The Disability Empowerment Center in Seattle is currently working on a project to map out King County to create a searchable database of inclusive, accessible businesses. The database is on-line and called BluePath (Blue-Path.org). Anyone can access it to see the accessibility of a business that is listed.
Volunteers are needed to canvas businesses on a friendly basis to ask them if they would like to be listed on the site (it is free). Volunteers along with business owners/managers then do a quick assessment of the location. The business will receive a BluePath verified window decal in the mail after being added to the database.
Volunteers will receive training in the Americans with Disabilities Act Title III Public Accommodations, a 2 – hour training that can take place at our downtown office, virtually via zoom, or in-person for teams of 10 or more.
Volunteers will receive 1 entry per completed survey into the raffles at the end of the Map-A-Thon term (August 8th). Raffle prizes currently confirmed include:
Seattle Bouldering Project (4 Day Passes with shoe rental,
$149 msrp); Argosy Cruises (4 Passes for the Harbor Cruise, $196 msrp); and John’s Crazy
Socks (Box of Socks, $150 msrp).
