Neighborhood Planning

While every cloud may have a silver lining, every dump must have a pretty patch of green. This adage rings particularly true if the dump happens to be in our neighborhood, which is why the Wallingford Community Council (WCC) is working with a landscape designer and a Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) facilitator to create some green spaces adjacent to the newly-redesigned North Transfer Station (see map below). Would you like to volunteer to help design the space? Sure, c'mon, why not!…

Fremont and Wallingford residents who live close to the empty Thunderbird Motel/Fremont Inn on Aurora received letters from Catholic Community Services (CCS) about a meeting they're holding tomorrow (Wednesday, 7/13) to discuss the site's future. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm at the Fremont Abbey (4272 Fremont Avenue N.) Before it was sold in 2010, the Aurora Avenue motel had a long history of being a "chronic nuisance". The CCS letter provides some insight into their proposed plans of low-income housing:…

On Monday, July 11, you'll have a chance to attend an Early Design Guidance Meeting to discuss the site of a soon-to-be 4-story building at 4111 Stone Way N. The meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the University Heights Center (5031 University Way NE, Room 209). The building will be developed by Lake Union Partners, and the the proposal is for a ground level commercial building, with 27 residential units above, and parking for 21 vehicles.  

Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has three Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) application cycles in 2011 for community groups who want to apply for the Small and Simple Projects Fund. The deadline to apply for the current cycle is 5pm on Monday, May 9, and applicants must register online here at least two days before submitting an application. Past awards of Small and Simple Projects Funds include the 46th Street Mural and the installation of new playground equipment at McDonald School which was…

Take a look around Wallingford (though, I DO NOT recommend this during a torrential downpour).  Do you see any sidewalks that need repair, or any streets that would be safer with a traffic circle? The Department of Neighborhoods has what's known as Neighborhood Projects Funds (NPF) comprising both Neighborhood Street Funds and Cumulative Reserve Funds, totaling $1.2 million. These funds will be divvied up among chosen applications and will be spent in 2012 for neighborhood improvements for streets and parks. The…