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Opening Day 12 • 12 • 2007
Station Hop
At 12:12 pm, the Seattle Streetcar will begin passenger
service. Select stations will sponsor events and special giveaways
throughout the first day of service, including:
Pacific Place Station (Westlake Hub)
Pacific Place will be giving away holiday guides, shopping
bags and Neuhaus Chocolate samples.
Pan Pacific Hotel Station at 2200 Westlake
(Westlake and Denny)
Pan Pacific hotel stewards are distributing
complimentary Streetcar tote bags with special offers
from South Lake Union retailers and restaurants at the
Pan Pacific Hotel station.
The Clark Gibson Quartet from Cornish College of the Arts is
playing lively jazz and blues.
Tutta Bella is offering free gelato and espresso samples.
Marazul is providing free samples of Jerk Pork
Pot Stickers and Jamaican Jerk Chicken Sate.
Starbucks will be providing free coffee and
holiday beverage samples.
Whole Foods Market will be offering beverage
and sandwich samples.
EvergreenBank (Westlake and Thomas)
EvergreenBank will have an onsite barista and will host the
Leschi School Choir.
Group Health Station (Terry and Thomas)
Group Health, Group Health Credit Union, Rain Fitness and
Starbucks will be offering free giveaways.
UW/UW Medicine Station (Lake Union Park)
Lake Union Park, MOHAI and The Center for Wooden Boats
will be providing walking tours and holiday music.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank following organizations for their participation in making the
Seattle Streetcar a reality:
Public Partners
Office of Mayor Greg Nickels
Seattle City Council
The Honorable Patty Murray, United States Senate
King County Council
King County Metro
Washington State Department of Transportation
Sound Transit
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Private Sponsors
EvergreenBank
Seattle Children’s Hospital and Research Institute
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Group Health Cooperative
Pacific Place
Pan Pacific Seattle
University of Washington/UW Medicine
Vulcan Real Estate
Community Partners
Build the Streetcar Coalition
Streetcar Alliance
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
Downtown Seattle Association
Denny Triangle Neighborhood Association
South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce
South Lake Union Friends & Neighbors
Cascade Neighborhood Council
Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Transportation Choices Coalition
Seattle Parks Foundation
Center for Wooden Boats
MOHAI
Cascadia Center
Urban Mobility Group
Private Partners
AAA Twin City Machine & Fabrication, Inc.
Able Security & Private Patrol
AGC
Allen Brackett Shedd
American Elevator
Apply-A-Line, Inc.
BMWC Constructors, Inc.
Bright Engineering
CB Richard Ellis
Columbia Roofing and Sheet Metal
Covenant NW Cleaning Service
DMI Drilling Construction
Eastern States Paving, Inc.
Elcon Corporation
Emerald City Weatherproofers, Inc.
Enso Design
Feneco Inc.
Foster Pepper PLLC
Gloria Jeane Hauling & Hwy Rehab Inc.
Hart Crowser, Inc.
Herzog Glass, Inc.
Holland Company
IMAGIC
Inekon Group
Iron Horse Engineering Co.
James Jenkins Enterprises
Johansen Mechanical, Inc.
KEXP Radio
KJM & Associates
Lakeridge Paving Company, LLC
Leajak Construction
LTK Engineering Services
Mass Electric Construction Company
McEvoy Oil Company
MidMountain Contractors Inc
NBBJ
Nelson Nygaard Consulting Associates
Nextbus
Northwest Cascade, INC
Official Traffic Control
Old Fashion Painting & Pressure Washing
OMA Construction, Inc.
Pacific Coast Northwest
Pacific Construction Systems, Inc.
Parsons Brinckerhoff
PEMCO Financial Services
Platinum Group, LLC
Portland Streetcar, Inc.
PR Systems, Inc.
Professional Services Industries, Inc.
R.E.P. Electric, Inc.
Rainier Steel, Inc.
Ratepayers, Local Improvement District 6750
Salinas Sawing & Sealing, Inc.
SEA-TAC Sweeping Service
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Security Contractors Services
Sellen Construction
Shiels Obletz Johnsen
Stacy & Witbeck, Inc.
Starbucks Coffee Company
Sunset Welding, LLC
The Fearey Group
Touchstone Corporation
Unimark Construction Group LLC
URS Corporation
WM. Dickson CO.
ZGF
Day of Event Sponsors
OPENING DAY
11:30 am - Seattle Streetcar Launch
Pacific Place Station at Westlake Hub
(Westlake Avenue & Olive Way)
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Greg Nickels, Mayor, City of Seattle
SPEAKERS
Jim Falconer, Chair, Build the Streetcar Coalition
Ed Murray, State Senator, 43rd District
Larry Phillips, Councilmember, King County
Jan Drago, Councilmember, City of Seattle
ENTERTAINMENT
KEXP – DJ Darek Mazzone
REFRESHMENTS
Starbucks Coffee
Inaugural Train Rides
12:12 pm Orange Streetcar
Sponsored by EvergreenBank (Dignitary ride)
12:25 pm Purple Streetcar
Sponsored by Children’s Hospital
12:35 pm Red Streetcar
Inaugural Seattle Streetcar riders will be provided a
commemorative Seattle Streetcar Golden Ticket.
December Festivities
GRAND OPENING & STATION HOP
December 12
11:30am - 3:00pm
SEATTLE STREETCAR PASSPORTS
December 12 - 31
RIDE THE STREETCAR,
GET A STICKER, GET FREE STUFF
December 12 - 16
For more information about these events and to get real-time schedules of the streetcars,
please visit WWW.SEATTLESTREETCAR.ORG
Sticker Program
I Rode the Streetcar - Passengers who ride the Streetcar during the first week of operations,
December 12 – 16, 2007, can pick up an “I Rode the Streetcar” sticker on the Streetcar. These stickers
entitle wearers to receive discounts and freebies at participating shops, restaurants, businesses and
attractions all along the streetcar line, just show your sticker to receive a discount or freebies!
Streetcar Passports
Passengers can earn a chance to win fabulous prizes by participating in the Seattle Streetcar Passport
program. Get your Seattle Streetcar Passport stamped by 10 of the 40 participating locations and enter
to win one of two fabulous grand prizes and numerous fun runner-up prizes!
You can pick up your passport at the December 12 launch event at the Westlake Hub
or at any of the following locations:
• South Lake Union Discovery Center (corner of Westlake Avenue and Denny Avenue)
• Pan Pacific Hotel lobby (2200 Westlake Avenue)
• Pacific Place concierge station (600 Pine Street)
Passports with 10 or more stamps must be returned to the South Lake Union Discovery Center,
Pacific Place or the Pan Pacific Hotel on or before December 31, 2007 at 11:59 pm to qualify to
win one of two fabulous grand prizes:
• Weekend Getaway: trip to Vancouver, B.C. on Kenmore Air and a 2-night stay
in the luxurious Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver.
• In-City Escape: 2-night stay at the new Pan Pacific Hotel in Seattle and a
Kenmore Air flight-seeing tour.
• Runner-up prizes include: a City Hardware toolkit, gift certificates from DragonFish,
Paddy Coyne’s, Blue Moon Burgers, Southlake Grill and much more!
As a bonus, many participating retailers will be offering additional discounts, savings and
deals to all passport holders.
Participating retailers
To view promotions, go to www.seattlestreetcar.org
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5focus
5th Avenue Theatre
13 Coins
2200 Westlake Starbucks
Blue Moon Burgers
Center for Wooden Boats
City Hardware
Clover House Gifts
DragonFish Asian Café
Duke’s Chowder House
Emerald Grill Restaurant at the Holiday Inn
Seattle Center
Goods for the Planet
illi
Kenmore Air
Lake Union Water Taxi and The Electric Boat
Company
Lake Union Wellness
• Level III Medispa
• Marazul
• Moss Bay Rowing, Kayaking, Sailing
and Event Center
• Museum Quality Framing
• Paddy Coyne’s
• Pedal Dynamics Bike Shop
• Pilates Seattle International
• Scoot About
• Scraps Dog Bakery
• Seattle Art Museum
• Seattle Unity Church
• Silver Cloud Inn Lake Union
• Slo Joe’s Backyard BBQ
• Southlake Grill
• Stix Pizza and Brewing Company
• Tottini
• The Westin Seattle
• Tutta Bella