Archive for September, 2010
Many Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities will be closed on Friday, October 8, and Monday, October 11, for a furlough day. Youth Violence Prevention Initiative sites, also known as Extended Hours Program sites, will furlough on Wednesday, October 6. City of Seattle employees are taking 10 days off without pay in 2010 to
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Posted: September 28th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: budget cuts, facilities closures
Soon we’ll start getting the wet, soggy weather that Pacific Northwest winters are so famous for. The playgrounds will be wet. The playfields will be wet. It will be cold outside. The last thing you want to do is take your toddler (who’s probably just recovering from the latest cold to get
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Posted: September 23rd, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: indoor play, toddler play
Seattle Parks and Recreation will host the second public meeting to review design development of the Shore Ponds project at Magnuson Park. The meeting will be Tuesday, September 28, 2010 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. in the Garden Room in the Brig at Magnuson Park, 6330 NE 74th St. The development of
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Posted: September 22nd, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: Magnuson Park, native habitat, wetland restoration
Seattle Parks and Recreation and Seattle Department of Transportation are working together to finish the minor structural improvements, cleaning and painting of the Carkeek Park Pedestrian Bridge over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks on the west side of Carkeek Park. The bridge will be closed from 7 a.m. – 4
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Posted: September 22nd, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: beach, carkeek park, pedestrian bridge
The public is invited to join Seattle Parks Foundation and Seattle Parks and Recreation, along with partners The Center for Wooden Boats, Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) and The United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, in celebrating the grand opening of Lake Union Park. On September 25, 2010 – almost 10
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Posted: September 22nd, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: family friendly, free, grand opening, Seattle Parks Foundation, South Lake Union
The Seattle Board of Park Commissioners will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 23, in the Park Board Room at 100 Dexter Ave. N at the corner of Dexter and Denny. The meeting agenda includes: Central Waterfront Development. Parks staff will brief the Board. With the removal of the
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Posted: September 21st, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: dodgeball, meeting, Park Board, tennis, waterfront
Portions of Seattle’s Gas Works Park and parking lot will be closed to the public for several weeks starting Sept. 27, as Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) continues its ongoing investigation and evaluation of sediments offshore of the park. The environmental testing—involving heavy equipment drilling of groundwater monitoring wells—is scheduled to take place
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Posted: September 21st, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: Department of Ecology, Gas Works Park, sediment study
Seattle Parks and Recreation will celebrate the naming of the Walt Hundley Playfield on Saturday, Sept. 18, at 2 p.m. The playfield is located at 6920 34th Ave SW, directly behind High Point Community Center. The event will feature former Mayors Wes Uhlman and Charles Royer, and retired Parks Superintendent Ken Bounds.
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Posted: September 16th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: celebration, naming, Walt Hundley
Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Hiawatha Community Center will host an open house on Friday, Sept. 17, from 6 – 8 p.m. to introduce their fall programs. Hiawatha Community Center is located at 2700 California Ave. SW. Neighbors are invited to come to the center to learn more about classes, special events, service
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Posted: September 16th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: classes, community center, hiawatha, open house, West Seattle
Seattle Parks and Recreation will hold the final life jacket sale of the season at Evans Pool on Saturday, September 18 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The pool is located at 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N. The cost for life jackets sizes infant to youth large is $20; for teens
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Posted: September 16th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: Affordable, lifejackets, low-cost
