Press Coverage and Presentations about
Be’er Sheva’s Community Centered, Community Designed Park


Seattle Times:
May 25, 2025

Snorkeler counts Chinook salmon in Lake Washington at night — here’s why

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KUOW:
Nov. 26, 2024

'Sometimes you only get one shot.' Restoring salmon habitat and rejuvenating a South Seattle beach

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Seattle Times:
April 14, 2024

this rainier beach lakefront park got a $2.5 million makeover

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Seattle Times:
Feb 5, 2022

They raised $2M to upgrade a Rainier Beach park but say ‘the fight shouldn’t be so hard’

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Medium:
October 4, 2021

Link to Lake Group Secures $1 Million in Improvements to Rainier Beach’s Be’er Sheva Park

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Seattle Times:
Jan 19, 2020

putting the beach in rainier beach

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South Seattle Emerald:
Dec. 17, 2024

Salmon Habitat Restoration Efforts in Rainier Beach

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South Seattle Emerald:
March 12, 2024

A Community Runs Through It: Restoring Rainier Beach’s Be’er Sheva Park

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South Seattle Emerald:
July 1, 2021

Rainier Beach Action Coalition Unveils Mural in Be’er Sheva Park

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Washington State Lake Protection Association:
March 2021

The journey to revitalizing rainier beach’s be’er sheva park

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South Seattle Emerald:
May 31, 2018

Community Voice: Where’s the Beach? At Be’er Sheva Park!

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Shape Our Water

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Historical Racial Inequity and Community Driven Change and Be'er Sheva Park

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Seattle Times:
Dec. 9, 2024

Rainier Beach’s Be’er Sheva Park needs help after the bomb cyclone

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Seattle Times:
May 7, 2023

This City Block: Explore Rainier Beach

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Seattle Times:
April 22, 2021

Harnessing the Power of Community to Rebuild Public Beach

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Crosscut video:
Aug 6, 2021

Barrier to Entry: Exploring environmental justice in a changing Washington

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Community Co-Design:
Building Towards Community Ownership

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