The 49th annual U District StreetFair is coming up this weekend: May 19 and 20. Wow, 49 years of celebrating peace, culture and community!

This will be the first year for U District, Let’s Go and we have some fun activities planned and a lot to tell you about!

First off, we want to thank UW Transportation Services for partnering with us and lending us their famous Bike Wheel of Fortune! Stop by, take a spin, answer a mobility related question and win a prize! While you are here, you can learn about upcoming transportation opportunities and events and about our work in the neighborhood. There is a lot going on!

Find U District, Let’s Go at booth 164 in the red zone, the third booth from the corner of NE 45th St on the east side of the street. We will be right outside of the Wells Fargo Bank.

In addition to our program, there are a whole bunch of other transportation and mobility-related organizations and groups participating the U District StreetFair. Below is a list of our partners and where you can find their booths.

King County Metro Transit

Metro has a lot going on at its booth! In addition to playing Plinko for a chance at fun prizes, like fidget spinners and mini foam buses, ORCA To-Go mobile sales will be available to provide on the spot full-service ORCA card sales and assistance. Cash, checks, and major credit cards accepted for payment. Public Health Seattle King County will be there enrolling people in ORCA LIFT. ORCA LIFT is Metro’s reduced fare transit card for qualifying 19-64 year olds. ORCA LIFT cards come with $30 preloaded. See here to learn if you qualify. Find King County Metro Transit at booths 57 & 59 (green zone), on the west side of the street, about eight tents in from the corner of NE 47th St.

Sound Transit

Sound Transit has a rad Instagram contest where you can win a tour of the U District Station! The rules are easy, take a photo of yourself at participating businesses, use the hashtags #TakeTagWin and #SoundTransit for your chance to win. It is that easy and helps create awareness for the businesses adjacent to the construction. Stop by their booth to learn all the rules. Find Sound Transit at booths 310 & 313 (blue zone) on the west side of the street, first and second booths from the corner of NE 43rd St, right in front of Flowers.

WSDOT’s SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Program

Stop by to view informational display boards and flyers about the project. The SR 520 team will be available to answer your questions about recently completed and upcoming construction in the corridor. Find WSDOT’s SR 520 Program at booth 50 (green zone) on the east side of University Way NE, between NE 50th St and NE 47th St.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U District Advocates

Learn about U District Mobility, the community-led effort helping to design the new U District Link light rail station. Stop by to provide your input into the three proposed street plans for U District Station. Find U District Advocates at booth 346 & 348 (blue zone) on the east side, corner of 42nd, across from Cafe on the Ave.

Get Around

Get Around is a new peer-to-peer carshare app that you can use to access thousands of cars all from your phone with no membership fees. They’ve just opened up in the U District and are excited to tell you all about it. They’ll have a ton of cool swag like t-shirts, tote bags, and rumor has it there just might be fun games like a giant Connect Four and giant Jenga! Find Get Around at booth 250 (yellow zone) on the east side of the street, third booth from the corner of NE 43rd St right in front of Crossroads Trading Company.

We look forward to seeing you this coming weekend! Please see the U District StreetFair Map for the locations of all the vendors. You can find the U District Partnership at two locations. Find them at the north entrance at NE 50th St. and University Way NE (in front of the Jack in the Box). Find them at the south entrance in the middle of NE 41st & NE 42nd by the Beer Garden.

The 49th Annual StreetFair is this Saturday, May 19 (10 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.) and Sunday, May 20 (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.)

For additional event details and information, please visit the U District StreetFair website.