Let the competition begin! Seattle Parks and Recreation, Seattle Department of Information Technology and AT&T are hosting a mobile app competition with a parks and recreation theme. The competition, or hackathon, will take place March 18-19 at Surf Incubator, located at 999 Third Avenue in downtown Seattle. The event is… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation will host free egg hunts at various locations throughout Seattle in March. See below for location details. NORTHEAST Mighty Mites “Egg” stravaganza What: Egg hunt, play equipment, bounce house and other fun activities. Ages: Five and under Location: Miller Community Center Time: 10 a.m. to noon,… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the public to submit potential names for two new parks in the Ballard and University District neighborhoods and three park sites along Thornton Creek in north Seattle. Please submit suggestions for names to the Parks Naming Committee by March 31, 2016. Below are descriptions of… [ Keep reading ]
Join us at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 6 as the Seattle Japanese Garden celebrates First Viewing, a re-opening event welcoming the general public inside the gates for the first time in 2016. First Viewing begins with the dramatic flair of a Shinto blessing, which is a formal ceremony that… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation is working to clean up debris at the site of a landslide, which occurred today on a section of the Burke-Gilman Trail at 13200 Riviera Pl. NE. The trail is closed from NE 127th to NE 142nd and bicyclists are being detoured on to Riviera Pl…. [ Keep reading ]
Many Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities will be closed Monday, Feb. 15, in observance of Presidents’ Day. These facilities and services are CLOSED: • Community centers • Environmental learning centers • Indoor swimming pools • Green Lake Small Craft Center • Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center These facilities are… [ Keep reading ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Lifelong Recreation program is hosting a Lunar New Year celebration from 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 in partnership with the Vietnamese Senior Association (VSA). The Lunar New Year festivities will take place at Garfield Community Center (2323 E Cherry St.) and… [ Keep reading ]
