Mr. David Y. Chen This is Me

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 Web References

1. 1. Rainier Valley Community Development Fund | Board of Directors

   www.rvcdf.org/board.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/21/2006   Last Visited: 12/21/2006

   David Y. Chen, Secretary of the Board, owns and manages two commercial developments in the Rainier Valley. Mr. Chen is an active member of the Holly Park Merchants Association, the Holly Park Neighborhood Planning Association, and he Rainier Valley Chamber of Commerce. He is a graduate of UCLA and the University of Rochester William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration; and is fluent in Mandarin and Taiwanese.

2. 2. No fans of light-rail

   www.southseattlestar.com/issue - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/7/2004   Last Visited: 2/8/2005

   David Chen
   
   David Chen sees himself as a Rainier Valley pioneer of sorts. "My family and I are the only proactive developers in the MLK area," he says.
   
   Notably, Chen and his family developed King Plaza, an Asian shopping center on Martin Luther King Way S. (MLK) for which he received the Mayor's Small Business Award in 2003. "We have always been attuned to the MLK Rainier Valley community," he says.
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   Like other members of the CDF board, Chen is cautious about predicting what light-rail will bring. "I've seen the MAX rail in Portland. The quality of work is nice," he says. "But I don't know what the cost per person is. We'll wait and see."
   
   Chen says it's difficult, however, to avoid some of the negatives of light-rail. "It's quite detrimental to the area and some of the people," he says, considering the upheaval for businesses as well as buildings being destroyed.
   
   "The area's never had that much funding," Chen points out.
   
   A member of the CDF's grants and loans committee, Chen hopes the organization can help provide that missing funding through loans, and encourage new business as well as keep the old ones intact.
   
   "I'd rather see more privately funded projects," he says, much like the developments he and his family have done.
   
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   In addition to investing in public projects in the Valley, Chen is a member of the Holly Park Merchants Association, the Rainier Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Rainier Valley Transit Advisory Committee.