Out of 4 businesses 2 of them have Asian names and one of them even have bilingual sign.
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Bellevue
Out of 6 businesses shown in the images, one of the business has bilingual sign and that business is for Chinese ethnic food. I further found of that 3 of the businesses owned by local asians and all businesses have high volume of Asian customers
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United States
Bellevue
I took this photo because this is one of only few businesses that is actually owned by nonimmigrant family within this shopping center area. Regardless, as this brewery hosts family friendly trivia nights weekly, this place plays and important role for community engagement.
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Bellevue
This is the sign of the Newport shopping center. Even thought there are several business that has bilingual names, none of the names here reflects their bilingualism here in the sign
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Bellevue
The medical building of the community has a sign with all the practitioner’s name on it. Based on the names, we can see that majority of dentists in this area are either asian immigrants or Asian immigrant descendants.
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Bellevue
S-mart is an Asian grocery store that is owned by Chinese immigrants and imports ethnic foods mostly from china. Even though store has a simple sign of S-Mart at the top, there are several posters advertising ethnic foods in Chinese language on window display.
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United States
Bellevue
Entry to the community’s biggest and the nearest grocery shop has bilingual open signs. Along with open sign, the door also has traditional golden writing on the red paper wishing for prosperous new year. Such signs definitely reveals strong cultural tie to Chinese tradition among not only people who run the store but also its customers.
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United States
Bellevue
Next to the S-Mart, Chinese grocery store, Terry’s kitchen may look more American than Asian. However, Terry’s kitchen is owned third generation Japanese immigrant Terry Takeuchi. Since its opening in 2017, Terry’s kitchen has been the center of the Asian immigrant and its descendants community not only of the city of Bellevue but also of its surrounding cities such as Seattle and Renton. For example during the COVID-19 pandemic, the restaurant faced a financial challenge, yet with the support of the community through gofundme campaign it survived.
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United States
Bellevue
Ethnic grocery stores play an important role to engage immigrant communities. For example, at the entry, S-mart has a station for the local newspapers in Chinese language for free, which allows readers to digest the news without language barriers.
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Bellevue
The grocery store also has a dedicated wall for the ads that is mainly aimed to the other immigrant customers. Such free spaces play crucial role for immigrant families to support each other and grow together, most importantly finding an service that is needed without language and cultural barrier
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United States
Bellevue
Most kids of the age of elementary school of the Newport Hill neighborhood attends in Newport Heights Elementary school.
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