Updating Play Equipment at John Stanford School

Lucie Campbell and Greg Lewis wrote the following in the hope you can help them with a new playground at JSIS as part of the neighborhood matching fund process: The south Wallyhood playground at JSIS serves 460 children every day and also is a popular playground for the surrounding neighborhood. Community members and parents are kicking off a project to replace the nearly 20-year-old play equipment. Just for fun we wanted to share a few "old" photos from the playground - maybe you remember…

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Wallyhood Sunday Funnies: 50th and Green Lake Way

Remember "You Draw It" from the Sunday funnies? Well, now you can have that kind of fun again with Move Levy plans! Below are 2 pictures of the intersection of 50th, Stone Way, and Green Lake Way- one showing the way it works today, then a second with Cycle Tracks ready for you to design. You get to design 5 turning movements working in concert for cars and bikes: Below is the You Draw It version with cycle track entry points added. You can change any of…

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Helpful & Healthful Programs at WCSC

Wallingford Community Senior Center is chock full of fun, informative and health-related programming in May! It all kicks off with our Spring Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, May 3rd - All ages welcome! Bring your friends & family for a hearty breakfast to support programs at WCSC. Learn some Spring Cleaning techniques at the "Less Stuff: More Possibilities" workshop on May 6th, attend the many health-related presentations we're offering this month and participate in an exclusive dance class with the world-renowned Pilobolus Dance Troupe…

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Wallyhood Calendar: Gardening, Iran, and Green Homes

The Wallyhood Calendar is updated with these events and more: From 10 AM to 1 PM this Saturday is a gardening party at the Good Shepherd Center. Tara Macdonald wrote this up for Wallyhood: Historic Seattle would like to invite you to visit the Good Shepherd Center gardens. For nearly 40 years the grounds around the Good Shepherd Center have been extensively maintained and developed to create a welcoming, serene, and interesting place for both center visitors and the community to enjoy. For those who have witnessed…

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Any Hope for the Bittman House at 4625 Eastern Ave N?

Cass Turnbull hopes you can help her save a beloved house: I hope someone who is reading this is the person, or maybe knows the person,  who can save the house and garden at 4625 Eastern Ave North. It’s important. It’s keeping me up at night thinking that a developer is going to raze the garden, chop down her Heritage Trees and bulldoze that wonderful house--the likes of which will never be made again in Seattle—in order to build two or three…

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Pot Arrives in Wallingford: Hashtag is Open for Business

Wallingford's first recreational marijuana store, Hashtag, formally opened its doors for business on Monday at 3540 Stone Way. Unlike many of its brethren throughout the city, the door isn't manned by a burly door guard checking IDs, providing an immediately more open atmosphere. So too does the airy space, flooded with lots of natural light. Selections include several strains and growers along with edibles and equipment. Prices per gram appear to start around $15, from what I could see. The establishment…

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Move Levy: No Moving From Wallingford to the U-District

The U-District light rail station at 43rd and Brooklyn will be finished in 2021. In the next 9 years, 45th through Wallingford will be redeveloped with 40 and 65 foot condos with bike-only parking, and the U-District is already springing up with bike-centered towers as part of the light rail rezone. Despite this, the Move Levy makes no effort at all to help people biking or walking between Wallingford and the U-District. The plan gets locked in 1 month, then commits us to that decision for…

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