Swedish Seattle

Commenter Cindy got two of three right in the "Name the Franchise" game for the retail activity taking place in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of Madison Street.  We confirmed with Swedish Medical Center's broker, Lori Granberg of CB Richard Ellis, that Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches will be moving into the former Organic to Go space at 1221 Madison Street in Swedish Medical Center's Arnold Pavilion.  This will mark the eighth Seattle location for the Champaign, Illinois based chain.

In addition, Granberg affirmed that Crêpan Crepe World, a Japanese-style crepe restaurant will be taking over the former Jamba Juice location at 1303 Madison. 

Finally , we learned that MAD Pizza will be moving  from 1314 Madison (the other side of the street) to the former Quiznos location at 1321 Madison.  All three of these new stores plan to open in September 2010.

The First Hill Improvement Association, a community service organization for Seattle's First Hill neighborhood since 1958, will hold its monthly general meeting tonight.  Nonmembers are welcome to attend:

Tuesday, June 8th, 6:30 pm  Swedish Medical Center B-Level Conference Room  #1

Ms. Allison Schwartz, from the Seattle Department of Transportation, will give us a final update on the implementation of new parking regulations on First Hill.

Ms. Candy Castellanos, Waste Division Project Manager from Cleanscapes, will provide us with information on the Neighborhood Waste Reduction Rewards Program. 

We will also be bidding farewell to Mr. Fred Savaglio from Virginia Mason Medical Center. Mr. Savaglio is retiring this month, and thus will be stepping down as Major Institutions Chair for the FHIA. We wish him all the best, and thank him for his many years of dedicated service to our organization. 

Tuesday at noon, a "flash mob" gathered to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Swedish Hospital.  Some of the "mobsters" were dressed as Swedish hospital workers, and some mobsters were actual hospital workers.  See if you can pick out which is which.  Of course, they danced and karaoked to something suitably Swedish--ABBA's "Dancing Queen":

Earlier this month, Seattle celebrated Sweden Week.   The Swedish Consulate in Seattle hosted the weeklong celebration of the enduring relationship between Sweden and the Pacific Northwest.  In conjunction with Swedish Medical Center celebrating its 100th anniversary and Sweden Week, Crown Princess Victoria visited the Broadway campus of Swedish Medical Center and was awarded  an “I heart Swedish Babies” T-shirt, whichSwedish created in honor of their centennial and is giving to all babies born at Swedish this year.     

With a final decision on the First Hill Streetcar route expected in May, the City Council is seeking a last round of input at the public meeting to be held on Thursday April 22, 2010.   The meeting will take place at 5:30 pm at the First Baptist Church at 1111 Harvard Avenue.  Members of the public are invited to attend and speak directly to the Council about the route decision.  Note that the Seattle City Council will support Sound Transit in seeking funds to extend the proposed Broadway route beyond Denny north to Aloha.  

The First Hill Improvement Association, a nonprofit organization composed of community residents and  businesses, holds its April meeting on Tuesday April 13.  Nonmembers are welcome to attend.  Meetings are held at Swedish Medical Center B-Level Conference Room  #1.

Allison Schwartz, Transportation Planner from Seattle Department of Transportation. Allison will present the Association with proposed parking changes for First Hill, which were developed based on the 2009 First Hill Parking Study. 

FHIA Board of Directors will provide update on the Streetcar, particularly any news from the 4/13 morning City Council Transportation Committee hearing.  There will then be a discussion of what action steps to take after final route recommendations are made.

According to our partners at the Central District News, police were called after a patient being treated in the emergency room at Swedish for an unknown condition was attacked inside the facility Friday afternoon. Police responded to the hospital around 12:50 PM according to CDN after the person had been escorted from the facility by security. No word on an arrest in the incident.

Swedish Medical Center continues its celebration of 100 years of service in Seattle. Saw this tweet today about a new exhibit on the campus documenting the period.

@swedish: Installation of 100 year timeline exhibit is complete. It's in lobby of our First Hill campus. http://tweetphoto.com/17909040

You can find the online companion to the timeline here: Our First 100 Years. FirstHillSeattle.com's 100-year timeline exhibit, by the way, is currently being planned. Watch this space for details.

Welcome Baby New Year! First Hill's not a bad place to start your journey.

Swedish Welcomes First Baby of Its 100th Anniversary Year on New Year’s Day 

SEATTLE, Jan. 1, 2010 – Swedish’s first baby of the new year and the first baby born in the medical center’s centennial year was born at 6:41 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2010. Grace Weber made her early morning arrival at Swedish’s First Hill Campus, weighing in at 6 pounds, 15.6 ounces and 18.5 inches long. 

 

Having their first baby so early in the new year was an unexpected blessing, according to Grace’s parents, Courtney and Dave Weber of West Seattle. 

 

Recognizing the new year’s baby is an annual tradition at Swedish, but it is even more special this year since 2010 represents the medical center’s 100th anniversary. 

 

Swedish was founded in 1910 by Dr. Nils Johanson, a Swedish immigrant, surgeon and the father of Kitty Nordstrom. In a memoir about her father, Kitty recalled the first baby born at Swedish in 1910. Being one of the few to have a car at the time, her father picked up a laboring mother on Queen Anne Hill and drove her to Swedish to deliver the baby. 

 

Since then, more than 200,000 babies have been born at Swedish. In fact, more babies are born at Swedish each year than at any other medical center in Washington state. There were more than 7,400 born between Swedish’s First Hill and Ballard campuses in 2009. Swedish also has a top-notch Perinatal Medicine program and one of just a handful of Level-III Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Washington state.  

 

For having the first baby of Swedish’s centennial year, the Webers received a newborn gift basket from the Swedish Auxiliary, a baby receiving blanket from Swaddle Designs (www.swaddledesigns.com), and a manicure-pedicure set from ButterLondon (www.butterlondon.com). Swaddle Designs – a Seattle-based company founded by a labor and delivery nurse – donated 40 blankets to Swedish so each baby born on New Year’s day at the medical center will receive one. ButterLondon is a Seattle-based nail salon chain and nail beauty products company.  

 

In addition, Grace – and every baby born at the First Hill or Ballard campus throughout 2010 – will receive a souvenir ‘I'm a Swedish Baby’ one-piece. 

 

The Webers praised their OB/GYN Emily Norland, M.D., and the nursing staff at Swedish. “We really like Swedish. Everyone was very helpful and the room was great,” said Courtney Weber. 

 

Swedish’s centennial celebration will officially launch in March of 2010. Stay tuned for more details.