Wallingford, Seattle

Wallingford Neighborhood Greenway update

Cathy Tuttle tells us that 17 people came to the Wallingford Neighborhood Greenway meeting on Wednesday night, and the group came to a consensus on a few issues they would like to address with SDOT. Here's a brief summary of some of the points that were discussed. If you're interested in reading the complete meeting report, you can view the document via (.pdf) The purpose of the July 13 meeting was to make suggestions for metrics and specific design elements in…

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Mosaic for the world

Mosaic artist Laurel True has traveled the world to provide impoverished communities with mosaic art, fostering not only beautification, but arts education, and empowerment to people for community collaboration. True will be at Seattle Mosaic Arts (1325 N. 46th St.) for a workshop that discusses facilitating community mosaic projects. Mosaic artists, teachers, community organizers and anyone interested in community development and entrepreneurial training through the arts will benefit from this workshop. The workshop will be held next Saturday and Sunday, July 23…

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Terra Hemp Closing

After 16 years in Wallingford, Terra Hemp, purveyor of "hemp and earth-friendly items", will be closing its doors for good at the end of this month, according to their web site. Word is they will continue to operate on-line, but we haven't verified that with them yet. We do know that offering 30% off all items. Please don't try to smoke the shirts.

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Comedy Open Mic at Murphy’s

Wallyhood is pleased to introduce our special guest blogger and comedian, Barbara Sehr. When was the last time you thought about standing up in front of your neighbors and throwing out a punch line or two? There’s a word for that — a comedy open mic. Murphy’s Irish Pub, has become a proving ground for live comedy every Sunday evening at 8 pm.  The home of Wallingford’s Irish spirit(s), hosted a gaggle of comedians in its very first regular comedy open…

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Help design a new park at Woodlawn and 35th

While every cloud may have a silver lining, every dump must have a pretty patch of green. This adage rings particularly true if the dump happens to be in our neighborhood, which is why the Wallingford Community Council (WCC) is working with a landscape designer and a Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) facilitator to create some green spaces adjacent to the newly-redesigned North Transfer Station (see map below). Would you like to volunteer to help design the space? Sure, c'mon, why not!…

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Harvest fruit with Lettuce Link

Jordan ran such an informative post on Lettuce Link last summer, it bears reposting since Lettuce Link is looking for volunteers again for this year's community fruit tree harvest. His post appears below, and I've amended the date for the volunteer orientation so that it is current in the text: The volunteer orientation meeting is next Thursday, July 21 from 6:30pm - 7:30pm at Solid Ground. If you've ever looked at all the lush fruit trees around our neighborhood and thought…

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Seattle Public Library will close for one week

Heads up, Wallingford: Due to citywide budget cuts, all Seattle Public Library locations, including the Wallingford branch, will be closed from Monday, August 29 through Monday, September 5 (Labor Day). Regular Library hours will resume on Tuesday, September 6. This also means that the book drops will close on Saturday, August 27 and re-open Tuesday, September 6, when the branch opens at 1pm.

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