CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to City streets; changing the name of the designated Festival Street portion of East Denny Way between Broadway East and 10th Avenue East to East Barbara Bailey Way; and superseding the relevant portions of Ordinance 4044, Ordinance 89910, Ordinance 102981, and any other ordinance to the extent inconsistent.
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WHEREAS, Barbara Bailey was born and raised in Seattle, attending the St. Nicholas School and graduating from the University of Washington in 1965; and
WHEREAS, Barbara Bailey's commitment to service was evident from a young age, as she spent two years in Diyabakir, Turkey as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer before returning home to work as a caseworker in Washington State's juvenile justice system; and
WHEREAS, in 1977, Barbara Bailey opened her first bookstore in Seattle, B. Bailey Books, that would mark the beginning of her career as a successful small business owner and advocate for over 30 years; and
WHEREAS, in 1982, Barbara Bailey opened her second store, Bailey/Coy Books on Broadway Avenue, which served as a fixture of the Capitol Hill LGBTQ+ community for 25+ years, granting booklovers and authors a gathering space, and which also served as a safe and welcoming space for LGBTQ+ individuals and youth at the height LGBTQ+ persecution in our country; and
WHEREAS, Barbara Bailey was one of the founders of the Pride Foundation, which was founded in 1985 during the height of the HIV & AIDS crisis, to create a source of light and hope in a period of profound darkness; and
WHEREAS, The Pride Foundation has gone on to invest more than $70 million in transformative community change; and
WHEREAS, The Pride Foundation continues to maintain a scholarship in Barbara Bailey's name, intended for lesbian students in the State of Washington; and
WHEREAS, throughout her life, Barbara Bailey championed civil rights in Seattle for communities of color, for the LGB...
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