Round about this time of year, when all the fruits and vegetables that have survived our dry Seattle summer are coming ripe, folks strolling the neighborhood start looking gazing at the cornucopia around us with wonder...and maybe a bit of hunger. Every year, for example, I pass this apple tree on NE 42nd Street and cry a little bit over the waste: whoever owns it never harvests, and the apples end up rotting on the ground. So what's the etiquette? Are…
[Editor Note: After initial posting, a member of the Navigation Team reached out to us with comment. These comments are included at the end of the post unedited.] On Wednesday, September 5, the Wallingford Community Council hosted the City of Seattle's Homeless Navigation Team for a discussion on the homeless issue, unsanctioned camping, illegal camping, potential solutions to the homeless problem and a question and answer session. We learned that the Navigation Team consists of only four field coordinators, eight police…
(Ed Note: The Wallingford Farmers Market runs through September 26th this year. That gives you three more chances to enjoy a stroll to your local farmers market before the long, bleak gray descends. Get on it!) The Wallingford Farmers Market (Wednesdays, 4 - 7 pm in Meridian Park, through late September) is a highly attended community event: long lines for naan, kids running everywhere, buskers playing the Star Wars theme on a cello. My own experience suggests that half of the…
Feeling a bit overwhelmed with the scale of the homeless problem we've been dealing with in Wallingford? Frustrated and wondering what you can do? This week's Wallingford Community Council meeting will feature a representative from the city's Navigation Team. They're the people specially trained to help people living in unauthorized encampments get the services and support they need. The Navigation Team representative will speak to safety concerns about illegal encampments, garbage, and hazardous waste (needles, human feces), as well as cover what…
From time to time, we get queries from readers wondering what is going on down at Gas Works Park on this or that particular evening. I live not far from Gas Works, and I often wonder this myself when I hear music or see official-looking people directing cars out of the parking lot. To satisfy my own and other's curiosity, I’ve assembled a list (which is probably partial at best) of what’s been happening down there at the bottom of the…
[Editor's note: Among the missions of Neighborcare Health, according to their website, is “to provide comprehensive health care to families and individuals who have difficulty accessing care.” If you are fortunate enough to have not had such difficulties, then you may have overlooked the unassuming clinic located at the intersection of 45th and Densmore in a building still easily identifiable as an old fire station. I know that I’ve walked by it many times without giving it much thought. This year,…
A car burst into flames outside the John Stanford School this morning at about 10 am. While it looks like the flames are coming out of the trunk, that's where the engine is on a Porsche. The police are there, fire department on the way, nobody was injured.