Community invited to provide input on capital projects The Washington State Convention Center, as part of the public benefit package associated with the Convention Center Addition project, is providing $10 million in funding to Seattle Parks and Recreation for Freeway Park improvements. Riisa Conklin and Tim Holt from Freeway Park… [ Keep reading ]
During the current closure of Bobby Morris Playfield, Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) has contracted with FieldTurf to provide the full-service cleaning and sanitizing of the synthetic turf field. Bobby Morris Playfield is adjacent to Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11 Ave., Seattle, WA 98122. FieldTurf will be at the park… [ Keep reading ]
Help shape the future of Freeway Park, provide input through the Freeway Park online Open House, freewaypark.infocommunity.org. Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) and Freeway Park Association encourage you to participate. Your input will help SPR and the design team prioritize the capital improvement projects in the park. Please visit freewaypark.infocommunity.org…. [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is happy to announce the opening of the renovated Brighton Playfield, 6000 39th Ave. S, just north of Aki Kurose Middle School. The new 200,000 sq. ft. synthetic turf multi-sport lighted field accommodates baseball, softball, soccer, Ultimate Frisbee and football. The renovation provides new/upgraded accessible… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the Beacon Hill/Rainier Valley community to provide input on the Dearborn Park play area renovation project. Please share your ideas for improving the play area by taking this short survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Dearborn-Survey. The survey will close July 10, 2020. The project focuses on installing new play… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) would like to thank the nearly 6700 people who participated in learning about the Green Lake Community Center and Evans Pool replacement project and the 3200 people who provided input on the future location of the facility. Seventy-five percent (75%) of survey participants selected the… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) and the King County Noxious Weed Program (KCNW) are in the second year of a two-year project addressing aquatic noxious weeds in South Portage Bay. Before the project began in 2019, the natural shoreline in the South Portage Bay area was highly impacted by floating… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) invites the Beacon Hill community to provide input on the Maple Wood Playfield comfort station/restroom mural. Please take this short survey www.surveymonkey.com/r/MapleWoodComfortStation.The survey will close June 30, 2020. With the objective to improve the playfield facility and address barriers to accessibility, SPR secured an additional… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is happy to announce that we are working with our City of Seattle partners and the Georgetown Open Space Committee to develop a new off-leash area at the Georgetown Flume, 1035 S Myrtle St., Seattle. SPR invites the community to take a short survey and… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Seattle Parks and Recreation will be holding two virtual public meetings to kick off the project to replace the Emma Schmitz Overlook seawall in West Seattle and discuss the latest project news. The construction contractor, Bainbridge Island-based Redside Construction, is preparing… [ Keep reading ]
