If you like to run, walk, jog, or crawl, come to the St. Patrick’s Day Dash, which benefits the Detlef Schrempf foundation in support of Northwest children’s charities. It is a family event with green lines down the street of Seattle. It starts at the Space Needle at 8am, Saturday March 17th, 2012. Have fun!
Seattle Parks and the Friends of the 14th Ave NW Park invite the public to a meeting on Tuesday 1/24/12 from 7-9 PM at the St Alphonsus Parish School.
At this meeting Parks and Mithun, the design consultant, will present a history of the project, site analysis and three design options.
For further information on this project, please visit:
Major Construction Begins the Week of January 3rd, 2012
Phase 1 of the work to rebuild and repave N/NW 85th St between 15th Ave NW and Greenwood Ave N begins 01/03/12.
Eastbound traffic, including transit will detour to 80th St during this phase. When Phase 2 begins, traffic on 85th will be one lane in each direction, and intermittently closed. Expect temporary closures of sidewalks and driveways as well as restricted access to side streets.
Also, the intersection of 85th St and Greenwood Ave will close for weekend work in late January.
For more information, including a detour map, please visit:
Happy Holiday’s everyone!
I wanted to send a reminder that tolling starts on the 520 bridge the 29th of December. If you haven’t ordered your Good To Go pass and are interested, all the information you need is at:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/goodtogo/
The pass looks like the least expensive way to go.
Safe travels to all!
As reported on the local myballard.com blog, Thursday Oct 6th, 2011, more than 30 people gathered at the Ballard Community Center to talk about crime in the neighborhood. Representatives from Seattle Police Community outreach, SPD crime prevention coordinator, BallardCommunity Center and Ballard District Council were all there to answer questions.
The most prominent concern was homelessness and public intoxication. In addition, there were concerns raised about graffiti and theft. The representatives from SPD repeatedly advised concerned residents to call 911 and stated that 911 was not only for life and death situations. The local crime prevention coordination, Terrie Johnston, advised against calling the non-emergency number noting that “it’s not very friendly.”
There are only 10 officers to cover the Ballard area. 911 calls are prioritized, which would explain the long response time to calls. Many of the residents felt their calls were not taken seriously. The SPD advised to enlist neighbors and call incidents at the same time to move it up in priority.
Please follow the link to contact your SPD community outreach representative.
http://www.seattle.gov/police/publications/Prevention/CrimePreventionMap.pdf
With the increase in unemployment, the crime rate has increased as well. Just a friendly reminder to lock and park your cars in the garage whenever possible. There are gangs watching women drive into the Green Lake parking lots. They are watching you put your purses and valuables in your trunks. Remember to put your purses and valuable in your trunk before parking. Olympic Manor was vandalized last night, August 24th, 2011. A few cars were broken into around the duplex area. Lock your home doors as well.
All southbound lanes of the Alaskan Way Viaduct will close from the Battery Street Tunnel to the West Seattle Bridge from 11 p.m. Friday 8/19 to 5 a.m. Monday 8/22.
During the closure, preparations will be made for the viaduct’s nine-day closure in late October, according to the state Department of Transportation. The work is part of the viaduct-replacement project.
Plan your travels accordingly and have a great weekend!
This year the 28th National Night Out (NNO) will be on Tuesday August 2nd. My neighborhood has planned a get together and cookout.
Last year the NNO citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials from over 15,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide got together. In 2010, over 37 million people participated in National Night Out
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to:
For more information about this event, visit: http://www.nationalnightout.org/nno/index.html
It is not too late to organize your own neighborhood event.
When you visit the Woodland Park Zoo, plan on spending at least four to six hours to really enjoy all the exhibits and displays. There are more than 300 animals living here in their natural habitat and there are more than 65 acres of beautiful, natural exhibits. Come see the Snow leopards, wild dogs, giraffes, and hippos and more here at Woodland Park Zoo Seattle.
The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, which was built in 1911 and often referred to as the Ballard Locks, provides a gateway for boats between the salt water of Puget Sound and the fresh water of the Ship Canal, that connects eastward to Lake Union as well as Lake Washington.
Both locals and Tourists alike love watching the all the sailboats, yachts, tugs and barges passing through, as the locks’ water levels are manipulated to allow their safe passage.
Another popular area to check out here is the fish ladder which was created to let salmon pass safely between fresh and salt water and also to navigate the locks. Glass panels beneath the water line make it easy to watch the salmon as they swim through the ladder.
Click here for more more fun community links.