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Seattle Parks and Recreation seeks proposals for seasonal food service, recreational activities, and fitness concessions

February 5, 2016

Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is seeking proposals for seasonal partners to operate food service, recreational activities, and group fitness concessions in various park locations throughout the city of Seattle. Locations vary with sites appropriate for carts, food trucks and other self-contained service businesses.  Request for Proposal (RFP) packets can… [ Keep reading ]

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12th Ave. Square Park Opens

February 4, 2016

Seattle Parks and Recreation and the 12th Avenue Stewards are excited to announce the opening of 12th Ave. Square Park located at E. James Court and 12th Avenue between Ba Bar and Cherry Street Coffee House in the Squire Park neighborhood.  Hewitt Architects and artist Ellen Sollod collaborated with the… [ Keep reading ]

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Celebrate Neighbor Appreciation Day Feb. 11-13, 2016

February 2, 2016

We’re thankful for our Seattle neighbors every day, but in February, we dedicate a holiday just to them. Neighbor Appreciation Day is Saturday, Feb. 13. Join the celebration at an event listed below! NORTHWEST Magnolia Community Center What: Cookies, punch and coffee served When: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 13… [ Keep reading ]

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Seattle Parks and Recreation presents design for new waterfront park in the University District

February 1, 2016

Community invited to provide input Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to review the design for the development of a new park at 1101-1137 NE Boat Street on Portage Bay on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at the Bryant Building, 1117 NE Boat Street.  Please join Seattle Parks and Recreation… [ Keep reading ]

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Do you like being outdoors and sharing nature with others? Become a Seattle Urban Nature Guide!

February 1, 2016

Environmental Learning Centers (ELCs) play a vital role at Seattle Parks and Recreation: to get people outside to learn about the natural world around us, and inspire them to become stewards of our environment. One of the many ways ELC staff does this is by training volunteers to be Seattle… [ Keep reading ]

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Seattle Parks and Recreation aquatics programs (2016)

February 1, 2016

Doggy paddle, breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke. We think it’s important to master one or two of these when you live in a city nearly surrounded by water. Our swimming pools offer swimming lessons, public swims and special events year-round, and best of all, they’re indoors.

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Burke-Gilman Trail RE-OPENED at NE 132nd St. after landslide cleanup

January 29, 2016

Seattle Parks and Recreation has reopened a section of the Burke-Gilman Trail at 13200 Riviera Pl. NE that was closed on Thursday, January 28 due to a landslide. Two caution signs stating “Slide Area” are posted at each end of the trail section between NE 127th and NE 142nd streets… [ Keep reading ]

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Participants “travel the world” with Dementia-Friendly Folk Dance class

January 29, 2016

Seattle Parks and Recreation recently hosted a three-week Dementia-Friendly Folk Dance class to bring together persons living with memory loss and their care partners. The class met at Montlake Community Center, where participants “traveled the world” by performing a variety of folk dances from France, Greece, Russia, West Polynesia (Rarotonga/Cook… [ Keep reading ]

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Burke-Gilman Trail at NE 132nd St. closed due to slide clean up and repair

January 28, 2016

Seattle Parks and Recreation is working to clean up debris and temporarily stabilize the adjacent hillside at the site of a landslide, which occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 28, on a section of the Burke-Gilman Trail at 13200 Riviera Pl. NE. The trail is closed from NE… [ Keep reading ]

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Lunar New Year celebrations

January 25, 2016

It’s the year of the monkey, and we’re ready to celebrate Lunar New Year! Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a monster named Nian who lived deep under the sea. On New Year’s Eve the beast would emerge to feed on people and livestock. Villagers lived in… [ Keep reading ]

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