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Wallingford is Invited to Spain Next Saturday

Wallingford neighbors and friends are invited to dine in community on Saturday, June 20th from 6-8:30 PM and experience "A Night in Spain Paella Dinner!" Wallingford Community Senior Center hosts an evening of Spanish delights featuring a delicious, authentic meal of tapas, sangria, seafood paella, and sorbet de champan, followed by a ravishing performance by Flamenco Luz. $20/person, tickets available at Wallingford Community Senior Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Suite 140), via phone 206-461-7825 or online here: anightinspain.brownpapertickets.com Proceeds from this…

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Read more about the article On Monday Gasworks Reopens For All Your Kiting Needs

On Monday Gasworks Reopens For All Your Kiting Needs

The announcement from the city: The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Seattle Parks and Recreation are celebrating the reopening of Kite Hill at Gas Works Park. On Monday, June 15 at 5:30 p.m. there will be a short ceremony honoring the architecture of Gas Works Park and the artwork Sundial. Designed by renowned landscape architect Rich Haag, Gas Works Park is a unique reclamation of industrial land as a public park. Haag will share his experiences designing the park and…

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Read more about the article This Weekend: Good Plants, Bad Plants, Phamarcants

This Weekend: Good Plants, Bad Plants, Phamarcants

If you like to eat, tend or learn about plants, this weekend's Wallingford activities should be right up your alley! Invasive Plants Class 10 to 11:30 Saturday: The community gardeners at the Freeway Estates Community Orchard (FECO) invite you to participate in their invasive plants class on Saturday from 10:00- 11:30 am at the Freeway Estates Community Orchard: 6th Ave NE, just north of NE 60th St (on the west side of I-5, next to the sound wall).  This class will be taught by a representative…

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Read more about the article District 6 Wonkathon: Priorities for Tangletown

District 6 Wonkathon: Priorities for Tangletown

The Question: Finally, an open ended question. In the end, priorities often matter more than policies. What is are your top one or two priorities specifically for Tangletown and Green Lake? How will life be different in our neighborhood if you are elected? What can you say about our neighborhood specifically that will not sound like “politician blah blah” to our readers? Catherine Weatbrook's Answer: Each neighborhood in our city has unique characteristics, and we should celebrate that. With authentic and…

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Read more about the article District 6 Wonkathon: Improving Housing Affordability

District 6 Wonkathon: Improving Housing Affordability

The Question: The rising tide of income inequality and homelessness is well documented and easy to see, particularly as camper vans move into our neighborhoods, yet Seattle has been hapless to address the problem. Programs like low income housing and Conservation Corps with Seattle Parks help with individual cases, but the 10 year plan to end homelessness in Seattle resulted in more homeless people than ever. Options like rent control and income taxes are not legal in our state. Raising building heights…

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District 6 Wonkathon: Cycle Tracks on Green Lake Way N

The Question: The Move Seattle Levy includes adding cycle tracks on N 50th and Green Lake Way N. Those cycle tracks are in the Move Levy according to SDOT director Scott Kubly because we are paving those roads, and the bike master plan has cycle tracks on those roads. Unfortunately, those cycle tracks are already obsolete, having been designed to connect to a planned cycle track on Stone Way N that was removed from the Bike Master Plan at the last…

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District 6 Wonkathon: Connecting Tangletown to City Hall

As we did for City Council District 4, we are now quizzing the candidates for City Council District 6. District 6 includes Wallingford north of 50th (Tangletown), Green Lake, Fremont, Phinney and areas to the West. Mike O'Brien, who lives in Fremont and is currently on city council, is looking to hold onto his seat from challengers Catherine Weatbrook and Jon Lisbin. I have asked the candidates to follow the comments for each post, so hopefully they will will engage with you…

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