Tag: parks
Planning Meeting for Seattle’s Urban Park Trails
Seattle Parks and Recreation is hosting two public meetings to invite ideas for park trails. Both meetings will take place from 7 – 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Rainier Community Center, 4600 38th Ave. S, Seattle 98118 Thursday, April 21, 2011 at Meadowbrook Community Center,10517 35th Ave NE, Seattle 98125 [More]
Posted: April 7th, 2011 under Parkways, Trails.
Tags: parks, Seattle Parks and Recreation, urban trails
Parks seeks partners to help fund wading pool operations
Seattle Parks and Recreation, which has had to make substantial cutbacks in the operations of its 25 wading pools because of budget reductions, is seeking partners interested in helping increase access to the pools during the eight-week 2011 summer season. Cutbacks include the reduction from operating 25 wading pools six or seven [More]
Posted: February 24th, 2011 under Parkways.
Tags: parks, wading pools
Black History Month: Parks to present “People in Parks: Black Heroes and Heroines”
One way Seattle Parks and Recreation will celebrate Black History Month is to repeat a series of short performances that debuted in 2010, highlighting the lives of African Americans the City has honored by naming parks after them. Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center will present eight performances in eight parks on February [More]
Posted: February 14th, 2011 under Parkways.
Tags: African-American, Black, parks
Seattle Parks to Explore New Directions for Community Centers
As a result of challenging budgets, Seattle Parks and Recreation has been asked by the City Council to re-think how community centers are operated. This process will include public meetings to discuss with the community ideas for how centers can be run differently. The first public meeting will be held on Wednesday, [More]
Posted: January 6th, 2011 under Parkways.
Tags: budget cuts, community centers, parks
Updated: List of Landslides on the Burke-Gilman Trail as of 9:30 a.m.
There are multiple small and minor slides along the Burke-Gilman Trail, one large one and one of significance. Just North of 147th: crossing covering [minor] 14012 Riviera: [minor] -- UPDATED -- 13552 Riviera: large slide completely covering trail, trees holding debris from going into Riviera; Parks crews are working on clearing this [More]
Posted: December 13th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: 2010, landslides, parks
Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee Canceled
The Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. tonight in the Park Board Room, 100 Dexter Ave. N , has been canceled. The next meeting will be on Monday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. At that time, the committee will make final recommendations for the Parks and Green [More]
Posted: November 22nd, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: Opportunity Fund, parks, snow closures
Parks and Recreation cancels programs, closes some facilities
Seattle Parks and Recreation has taken these weather-related actions: • All community center programs scheduled after 6 p.m. are canceled. • All pool programs are canceled. • Pools and community centers will be open for drop-in use until their regularly scheduled closing times: http://www.seattle.gov/parks/centers.asp and http://www.seattle.gov/parks/pools.asp. • All athletic fields are closed. [More]
Posted: November 22nd, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: cancel, closure, community center, parks, pool, Recreation, snow
Help Plan a Park for the Covered Maple Leaf Reservoir
Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to a public meeting for the Maple Leaf Reservoir Park project on Thursday, April 22, 2010 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Olympic View Elementary, 504 NE 95th St. At this meeting the community will have an opportunity to review conceptual design alternatives and provide [More]
Posted: April 15th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: covered reservoir, maple leaf reservoir, parks, parks and green spaces levy
Spring break week is Youth Appreciation Week at Seattle Parks and Recreation!
Too often, we hear stories about young people only as superstar athletes or violent criminals. Seattle Parks and Recreation is sponsoring a week’s worth of events that recognize the real heroes among our youth—the ones who go to school every day and give it their best, the ones who work hard and [More]
Posted: March 24th, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: parks, Parks and Recreation, spring break, teens, youth
Creating a Great Central Waterfront: Four Community Meetings Coming in March
Creating a Great Central Waterfront Four Community Meetings Coming in March What makes Seattle’s waterfront unique? What tools will Seattle need to create a great central waterfront? How will we keep it active and inviting for generations to come? How can public and private partners set the stage for future success? The [More]
Posted: February 23rd, 2010 under Parkways.
Tags: parks, planning and development, public spaces, waterfront