Archive for December, 2009
Zumba at Alki Community Center
Alki Community Center will offer a Zumba fitness class, which is inspired by Latin dance and music. Zumba uses a variety of styles in its routines including Cumbia, Salsa, Merengue, Hip Hop, Reggation, Rumba, Flamenco and many more styles. Sessions begin Saturday, Jan. 9 and continue until Feb. 13. If you miss [More]
Posted: December 21st, 2009 under Parkways.
Tags: alki, zumba
Virginia Swanson wins Big Bertha Landes Award
Virginia Swanson, who has chaired the City’s Special Events Committee for more than 25 years, and is a Seattle Parks and Recreation contract employee, has received the Big Bertha Landes Award from the Fremont Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes “women who take charge and take action.” The award is in recognition [More]
Posted: December 21st, 2009 under Parkways.
Tags: Big Bertha Landes Award, Fremont
Parks to Hold Meeting for Beacon Hill Playground Renovation
Seattle Parks and Recreation will host a community meeting for the Beacon Hill Playground site renovations on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at Jefferson Park Community Center, 3801 Beacon Ave. S. The project will make site improvements to enhance use and safety at the play area and access [More]
Posted: December 18th, 2009 under Parkways.
Tags: Beacon Hill
Parks and Recreation announces furlough plan for 2010
In response to budget reductions, Seattle Parks and Recreation staff will take 10 unpaid days off in 2010. The schedule of furlough days recognizes the need to keep community centers, pools, environmental learning centers, and other facilities open, and to meet the need for park maintenance. While there will be impacts, Parks [More]
Posted: December 17th, 2009 under Parkways.
Tags: furlough
Parks hosts 8th annual Polar Bear Plunge on January 1, 2010
Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Meadowbrook Community Center Advisory Council are co-sponsoring the eighth Annual Polar Bear Swim at high noon on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2010 at Matthews Beach, 9300 51st Ave. NE. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m. There will be refreshments and a “2010 Official Patch of Courage” for all [More]
Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Parkways.
King County investigating overflow at West Point Treatment Plant
Employees with King County’s sewer utility are working diligently to determine the cause of an overflow that occurred last night at the West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood. “This situation is unacceptable,” said Christie True, director of King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division. “Finding out why it occurred is the first [More]
Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Parkways.
Tags: CSO, Discovery Park, Magnolia, overflow, sewer, treatment
Parks Hosts Second Meeting for Design of New Park in Ballard
Seattle Parks and Recreation is hosting three public meetings to plan and design for the new 9th Avenue NW Park development. The second meeting is Thursday, December 17, 2009 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Whittier Elementary School, 1320 NW 75th St. Parks encourages the neighborhood to participate. The design team collected [More]
Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Parkways.
Central Waterfront – Building Partnerships
Partnerships Committee to begin discussions on effective models for management, use and programming of new public spaces on the Central Waterfront. SEATTLE – On December 16, the first meeting of the Committee on Central Waterfront Partnerships Committee will be held at City Hall. October 26, 2009, Seattle City Council adopted Ordinance 123142, [More]
Posted: December 11th, 2009 under Parkways.
Parks and Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Fund process begins
Would you like to see a new park built or an old park improved in your Seattle neighborhood? Or would you like Seattle Parks and Recreation to buy property for a new park or open space? The first round of the Parks and Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Fund is open for your [More]
Posted: December 10th, 2009 under Parkways.
Tags: funds, Levy, opportunity, parks and green spaces levy
Southwest Pool to offer beginning swim lesson program, School of FISH
Southwest Pool is pleased to offer a new, specially priced program of beginning swim lessons for families, School of FISH (Fun Instruction in our Swimming Holes). Learn beginning swimming skills with your school-aged child in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Beginning in January, 2010, School of FISH offers the discount price of [More]
Posted: December 8th, 2009 under Parkways.
Tags: kids, lessons, parents, pool, swimming, West Seattle