Greg Nickels News Releases

Series

Identifier: 5259-12

Staff Only

Scope and Contents Note

Press releases from Mayor Nickels's office staff concerning issues, events, personnel, funding, and other items related to City business.

Dates

Creation: 2002-2009

Creator

Seattle (Wash.). Mayor (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Records are open to the public.

Conditions Governing Use

Records are available for use onsite in the SMA reading room, including electronic records through the electronic records search.

Biographical Notes

Born in Chicago in 1955, Greg Nickels moved to Seattle with his family at the age of six, where he attended Seattle Prep and the University of Washington. He got his first job in city government in the mid-1970s, working as a buyer-trainee in the purchasing department. He was a legislative assistant to City Council member Norm Rice from 1979 until 1987. In that year he was elected to the King County Council and served there until 2001, when he was... elected Mayor of Seattle. He served two terms as Mayor but was defeated in the 2009 election. He was perhaps most well known nationally for his environmental advocacy, leading the effort to create the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, in which over 1000 cities pledged to decrease their greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Kyoto protocols. Nickels was president of the United States Conference of Mayors and also served on the Sound Transit board of directors.

Extent

2736 digital files (282 MB)

Language of Materials

English

Collapse All

Additional Description

Related Materials

Nickels' press releases can be viewed in his archived website. Additional materials from Mayor Nickels’ tenure found in City social media accounts and City websites are searchable online through ArchiveSocial and Archive-IT.