Nature is abundant in its offerings. We know that healthy and thriving ecosystems provide benefits for wildlife, for human health, and multiple ecosystem services such as clean air and water. Every visitor to our public parks in Seattle can experience what nature provides every day, rain or shine. And just… [ Keep reading ]
Registration Opening: Program Details: *Break Camp registrations not included.Learn more here. Prices: Daily Rate: $45 (monthly rate calculated based on how many registered days of care per month) Scholarships are available! If you need support paying for childcare, there are multiple assistance programs available: About our licensed childcare programs:… [ Keep reading ]
Help celebrate “National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day” and join our Paint Party with Paws with Cause on May 10 at Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center! Paws with Cause is a non-profit that partners with animal groups and creates sketches of unnoticed adoptable animals which we, the general public, can help paint… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation is hiring for summer temporary positions and there are many opportunities to work throughout the year! Join us on Saturday, May 4 from 11am to 4pm at Miller Community Center (330 19th Ave E) for our Summer Hiring Event. Meet our team and apply on site!… [ Keep reading ]
Act Now and Help Advance Park Equity In Your Community Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is happy to announce we have received over 100 ideas for the Park CommUNITY Fund and encourages frontline communities to submit your park improvement ideas April 30, 2024. The Park CommUNITY Fund is a new… [ Keep reading ]
Join Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) and partners for the Beacon Hill Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 11am to 4pm at Jefferson Park (3801 Beacon Ave. S). Enjoy FREE pottery, painting, and gardening classes where you can create your own projects to take home. We’ll also have live… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation(SPR) is happy to announce the new play structure at Urban Triangle Park, 2100 Westlake Ave. in the South Lake Union neighborhood is open! An official ribbon cutting celebration with the community will be held next month. The new play structure offers opportunities for climbing and exploring…. [ Keep reading ]
Join us on April 25! Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to help shape the conceptual designs for the play area at Meridian Playground. Please join us on Thursday, April 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N., to hear about the… [ Keep reading ]
Ribbon Cutting Saturday, April 20th! Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) and our partner, Ballard Alliance, invite the community to participate in the ribbon cutting for the new play area and a fun day at Ballard Commons Park. Please join us on Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 3… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle is a city with all the wonders of different cultures, a vibrant economy, and the wonderful parks that Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) stewards. With that population and development also come the trash we create and the rats that thrive with that waste. These animals can be a real… [ Keep reading ]
