On Thursday, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan met with representatives from some of the most powerful tech companies in the region at City Hall before racing south to catch the launch event of sea.citi, a group trying to get everyday tech workers more engaged with civic life.
From Amazon to Zillow, new coalition of tech titans will rally their workers around city’s tough problems
Seattle’s tech industry and the rest of this booming city are at odds like never before, and tech leaders acknowledge that any efforts to mobilize the tech community to solve civic problems will be met with a healthy dose of skepticism.
But that possibility isn’t stopping some of the biggest tech companies in Seattle from launching a new group to connect their employees with civic life.