After a series of community meetings and heated discussion, the seattle Department of Transportation has released its final parking plan for Fremont. The following changes will occur in February:
Two-hour paid parking will take effect in Fremont’s retail core — a total of about 700 spaces — at a rate of $1.50 an hour.
Time-limit signs will be installed outside Fremont’s retai...... [Show More]
Yesterday, Mayor Greg Nickels christened the first segment of the Chesiahud Lake Union Loop along Westlake Avenue leading to the Fremont Bridge. A new pathway linking the University Bridge to Burke-Gilman, a map of the trail, and signage have also been completed at this point in the project. I rode my bike on the new trail segment on Westlake to Fremont and back a few weeks ago. The paved cement ...... [Show More]
In a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Mayor Greg Nickels has opened the six-mile trail around Lake Union, known officially as the Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop Trail. “The trail creates a pathway for pedestrians and cyclists to enjoy access to neighborhoods and parks, and to explore some of our history along the shores of Lake Union,” Nickels said. As part of the improvements over the last ye...... [Show More]
City of seattle Proposed Firearm Rule - Home Page
Really this seems to be another enforcement issue problem
Quote:
The suspect in the Folklife shooting had a concealed weapons permit, despite a history of drug abuse and mental health problems.
So clearly since you don’t enforce your already standing laws, it’s best to add...... [Show More]
Now is the time to make plans for your weekend and you have lots of holiday related choices in Magnolia.
The Holiday Tour of Homes is Saturday, December 6 . Tickets are on sale at Around the Block Gifts and Interiors at 3308 West McGraw St. This is your bi-annual chance to see inside six beautifully decorated homes in Magnolia including this one….
Prefer to decorate your o...... [Show More]
Come on Parks, let’s try to get on the same page. How’s a person supposed to attend an open house and a wine tasting scheduled at the same time ? Cheers to those of you who attempt it....... [Show More]
free the buses Post Source: smarterneighbors.com Posted: Dec 02 2008 16:16:59
Free the buses from being stuck in traffic with the single occupancy vehicles, that is.
Here’s what the bus ride looks like for commuters going south on Montlake Avenue in the morning. Wouldn’t a bus lane here be just terrific? It would leave me less time to write cranky blog posts, and all those buses zipping by traffic would be a wonderful incentive for single occupancy vehicles to...... [Show More]
With the SDOT due to release its final parking plan for Fremont any day now, the Fremont Chamber of Commerce says the city cares more about making money than managing parking. “Everybody feels this is a revenue-generating tactic from the city,” says Jessica Vets, the chamber’s executive director in an interview with Fremont Universe. “There are paid parking lots all throug...... [Show More]
Wow, Wallingford went six years without a grocery store on Stone Way and two years where the building had been carved out for an empty pit. Ouch!
But now it looks like some development will be coming to Wallingford. The Times reports that a decision on this space from the DPD will be coming in December , and according to the Times,
If the final master-use permit is issued within two weeks as...... [Show More]
The city approved an ambitious proposal this week for a block-long building on North 40th Street and Stone Way North (between Fremont and Wallingford). You may know the block as "that gaping chasm where the Safeway used to be."
The site’s fate has been in flux for years. After the Safeway closed, QFC proposed a new grocery store and a handful of apartments but t...... [Show More]
The Department of Planning and Development approved an ambitious proposal this week for a block-long building on North 40th Street and Stone Way North (between Fremont and Wallingford). You probably know the block well—that gaping chasm where the Safeway used to be:
Baylis Architects
The site’s fate has been in flux for years. After the Safeway closed, QFC pr...... [Show More]
A follow-up to this trenchant Slog post earlier today: The outside world is insisting I bail on work early and go for a bike ride. (Shhhh hhhhh!) ; I want a destination —mountains, trees, something beautiful—and a nice ride along the way. The starting point is the corner of 11th and Pine. I am sick of riding to Fremont and sitting under the Aurora Bridge. I am sick of riding ...... [Show More]
Neighborhood Master Plans abound! Â Here is your chance to share your opinion about the future of the Interbay Golf Course. seattle Parks and Recreation wants input from the community to update the Golf Course Master Plan and Economic Analysis for all four municipal golf courses.
If you are interested in golf at Interbay, they want to hear from you to help develop the future of the nine ho...... [Show More]
Work off that Thanksgiving dinner with a walk and scavenger hunt around Piper’s Creek in Carkeek Park from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Friday for the Piper’s Creek Annual Salmon Celebration.
Trained volunteers will walk along Piper’s Creek teaching about the amazing lifecycle of the salmon and how our urban landscape affects them. There may even be some spawning salmon. Families also ca...... [Show More]
Mayor Greg Nickols has signed an executive order forcing the city to draft a plan that would ban all firearms on city property, as well as city property leased for residential purposes . You can voice your dissatisfaction at the City of seattle link above, or call 206-684-2489.
seattle Times...... [Show More]
Here is your chance to share your opinion about the future of the Interbay Golf Course. seattle Parks and Recreation wants input from the community to update the Golf Course Master Plan and Economic Analysis for all four municipal golf courses.
If you are interested in golf at Interbay, they want to hear from you to help develop the future of the nine hole course, including funding, perime...... [Show More]
...r the Right to Keep and Bear Arms encourages Washington State residents, and citizens from across the country who regularly visit seattle, to submit comments to the city via its website:
http://www .seattle.g ov/firearm srule/
On December 15, 2008, a public hearing will be held in the Bertha Knight Landes Room at seattle City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue, with sign-in beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Mayor Nickels’ proposed plan would impair the Rights of Citizens to Bear Arms, as affirmed by Article 1, Section 24 of the Washington State Constitution. He would prevent Citizens licensed to carr... [Show More]
When I’m riding around, casually or commuting, I envision possible solutions to the traffic issues we all face as cyclists, many of which seem abundant here in Louisville. Sometimes I like to envision intersections like this:
Frankfort Avenue
A lot of the intersections I’ve noticed in this town have a really nice space located between where the cars are supposed to stop at red ...... [Show More]
...all copyright rights. But if you have any such photos, we’d really like to take a look at them. You could send them to me here as jpg files and we’d really appreciate it. roland.and erson@seat tle.gov
Thanks in advance,
Best,
Roland
Roland C. Anderson, Ph.D.
Biologist
The seattle Aquarium
1483 Alaskan Way
seattle, WA 98101 USA
phone: 206-386-4359
Welfare Editor, DAO...... [Show More]
Congratulations to Queen Anne resident Jean Sundborg, founder of the Uptown Alliance for her nomination for a 2008 Denny Awards for volunteer service. This award is given by seattle Parks & Recreation for exemplary volunteer service. Â Jean was nominated for her work on Counterbalance Park , an Urban Oasis.
The Uptown Alliance attained the siting and acquisition of land at the corner ...... [Show More]
...bjections from state officials and gun-rights advocates.
A public hearing on the proposed city gun restrictions will be held at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at City Hall. Written comments can be submitted at seattle.go v/firearms rule.
City staff released a draft of the proposed change to reporters Friday, which shows a change in line with statements Nickels made following a nonfatal shooting at the Northwest Folklife Festival in May.
The administrative change, which would not come to a City Council vote, would ban concealed weapons from city-owned property. Roads, sidewalks and ...... [Show More]
UPDATE: Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis denies the rumors, saying that although the mayor "has been in contact with the transition team about the Office of Urban Policy," he isn’t up for a position. "We have some very specific ideas about the role cities can play in the economic recovery," Ceis says. However, he adds, "The mayor’s very happy being mayor of the city of Se...... [Show More]
If only I didn’t need a ruler to draw stick figures : karion :
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the seattle Department of Transportation, seeks an artist or artist team for a unique project-based artist residency in one of the bridge towers on the Fremont Bridge.
Cookie , you would be smack dab between me and the pea .
You’d make such a great ar...... [Show More]
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