South Lake Union Streetcar
Groundbreaking and Block Party
You are invited to a
groundbreaking ceremony and block party on Friday, July 7, 2006,
when United States Senator Patty Murray, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels
and Washington State Representative Ed Murray will kick-off South
Lake Union Streetcar construction and thank those who have helped to
make the streetcar a reality.
You are invited to a
groundbreaking ceremony and block party on Friday, July 7, 2006,
when United States Senator Patty Murray, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels
and Washington State Representative Ed Murray will kick-off South
Lake Union Streetcar construction and thank those who have helped to
make the streetcar a reality.
Streetcar Ground Breaking and Block
Party
Noon to 1:30 p.m., Friday, July 7, 2006
Terry Avenue North- between Harrison Street and
Republican Street
Light lunch and refreshments provided.
By the fall of 2007, a modern
streetcar will be operational and connecting over 350,000 riders
annually to the places they live, work, and socialize in South Lake
Union, Denny Triangle and the Downtown Retail Core. We hope
you can attend this exciting event.
To learn more about the South Lake
Union Streetcar please visit
http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/streetcarnetwork.htm
For more information, contact: Josh Stepherson @(206) 684-3136. | Large Projects Award
Ceremony You
are invited!
On Saturday
July 15,between10:00 AM &
12:00 Noon,the Mayor will be holding an award ceremony at
Madison Park to announce his recommendations for this years NMF
Large Project Awards.
Also, onThursday, July 20 at 6:00 PMthe Department of Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Matching
Funds and the Citywide Review Team will be presenting the
Mayor's recommendations to the City Council's Economic Development
and Neighborhoods Committee for their approval and recommendation to
the full City Council The committee meeting will be held in
Georgetown at 5623 Airport Way S. This is a renovated theater
that has been a recipient of some NMF funding. | Transportation "Dirty Dozen"
Nominations
We are
looking for the twelve worst transportation maintenance problems in
the city.We are looking for bumpy roadways, worn out bridges, broken
stairways, and cracked retaining walls. Over the past 10 years,
dedicated transportation funding has declined by 66 percent, or
about $25 million when adjusted for inflation. At the same time, the
demand on Seattle's transportation system continues to grow, as our
population increases, and commercial needs expand. The City is
working to address its $500 million backlog in transportation
maintenance projects, and you can help by letting us know what is
the worst arterial street, crossing, bridge, stairway, or retaining wall in your neighborhood .
Nomination form available atwww.seattle.gov/transportation/btg_dirtydozen.htm
Seattle residents can
submit as many nominations as they like beforeJuly 12. The winners will be announced
on
July 13. | |
Fremont Library’s
85th Birthday Bash
Saturday, July 22,
2006
12:00 P.M.- 4:00 P.M.
The Fremont
Library is celebrating the 85th year that its "Italian Farmhouse"
style Carnegie building has been open to the public. The event will
kick off at noon with a re-dedication of the building featuring a
bronze replica of the original wooden dedication plaque of 1921.
Officials and community members will speak and there will be
refreshments, exhibits, activities for families, and performances
throughout the afternoon. |
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Nominations now open for the 2006 Mayor's Small
Business Awards
Tell us about your favorite small
business !Mayor Greg
Nickels announced that the city of Seattle is now accepting
nominations for the 2006 Mayor's Small Business Awards. The 2006
Awards will honor the diversity and excellence of Seattle's small
businesses, and their contribution to the city's economic vitality
and quality of life. Ten winners will be selected on the basis of
excellence in management, entrepreneurial spirit, customer service,
and community involvement.
"Nominating a
business for this award highlights its role and importance to our
community."
Deadline for applications is Monday, July 31, 2006. Winners will be
announced by the Mayor in September, 2006. Anyone can nominate a
small business.
To
request a nomination form, please contact Tinná White at the Office
of Economic Development at 206-684-4008 or tinna.white@seattle.gov or download the form at www.seattle.gov/economicdevelopmen |
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2007 Youth Arts FundingYouth Arts is an annual funding program that
supports out-of-school arts training for Seattle middle and high
school youth. Proposed projects include experienced teaching artists
leading age-appropriate sessions in all artistic disciplines.
Priority is placed on serving Seattle youth or communities with
limited access to the arts and culture. Requests may range from
$1,000 to $10,000 for projects starting in January 2007.
Applications must
be received by the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs by 5 p.m.,
Monday, July 31 or postmarked by midnight . For
information, contact Irene Gómez,
(206) 684-7310. |
Picnic at the Precinct
Saturday, July
15 2006
1:00 to 4:00p.m.
@ North Precinct
10049
College Way N
Get a precinct tour and meet your local
police officers, SWAT, K-9, Bomb squad and Mounted Officers! Fun for
the whole family! Great food, magician, balloonist, bouncy machine,
music & dance groups! Win SPD memorabilia, and great
prizes and gift certificates from neighborhood businesses. |
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Night Out 2006 is Tuesday, August
1stThis year the Seattle Police Department is
honored to partner with Verizon Wireless' HopeLine Program for this
year's Night Out. HopeLine began in 1995 with a commitment to
provide voicemail boxes and emergency wireless phones to victims of
domestic violence living in shelters. In 2001 it branched out into
recycling and re-using donated phones. By the end of 2005 HopeLine
had collected more than 2.5 million phones and donated more than $1
million to organizations engaged in raising awareness and prevention
of domestic violence.We are asking blocks that would like to
participate by donating old phones and accessories, to designate one
person who will be responsible for getting all the donations they
collect to their local precinct. For those blocks that would like to
make this a centerpiece of their Night Out celebration, donation
boxes will be available at the precincts two weeks prior to Night
Out. If you would like additional information or would like to
volunteer for this program contact Dana Lockhart at (206)615-0890.
Visit http://www.seattle.gov/police/nightout/ for
additional information.
Thanks for your participation and have a safe
and enjoyable Night Out! |
Free Trees for Your
Neighborhood
This fall, the Department of Neighborhoods
will be providing free trees for residential streets in Seattle. Applications are
accepted from groups of neighbors, and are due on Friday, August 11, 2006. Start planning
now to plant trees with your neighbors in the fall. Applications will be approved on a first-come,
first-served basis. Questions? Call ThomasWhittemore at
733-9586 or John Eskelin at 684-0359 at the Department of
Neighborhoods.For questions on City tree planting requirements or
tree varieties, call the City Arborist's Office at 684-7649 or email
Seattle.Trees@Seattle.gov.
To get the application online or get more information on tree
planting projects, check out the
Department
of Neighborhood's website at www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nmf/treefund.htm. |
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Cascade Park Summer Concerts-Free Music
Fridays
July 28th , 2006-12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
@ Cascade Park
333
Pontius Ave N
Featuring Jazzukha- Fun, jazz, pop, and world
music!! Call 206-587-0320 for details. |
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A Summer Concert Series: Music in the Sculpture
Garden
Every Sunday
2:00-4:00 p.m. (FREE, Open to the Public)
@
History House of Greater Seattle, 790 N. 34th St in
Fremont
| July 9th |
Watch the Sky/Wendy Joseph |
| July 16th |
Capuchon/Steward Hendrickson |
| July 23rd |
West Coastal Folks/Jean Mann |
| July 30th |
Amber Tide/Sanke
Suspenders | |
Lake Union District Community
Meeting Calendar
Get involved in your
Neighborhood! For more information on community orgarnizations
and meeting places please call the Fremont Neighborhood Service
Center at 206.684.4054
Lake Union District Council
July 10th 1st, 6-8pm
908 N. 34th Street |
South Lake Union Friends and Neighbors
Community Council
July
11th, 4-6pm
Armory, 860 Terry Ave
N |
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Wallingford Community Council
July 5thh,
7-9PM
Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunny Side
Ave
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Cascade Community
Council
July 19th,
6-7:30PM
Scott Kerner House, 514 Minor Ave N
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Fremont Neighborhood Council
July 24th, 7-9PM
History House, 790 N. 34th St |
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Fremont Library July
programs
731 N. 35th
St.
Talk
Time - 7/11,
7/18, & 7/25 (2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Come to a free English as a Second
Language (ESL) conversation group to practice speaking English. This
drop-in program is for learners at all levels. The group meets every
Tuesday at
2:30 p.m.(as scheduled). For more information
call 206-386-4148. This program is presented in partnership with
Literacy Source
Book Discussion Group- 7/11(6:30p.m. to 7:30
p.m.)
Title: The Moonstone by
Wilkie CollinsThis group
meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30
p.m. (except holidays). Toddler Story Time -7/6, 7/13, 7/20,
7/27 (11:00a.m. to 11:30
a.m.)
Toddlers and their caregivers
are invited to enjoy stories, music and other fun activities.Reading Magic- 7/13(2:00 p.m. - 3:00
p.m.)
Every book is a magic book,
but only when you read it! Summer readers are invited to join
magician Jeff Evans and his Reading Magic show featuring themes and
characters from beloved and popular books. For ages 5 and up.
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It's Pothole Season!Call 684-ROAD to report potholes. The City
is committed to responding to these reports within 2 business
days. |
City of Seattle 2006 Comprehensive Plan
AvailableSeattle's 2006 updated Comprehensive Plan is now
available. Printed copies are available from the DPD Public Resource
Center, 20th floor of Seattle Municipal Tower at 700 Fifth Ave,
(206) 684-8467. Copies of the replacement pages are free and the
complete plan costs $15. The complete updated plan is also available
on CD for free.
For
more information on the 2006 updates or to download only the
replacement pages, visit the Comp Plan annual amendment website at
www.seattle.gov/dpd/planning/compplanannual
. An electronic version of the complete updated Comp Plan is also
available online at www.seattle.gov/dpd/planning/compplan .
Questions?If you have questions about
the Comp Plan, please contact: DPD Comp Plan Staff (206) 684-8380
compplan@seattle.gov |
Small Sparks
Community Development Grant is Waiting!
Do you have ideas for building community that
could use up to $250 from the City's Small Sparks program? Small
Sparks seeks to bring together new people. The goal is to get new
people (e.g., recent immigrants, youth, seniors, and people with
disabilities) involved in creative small-scale community building
initiatives. If you have any ideas we would love to hear about
them, and share information about the program with you! Email us
your ideas at yun.pitre@seattle.gov . |
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Stop into the Fremont Neighborhood Service
Center!
We Have
Available......
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Neighborhood Programs and
Services
New pamphlets covering
the City of Seattle's Neighborhood Programs and Services are
now available. It includes information regarding the
Neighborhood Matching Fund, P-Patch program, Historic
Preservation and more |
North Seattle
Herald-Outlook News
Published every
Wednesday, it covers stories affecting our community. It also
contains information on upcoming events in the area
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Senior Discount Card and Directory now
Available
A directory and
discount card provided by the Seattle Mayor's Office for
Senior Citizens (aged 60 or older) of businesses and
organizations that give discounts and special offers to
seniors |
Woodland Park Zoo &
Seattle Aquarium Passes Passes
for the Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle Aquarium are available
at the NSC. These are only for low-income families and there
is a limit of 4 per households
. |
Always
Available
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Services |
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