With spring break right around the corner, we have a handful of virtual camp options for youth at home to stay engaged and creative. You can click here to see the options we have available. Classes will be held virtually using Webex. Click here to download Webex. Click here to… [ Keep reading ]
From recreation coaches to park inspectors to trail and forest stewards, volunteers are essential to the work we do at Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR). The pandemic greatly curtailed our volunteer programs, however, and it’s only now that conditions have improved enough for us to feel safe in re-starting some… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation closes parking on Monday, March 29 and Monday, April 5, 2020 Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) will close the Green Lake Community Center & Pool parking lot to facilitate the placement of mechanical units on the roof of the building as part of the Green Lake… [ Keep reading ]
Proclamation signed and both cities plan events to commemorate! Mayor Jenny Durkan of Seattle and Mayor Johanna Rolland of Nantes, France signed a joint proclamation committing to a continued partnership between Seattle and Nantes and celebrating 40 years of the Sister-City relationship: “Our cities are places of experimentation and knowledge,… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) invites the community to an online meeting for the Magnuson Park Circulation Plan and Comfort Station Feasibility Study on March 30, 2021 from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Please join us online! To register visit https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocOigqz8jHNL0_XaQOl3iviEeaxB9xgm5 This online meeting is an opportunity for the community to… [ 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 ]
By Todd Burley Seattle is known as a great place to access the great outdoors that surround us in our national parks and forests. Yet you can connect to nature right here in the city through our robust network of trails that course through our 4,000 acres of natural areas…. [ 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 ]
By Patti Bakker and Todd Burley The intertidal zone is notoriously vibrant and elusive, shifting from underwater to exposed twice a day and impacted by the seasonal shifts of varying tides that offer gentle waves worthy of a sound machine or massive rollers that can lift whole logs. It is… [ Keep reading ]
If you spot a UFO in a Seattle parks this year, it’s likely a UAV – or a drone, as most of us call it – operated by a research team from the University of Washington. While drones are prohibited in Seattle Parks (SMC 18.12.265), the University’s Department of Environmental… [ Keep reading ]
