Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is offering our Synthetic Athletic Field Winter Drop-In Program through Feb. 26. This program provides community members (households or groups of 5 and under) with the opportunity to drop-in for free at designated synthetic fields to play unscheduled games with their friends and family. Normally, field… [ Keep reading ]
Join us on Zoom December 14 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm! Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR), Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), and Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group are excited to invite the Lake City Neighborhood to participate in the third and final online, design phase workshop for the future Lake City… [ Keep reading ]
Due to the inclement weather, some Seattle Parks and Recreation programs and facilities are impacted today. Community Centers, teen life centers, and environmental learning centers are currently scheduled to be open normal hours to the public (based on staff capacity). Please check back here to get up-to-date information about any… [ Keep reading ]
by Todd Burley Shel Silverstein’s classic book The Giving Tree shows the enduring lesson of selfless love, as embodied by a tree. Trees provide so much – for humans, for other animals, for ecosystem health, and for the world overall. They provide clean air, clean water, habitat, food, shelter, shade,… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation’s winter 2023 program brochures are here! You’ll find all the in-person and virtual programs we’re offering this winter among the new catalogs. Peruse and choose! Get out and make the cold, dark season brighter. Registration opens at noon on December 6, 2022. Winter 2023 Community Center Programs… [ Keep reading ]
Here are the Fall scheduled activities, free and otherwise, at the Queen Anne Community Center at 1901 1st Ave W, Seattle, WA 98119. The Center’s general hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 11:00 a.m. – 7:00p.m. Please call (206) 386-4240 if you have any questions. November 7 –December 30, 2022 Mon… [ Keep reading ]
Many Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities will be closed for one or more days in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. These facilities and services are CLOSED on both Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25: Community centers, including registered and drop-in programming Teen life centers Environmental learning centers Indoor swimming… Filed Under: Parkways
By Todd Burley and Giovannina Souers The rain has brought the return of salmon to Pipers Creek in Carkeek Park. One of three salmon-bearing streams in Seattle, Pipers Creek is a great place to see these anadromous fish complete their life journey and spawn in their home creek. Their usual… [ Keep reading ]
Victor Steinbrueck Park will close December 2022 until fall 2023 during the Victor Steinbrueck Park Renovation project. Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) awarded Kassel & Associates, Inc. the construction contract for the project. This improvement and maintenance project provides public safety improvements that include better sightlines into the park, renovating… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) encourages the community to participate in developing the 2024 Parks and Open Space Plan. The plan serves as an opportunity for SPR to align our acquisition and capital development program with the department’s strategic priorities. There are 2 ways to participate: Take this survey, or… [ Keep reading ]
