Today, December 27, Seattle Parks and Recreation with support from the Seattle Police Department is removing a makeshift garden located in Cal Anderson Park. The temporary garden is being removed due to public health and public safety issues and the need for maintenance, including reseeding the area and turf restoration. … [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) has worked with community partners to relocate some South Park Community Center services during the center’s stabilization closure through Spring 2025. Starting September 15, 2023, programming is moving to Concord International Elementary School, at 723 S. Concord St, Seattle, WA 98108. All programs will occur in the gym and… [ Keep reading ]
UPDATE ON 1/10/2024: It is with a heavy heart that the MLK March Committee has decided to CANCEL the January 13th MLK March due to safety concerns with the weather forecast for the day of the event. The Committee will regroup around site-based events and ways to uplift MLK in… [ Keep reading ]
Superintendent AP Diaz announced today the winners of Seattle Parks and Recreation’s (SPR) 2023 Denny Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Stewardship. The winners are a cross-section of Seattle’s most creative, dedicated, and hard-working volunteers who donate precious time and energy to improving Seattle’s parks and recreation programs. The Denny Awards acknowledge… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) invites the community to participate in shaping the design of the Magnuson Park Junior League Play Area. Please join us on Tuesday, December 12 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Magnuson Community Center multi-purpose room, 7110 62nd Ave. NE to participate in the Magnuson Park Junior… [ Keep reading ]
After hearing from many community members who participated in the community process on the proposed play area project at Denny Blaine Park, Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) has decided not to move forward with the play area project at Denny Blaine. While this area of our city still lacks accessible… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is offering our Free Athletic Field Winter Drop-In Program through February 25, 2024. This program provides community members (households or groups of 5 and under) with the opportunity to drop-in for free at designated athletic fields to play unscheduled games with their friends and family. Normally, field use… [ Keep reading ]
Many Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities will be closed, or on modified schedules, on two or more dates in observance of the winter holidays. Please see below for details. These facilities and programs will be CLOSED on Monday, December 25 and Monday, January 1: These facilities will have impacted schedules: … [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is seeking individuals and businesses to submit proposals to offer concessions in select city parks. The competitive process to award concessions permits will open to proposals December 6, 2023. Seattle Parks and Recreation is seeking proposals for both food concessions and non-food concessions. Permit locations… [ Keep reading ]
Come celebrate the holidays in community at the Loyal Heights Community Center! We’re hosting a FREE Holiday Open House Movie Night on Friday, December 15 from 6 to 8pm. We will be watching “The Grinch” and serving hot dogs, popcorn, and hot cocoa. You are welcome to bring sleeping bags,… [ Keep reading ]
