BAT attended a Soundside Alliance meeting. The Alliance mission is:
The Soundside Alliance partners work together to promote economic development 
through programs dedicated to increasing job opportunities and income for Southwest King County residents and stimulating quality business investment and real estate development in the Southwest King County area. The Soundside presents a collective approach to improving the area’s economy. By collaborating on economic development goals, this cooperative approach to economic development could serve as a model transferable to other policy areas.
It was interesting on many levels. There were movers and shakers of the South End, now the Soundside there. Many many suits. The conversations were about economic growth and economic development for five cities, Burien, SeaTac, Des Moines, Normandy Park, and Tukwila The meeting started at 7:30 am. For theater folk, that is the middle of the night.
What was most interesting was that BAT was the only arts organization with a representative present. Why was that?