Seattle Parks and Recreation is hosting an open house meeting for Rainier Beach organizations and stakeholders on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 7 p.m. at South Shore K-8 School Rotunda.  South Shore K-8 School is located at 4800 S Henderson St. At this meeting Parks will introduce the opportunity for possible partnerships  [More]

The grand re-opening celebration for the International Children’s Park is Saturday, March 3, 2012 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at 700 S Lane Street.  A successful community driven project, the new park is inviting with open site lines, gathering spaces, beautiful landscaping and a new play area that offers varied play  [More]

The Seattle Board of Park Commissioners will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 23, in the Kenneth R. Bounds Park Board Room at 100 Dexter Ave. N, in Denny Park at the corner of Dexter and Denny. The meeting agenda includes: Update on Magnuson Park Strategic Development Plan Workshop  [More]

 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Landscape Structures Inc., announced a voluntary recall of the Slalom Glider slide.  This slide is located in two Seattle parks.  Landscape Structures Inc. will be working at Ross Playground and Myrtle Reservoir Park on Monday, February 20, 2012 to remove the recalled slide.  [More]

More than 300 Seattle teens are expected to attend the 12th annual Youth Education, Career, and Resource Fair — from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on February 22, 2012, at the Rainier Community Center, 4600 38th Ave. S. Workshops begin at 9:30 a.m.  Young people ages 14-21 will learn about community resources,  [More]

Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to celebrate Black History Month at a Youth Talent Showcase.  The Showcase event is Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 2 – 5 p.m. at Garfield Community Center located at 2323 E. Cherry St.  The entertaining afternoon will feature performances highlighting community youth singing, dancing, hip-hop,  [More]

Construction work to renovate the Montlake Playfield football/soccer field will resume on Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Ohno Construction will begin preparing the field for the turf installation and anticipates construction will last through the end of May 2012. Parks brought in the materials at the end of 2011 and weather conditions are  [More]

On Saturday, February 11, Seattle Parks and Recreation staff and about 70 community members met for a workshop at Magnuson Park to begin discussions of a strategic plan for the park’s future development. The group celebrated the park’s successes to date, talked about how to move forward with the remaining approximately $70  [More]

Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to a public meeting to discuss current operating issues at the Volunteer Park Conservatory on Wednesday March 7 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at the Montlake Community Center, 1618 E. Calhoun St. “The City faces funding shortfalls for 2013 – 2014, and Parks is examining  [More]

Summer events at Waterfront Park: Request for Ideas PURPOSE Waterfront Seattle (www.waterfrontseattle.org) aims to raise awareness of the incredible potential of the Central Waterfront as a civic space in the heart of Seattle as we prepare for the removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. As part of that goal, the City of  [More]