Plans for Capitol Hill Station Development: Thirty-eight percent of the units will be affordable housing. For future stations, the requirement would be 80 percent. SCHEMATA AND HEWITT
In theory, Miyong and Sean Kim’s Minute Mart should be seeing some foot traffic. The business sits just 500 feet away from the Mount Baker light rail station, which opened in 2009, and stocks any energy drink or snack you could possibly imagine. There’s hot food, too. Big signs advertising the Minute Mart’s “DELICIOUS DELI” note that Miyong and Sean serve barbecued ribs, chicken, and gizzards.
But instead, the store feels completely isolated from light rail commuters. The Kims took over the business in 2007, right before the financial crash. When the light rail station opened two years later, they were hopeful that it would bring more customers to their small slice of the neighborhood. But according to Miyong, that never happened…
