1. Living Cheap in Seattle! Office of Minority Recruitment and Retention Wednesday November 5 th, 2014

2. Topics  Places to eat  Places to buy food  Places to go shopping  Places to live  Transportation  Things to do

3. Map of Seattle

4. Places to eat (by neighborhood)  U-District o The Ave  Ravenna  Wedgewood  Chinatown/Internation al District  Fremont o Paseo’s  Downton o Japonesa o Biscuit B*tch at Caffe Lieto  Greenwood  Northgate o Ram o Chipotle  Capitol Hill o Tacos Chukis o Dick’s  Ballard  Columbia City o Island Soul  Lake City o Elliott bay Brewery

5. Places to eat (Apps)  Eat 24  Yelp  Urbanspoon  Happy Hours

6. Places to eat (other)  Food trucks  http://www.seattlefo odtruck.com/ http://www.seattlefo odtruck.com/  Breweries  http://www.beerad vocate.com/place/c ity/18/ http://www.beerad vocate.com/place/c ity/18/  Food and beer festivals  Food tours

7. Places to buy food (grocery stores)  Grocery Outlet  Albertson's  QFC  Gas rewards program  Safeway  Gas rewards program  Trader Joe’s  Fred Meyer  Costco

8. Places to buy food (cont.) Co-ops  Central Co-op Farmer’s Markets  Website: http://seattlefarmers markets.org/ http://seattlefarmers markets.org/  Year Round  U-District  Captiol Hill/Broadway  West Seattle

9. Places to go shopping  Northgate Mall and Target Plaza  Alderwood Mall  Southcenter Mall  Seattle premium Outlets in Tulalip  Uwajimaya  University of Washington Surplus Store  Downtown  Thrifting  Goodwill  Crossroads  Buffalo Exchange

10. Places to live

11. Transportation  Parking on Campus  2 or more students just $3  Busing  Free with student id  App:onebusaway  Lightrail  Free with student id  Biking  Biking discount programs:  http://bb2.bicyclebenefits.o rg/#/cities/3 http://bb2.bicyclebenefits.o rg/#/cities/3  http://seattlefarmersmarke ts.org/programs- events/announcements/bic ycle-benefits-at-the- farmers-markets http://seattlefarmersmarke ts.org/programs- events/announcements/bic ycle-benefits-at-the- farmers-markets  Car Rental  Zip Car  Car 2 Go  Ferry  http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/f erries/ http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/f erries/  Taxi Service Apps  Lyft  Uber  Amtrak  Student discount program: http://www.amtrak.com/stu dent-discount http://www.amtrak.com/stu dent-discount

12. Things to do  Fitness  IMA  Local gyms in neighborhoods  Yoga to the People  Parks  Over 400 parks  Apps  Living Social  Amazon Local  Groupon  Museums  Burke Museum is free for students  Free museum day: http://freemuseumday.org/sea.htmlhttp://freemuseumday.org/sea.html  UW Planetarium  Free for students