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Congestion Pricing vs Property Taxes: Vote!

Post author:Eric
Post published:June 16, 2015
Post category:PI Wallingford, Seattle

The Move Seattle Levy will request $277 per year from a typical homeowner, and that's only 1/4th of SDOT's funding and doesn't even include Sound Transit. In other words, about $2000 of your annual rent or your annual property tax bill is going to pay for congestion relief, primarily trains and buses (non-motorized transportation has less than 1/10th the level of expenditure, and WSDOT is funded through the gas tax). Do we really want to fund our transportation systems by making housing affordability…

Wallingford is Invited to Spain Next Saturday

Post author:Victoria Dzenis
Post published:June 14, 2015
Post category:Wallingford, Seattle

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…

On Monday Gasworks Reopens For All Your Kiting Needs

Post author:Eric
Post published:June 13, 2015
Post category:Wallingford, Seattle

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…

This Weekend: Good Plants, Bad Plants, Phamarcants

Post author:barbbsea
Post published:June 12, 2015
Post category:Ecology Gardening Kids Nature Parks Schools Science Trees Urban agriculture Volunteer Wallingford, Seattle

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…

District 6 Wonkathon: Priorities for Tangletown

Post author:Eric
Post published:June 11, 2015
Post category:District 6 PI Wallingford, Seattle

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…

District 6 Wonkathon: Improving Housing Affordability

Post author:Eric
Post published:June 10, 2015
Post category:District 6 PI Wallingford, Seattle

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…

District 6 Wonkathon: Cycle Tracks on Green Lake Way N

Post author:Eric
Post published:June 9, 2015
Post category:District 6 Move Seattle Levy PI Wallingford, Seattle

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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