Wallingford, Seattle

Folks over at the Wallingford COMMUNITY Senior Center are preparing to spruce up their location a bit and they're asking the community if anyone has some painting supplies they'd care to donate for the project: This Friday, September 16th, is United Way Day of Caring, when volunteers from around King County come together to help local nonprofits, schools, and parks. WCSC is getting a team of volunteers from Nordstrom to help paint the lobby, front desk, and livingroom - it's going…

Wallyhood welcomes our newest sponsor, The Fitness Lab, located at 3410 Stone Way North, behind the Kite Shop in the U-Park parking lot. Owner Dillon Kreider tells us that they've been in Wallingford for 6 years now, offering customizable fitness programs for anyone looking to get, or stay, fit. The Fitness Lab has clients from every walk of life, all ages and all fitness levels. Our trainers are all certified and have specialties that they focus on including pre/post natal fitness,…

Seattle Met reports that Yogurtland, a self-serve frozen yogurt store, will open in Wallingford, occupying the former Quiznos space (2320 N, 45th St.). Yogurtland currently has a location on Capitol Hill, on Broadway and Pine that opened over the summer. The Wallingford location will be one of three new stores to open by year's end, with the other two opening Bellevue and the U District. We'll give you more details as we get them. Thanks for the tip, Lauren!

Things may be rolling along, but it's not too late to get involved in Wallingford's Neighborhood Greenway project! In fact, there's a citywide meetup potluck this Wednesday, September 14 at 6:30pm at the Mosaic Coffeehouse (4401 2nd Avenue, behind Dick's). This is an opportunity to meet with Neigborhood Greenway organizers across Seattle and learn more about neighborhood greenways. Representatives from Ballard, Beacon Hill, Wallingford, and the U District will be there to share plans, best practices and issues. Plus, Frederica Merrell…

The drive to renew the North Transfer Station (NTS, or, colloquially, the Dump) continues on apace. We received this update from Bill Benzer, the SPU project manager for the effort: Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) recently formed a new group of neighbors and community members to build off of the work of the North Transfer Station (NTS) Stakeholder Group process, which ended in June, by planning programming elements of the green space around the new transfer station. This past June, the NTS…

Everybody knows there are zombies, sometimes hundreds of them, in Fremont.  What would happen if the crowd spilled east of Stone Way one of these days, and we were attacked by them?  How do we protect ourselves?  Would rubbing garlic all over ourselves do any good?  (No!  Try cilantro instead!) Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has deemed this topic worthy of attention.  See their newish webpage Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse here. This month's Wallingford Walk, "How to…