We’re heartbroken to share that due to a regional weather emergency, we must cancel the White Center Holiday Lights Kickoff Celebration originally scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 3:50 p.m.

While we won’t be gathering in person, the spirit of the season still shines bright! The beautiful new lights along 16th Ave SW — stretching from SW 100th Street to SW Roxbury Street — are glowing and ready to be enjoyed safely.

Thanks to a collaboration between King County’s Department of Local Services and the White Center Business Alliance, more than 2,000 white lights now stretch across rooflines in the 16th Avenue SW corridor between SW 100th Street to SW Roxbury Street.

The most exciting part? The new lights are just the beginning. They’re part of a broader initiative to beautify and brighten White Center starting in 2026:

  • Expanded lighting for safer, more welcoming streets – a capital project launching in 2026. Community members chose this project through the King County Participatory Budgeting project. 
  • Community clean-up event
  • Graffiti removal in partnership with Uplift NW
  • Murals

The holiday lights were installed by Renova Exteriors.