Wallingford, Seattle

Back in April, we helped the Wallingford Community Council (WCC) get the word out that they were looking for a new logo. Erika Bigelow let us know they've chosen a winner for their contest, and it looks great: Nice work, Ted Cotrotsos of Wallingford, who created the design. Erika also writes: Hello Wallingford - The Wallingford Community Council is looking for a few good people to lend a hand.  We have a new, talented and motivated board, but have discovered that we absolutely…

Remember last year, Wallingford's Janelle Maiocco introduced Farmstr, the "AirBnB of local organic food", to Wallingford on these pages? Well hats of Janelle, Geekwire reports that she raised $1.3M from local angels for the venture: Similar to Airbnb, which allows homeowners to rent out their extra bedrooms, Farmstr gives farmers the chance to offer their food online without having to use traditional means like grocery stores or farmers markets. “They can post what they have, when they have it,” said Maiocco, also a trained chef and food…

We received this media advisory from the University Bookstore today: Hillary Rodham Clinton will be at University Book Store in Seattle for a limited-access book-signing event. The event is Wednesday, June 18 at 5:00 p.m., but she won't be speaking nor granting press interviews. That's pretty much all I know, except that traffic is going to be a bitch that day. The book store says details are subject to change, and suggest I point you www.ubookstore.com/events for more info. As of this writing, the event isn't mentioned there.

The Seattle Parks Dept sent this announcement: Parks seeks input on community-initiated park at Fremont Troll  Seattle Parks and Recreation, the Department of Neighborhoods and Harrison Design invite the community to a public meeting onWednesday, June 11, 2014 from 6:30 – 7:45 p.m. at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center, 4272 Fremont Ave. N. At this meeting, participants can learn about the new community-initiated project at the Fremont Troll – Troll’s Knoll Park. It is an opportunity to review the site analysis…