Introducing – Seattle Forest Week – Nov. 6-13, 2021! Join us for a week-long celebration of Seattle’s Urban Forest. Seattle Forest Week will kick off with Green Seattle Day on November 6th, and finish with Seattle Arbor Day on November 13th, with opportunities for learning, relaxing, and engaging during the… [ Keep reading ]
2020—it’s a year many of us would like to forget! But despite the extraordinary challenges that last year presented, so many in our Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) community stepped up to support one another through multiple crises. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, SPR operations rapidly shifted to… [ Keep reading ]
A staffing shortage means that Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) must close the lifeguarded swimming beach at Seward Park. Because of difficulties hiring enough qualified people this summer, together with residual staffing impacts from the pandemic, there just aren’t enough lifeguards for all the planned swimming beaches. SPR based the… [ Keep reading ]
Park will open at 4:30 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. beginning on July 2 through July 5, 2021 Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is implementing new temporary closing hours at Alki Beach Park (2665 Alki Ave. SW) beginning on Friday, July 2 through Monday, July 5. The park will… [ Keep reading ]
Park will open at 6 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. beginning on June 23, 2021 Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) will implement new opening and closing hours at Golden Gardens Park (8498 Seaview Pl. NW) on a pilot basis beginning Wednesday, June 23, 2021. The park will open daily… [ Keep reading ]
As Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) gears up for summer, we’re planning to open some outdoor programs at beaches, sprayparks, wading pools, and day camps. One of the biggest barriers to opening sites, however, is insufficient staffing. We need lifeguards, camp counselors, recreation attendants, parks maintenance laborers and more. People… [ Keep reading ]
Notice of Public Hearing on May 4, 2021 Seattle Parks and Recreation is proposing to remove restrictive covenants from City-owned property known as the Red Barn Ranch, located at 17601 SE Lake Moneysmith Rd., Washington 98092, King County Parcel Number 242105-9004, and legally described as follows (the “Property”): The southeast… [ Keep reading ]
Camps for children ages 5-12 will be offered at 17 locations. Scholarships available; registration opens April 20. As more businesses prepare to open and more parents return to work, Seattle Parks and Recreation will offer full-day weekly summer childcare camps for children ages 5-12. Registration opens on Tuesday, April 20 at… [ Keep reading ]
Child Care Assistance Program and Seattle Parks & Recreation school-age programs accepting new enrollments with 50% off family copays in Rainier Beach, West Seattle, Magnolia, and citywide. Seattle Parks and Recreation is excited to announce in partnership with DEEL the extension of childcare copay relief for income-eligible families through June… [ Keep reading ]
Update 6/14/21: please see this post instead since pool offerings and procedures have changed. As a pilot project, Medgar Evers Pool in Central Seattle will reopen to the public for lap swimming and independent water fitness beginning Feb. 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Swimmers must be age 13… [ Keep reading ]
