We hope you are all looking forward to the first Wallingford Porchfest coming this Saturday, June 26th. From 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM you can enjoy walking the streets of our neighborhood to hear some live music by local bands. The final lineup and map are below. Don't forget to tip the musicians on Venmo: @wallingfordporchfest. Need more information? Checkout Facebook.
June 21-27 is National Pollinator Week! Did you know that we are just entering into National Pollinator Week! We can all support "the birds and the bees" (and the butterflies, bats and other native species) in our home gardens. If you are growing fruits and vegetables it is critical to make a pollinator friendly habitat for successful food production. A pollinator-friendly garden contains a variety of flowering plants that provide blooms from spring to fall. This will support the food needs of…
For the second year running, the Fremont solstice parade is canceled. In lieu of naked cyclists and a fun family parade, the Fremont Arts Council is hosting a whole week of self-guided art walks, live mural painting, art cars, and stationary floats. Full details can be found at https://fremontfair.com/. Stationary floats can be found all over the neighborhood on both Saturday and Sunday, but the art cars are only around on Saturday afternoon. See these perennial favorites on Saturday, June 19th…
Virtual Community Meeting — Project Update Date: Thursday, June 17, 2021 Time: 6 p.m. You are invited to join Seattle Public Schools for a virtual community meeting about the Lincoln High School Phase 2 Modernization project. The project team will present updated information about the project and upcoming Phase 2A construction work. They will share the final design and the project schedule, and answer questions. Instructions to participate in the virtual meeting will be posted on the following page www.seattleschools.org/lincoln-construction or type http://bit.ly/lincoln-meeting into…
Don't worry about making dinner on Friday, June 18! Celebrate the end of the school year with a final Friday Fundraiser with Pecado Bueno - this time it's BBQ dinner! Just as with the previous Mexican and Hawaiian dinners, 30% of proceeds benefit Wallingford's St. Benedict School. Choose from chicken, pork or tofu and add fun dessert or drink. Submit your order by Wednesday, June 16th and plan to pick up at the school from 5 to 6 p.m. on Friday, June 18.…
If you’ve walked or driven along 35th St. towards Stone Way, you may have wondered what is going on just north of the transfer station at 35th and Interlake. That site is the location of the eastern terminus of the Ship Canal Water Quality Project which I wrote about here back in January of 2020. The overall goal is to reduce sewage overflows into the ship canal during times of heavy rain by providing a very temporary storage location for that…
Time to shake off the rust and bring back the live music! Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 26th when local bands will be playing porches around Wallingford. This will be a great time to walk the 'hood, hear LIVE music (!!) and support musicians. Here's more from the event page which you can follow on Facebook to learn more about the bands, stay tuned for updates and view a final schedule and map: About Wallingford Porchfest We are a community project…