Does Georgetown have what it needs to continue to thrive in independence? Carrie Omegna co-owns Fonda la Catrina and El Sirenito–a vibrant restaurant and bar amid the engines and industry of Georgetown. Its a small Seattle neighborhood of just 1,800 residents, but 28,000 people come there to work everyday.

Georgetown has remained fiercely independent over the years--with only one chain store (a Starbucks) amid dozens of local restaurants and bars.

We talk to Carrie about what it will need to thrive in independence going forward (it currently has neither a grocery store nor farmers market), and we venture into what’s possible in this most unique of Seattle neighborhoods.