An outdoor dining area at Lost Lake Café, a restaurant in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Photo: SDOT So far, more than 250 businesses throughout Seattle have taken part in the temporary Safe Start permit program. Since these permits are different from how we managed public spaces before the pandemic, we’re using this experience to improve our permitting programs. To achieve this, we had conversations with permit holders, restaurants, local businesses and trade groups, community-based organizations, and the general public to understand how they are working. “The COVID-19 pandemic has caus…
