIDE, Pride Place Updates

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 – Installation of Storm Main & Utility Tie-Ins in Broadway

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Utility work will begin end of November and is scheduled to take 6 weeks to complete

Closures will begin at 7AM and Broadway will be fully re-opened at 4PM, daily Monday – Friday.

During the working hours, Broadway will be closed to standard vehicular traffic between East Pike and East Pine. Buses, Streetcar, and bike traffic will remain open during the standard day closure.

Uniform Police Officers will manage the intersections at Broadway/East Pike and Broadway/East Pine to safely detour traffic and allow local traffic through to businesses.

Access to local businesses and parking garage entry at Broadway Crossing will remain. Signage will …

GenPRIDE, Pride Place Updates

Saturday, November 20th, 2021 – Installation of Tower Crane

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SDOT and Metro have approved a full closure of Broadway between East Pike and East Pine for the installation of the onsite tower crane.

Mobile crane will be staged in the parking lot on the east side of Broadway to hoist sections of the onsite tower crane into place.

Closure will begin at 4AM and will run as late as 9PM. The goal is to have the crane installed and Broadway re-opened early to mid-afternoon, but the closure will run later if necessary.

Streetcar will not be operating that day to accommodate this closure, and Metro bus service will run until 7AM, …

GenPRIDE, Pride Place Updates

Wednesday, November 17 – 18th, 2021 – Seattle City Light Exploration in Alley

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Excavation of the alley will be taking place to the west of the jobsite location to expose the existing Seattle City Light below ground infrastructure. This work is taking place to locate a feasible installation location for the pre-cast concrete electrical vault that will feed temporary and permanent power to the Pride Place building. Alley will be closed from 7AM – 5PM on these days.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to call us. The jobsite office will be located at 907 East Pine Street, Suite #101, once the project breaks ground. Walsh Construction will send a monthly newsletter …

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PRIDE PLACE, FIRST WASHINGTON LGBTQIA+ AFFIRMING SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND ON CAPITOL HILL

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Seattle, WA (August 27, 2021) – GenPride and Community Roots Housing are breaking ground on Pride Place, a 118-unit affordable housing development on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. The project will celebrate the groundbreaking with an event on September 10th, 2021, with construction beginning shortly thereafter.  

In addition to seven stories of affordable apartments, Pride Place will feature a 4,400-square-foot senior community and health services center on the ground floor, which will be operated by GenPride in partnership with LGBTQIA+ focused service providers. The development plans also include 3,800 square feet of commercial retail space at the street level.  

Located in the 1500 block of Broadway on the site of the historic Eldridge Tire Company building, the Capitol Hill site was acquired in collaboration with Sound Transit and Seattle Central College. Capitol Hill has a …

GenPRIDE, Pride Place Updates

The Future Pride Place!

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Rendered image of the future Pride Place building, courtesy of Environmental Works.

GenPride is excited to announce the official name for our collaborative project with Community Roots Housing to build LGBTQIA+ affirming affordable housing and a community center in the heart of Capitol Hill: Pride Place!

Thank you to Capitol Hill Seattle blog for highlighting Pride Place, as well as a number of other worthwhile housing projects happening around Seattle in their article: Welcome to Pride Place, Capitol Hill — Eight stories of LGBTQ-affirming affordable senior housing ready to rise above Broadway.

Our Executive Director, Steven Knipp, affirms: “the name is …

Community Updates, Events, GenPRIDE

GenPRIDE stands with Taking B(l)ack Pride.

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GenPride stands in solidarity with Taking B(l)ack Pride and the Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network. We encourage those planning on attending or supporting Capitol Hill Pride this year to reconsider based on the events and information available. The recent actions of Capitol Hill Pride are racist and deliberately endanger black trans and queer members of our community.  We fully support Taking B(l)ack Pride and the need for creating safe spaces that center and respect communities of color. 

“TAKING B[L]ACK PRIDE is about lifting the voices, narratives, and contributions of black queer and trans voices. It’s about centering who we are and what we need to feel empowered, joyful,
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rendition of new GENPride building opening 2023 on Broadway
Community Updates, GenPRIDE, Resources, Senior Housing

Housing Update 2

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LGBTQ-Affirming Affordable Senior

Housing Comes to Seattle!

GenPRIDE to be the ground floor service provider.

The mayor announced on Monday, December 9 2019, that the Office of Housing has chosen to fund Washington state’s first ever LGBTQ-Affirming Affordable Senior Housing building, to be located on Capitol Hill. The property, located between Pike and Pine on Broadway in the heart of the historic LGBTQ neighborhood, will break ground in late 2020 or early 2021 with completion slated for early 2023.

The project, which has been a community-collaboration involving nine LGBTQ non-profit organizations, has partnered with developer Capitol Hill Housing to build and operate the

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