tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63190713564029324342024-03-13T02:46:50.640-07:00Douglas Park Cooperative<br>
<a href="mailto:douglasparkcooperative@gmail.com">douglasparkcooperative@gmail.com</a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.comBlogger317125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-67667313033729898202014-02-22T05:59:00.001-08:002014-02-22T06:05:28.402-08:00Community Meeting about new Olympic Hills ElementaryBelow is a letter from Seattle Public Schools inviting the community to view and provide feedback on early designs for the new elementary school.<br />
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You can find more information about the project at the<a href="http://bex.seattleschools.org/bex-iv/olympic-hills/" target="_blank"> project's website.</a><br />
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<b>Why did the crosswalk at 20th Avenue NE and NE 125th Street get marked? </b><br />
There were no marked crosswalks across NE 125th Street between 25th Avenue NE and 15th Avenue NE – a distance of nearly half-mile. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) marked the crosswalk and installed school crosswalk signs to make crossing the street easier, to improve pedestrian connections between neighborhoods, and to make the crossing safer and more appealing to existing and potential transit users. There are bus stops, a church and a child care center located at this intersection. The walk zone for Olympic Hills Elementary extends south of NE 125th Street and this marked crosswalk provides families living in the Victory Heights neighborhood a safer, more direct option for crossing NE 125th Street on foot. <br />
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<b>Why is SDOT installing a pedestrian safety island at the marked crosswalk? </b><br />
The island improves safety by providing two-stage crossing of NE 125th Street. This two-stage crossing gives people a place to stand and wait in the middle of the street where they are less exposed to moving traffic. Additionally, since the crossing may be used by families walking to Olympic Hills Elementary, SDOT is providing this additional safety feature to give families a safer way to cross the street. <br />
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The pedestrian island has been designed to accommodate vehicles, including cars, SUVS, pickup trucks and delivery trucks, turning on and off NE 125th Street without hitting the island. Vehicles will have to slow down in order to access the turn pocket, which is a safety feature. <br />
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<b>What are the benefits of this new pedestrian island? </b><br />
Crossing the street can be a complex task for pedestrians. Pedestrians must estimate vehicle speeds, adjust their own walking speeds, determine adequacy of gaps in traffic, predict vehicle movements, and time their crossings appropriately. Drivers must see pedestrians, estimate vehicle and pedestrian speeds, determine the need for action, and react. <br />
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Raised medians and pedestrian refuge islands allow pedestrians to cross one direction of traffic at a time. This significantly reduces the complexity of the crossing. Federal Highway Administration research shows pedestrian islands have a 46 percent reduction in pedestrian crashes. Similar research found a reduction of motor vehicle crashes by 15 percent. These islands also visually narrow the street, reducing the number of people exceeding the speed limit. <br />
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Medians are especially important at transit stops. Transit stops are frequently located along busy streets. Providing medians can make these crossings safer and more appealing to existing and potential transit users. <br />
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At this time no additional enhancements are planned. SDOT plans to evaluate the crosswalk again in 2014 to determine if additional safety enhancements are needed. <br />
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<b>What if I have additional questions about pedestrian safety in Seattle? </b><br />
Staff at The Seattle Department of Transportation would be happy to hear from you. You can contact us at <a href="mailto:walkandbike@seattle.gov">walkandbike@seattle.gov</a> <br />
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Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-25724150166328712492013-11-15T07:50:00.000-08:002013-11-15T07:50:53.231-08:00Pocket Park Work Party - Saturday, November 16th<b>When:</b> Saturday, November 16th - 10:00 am to 3:00 pm<br />
<b>Where:</b> NE 133rd between 27th and 28th Ave NE<br />
<b>What:</b> A work party to clear bramble from a future neighborhood park!<br />
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<i>Friends, we are ready to make further progress on our future park --at NE 133rd between 27th and 28th Avenues NE --from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, November 16.<br /> <br />Drop by when, and for as long as, you wish. We will have the benefit again of the SDOT Trail Full O' Tools.<br />We do not have funding for refreshments, so I'd suggest people bring their own lunch/snacks/water, and that those who feel like it bring some potluck munchies.<br /> <br />Invite your neighbors! Talk it up as you walk the neighborhood in the next couple of days.<br /> <br />Thank you for your enthusiasm to continue this work!</i></blockquote>
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-82690100676427806812013-09-10T16:17:00.002-07:002013-09-10T16:17:33.541-07:00Pocket Park Request for Volunteers<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">You need not register to participate, but if you do it will help us with planning: <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OlympicHills">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OlympicHills</a></span></div>
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Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-67656641109795788712013-08-02T12:06:00.000-07:002013-08-02T12:12:37.225-07:00Annual neighborhood block party coming up on Tuesday, August 6th<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Hopefully you received a flyer from your friendly Douglas Park Cooperative block party flyer crew on Thursday. If not, here is your digital version:<br />
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On Tuesday, August 6th, our neighborhood will have our annual neighborhood block party. It kicks off at 6 p.m. on 25th Avenue NE, between 127th and 130th.<br />
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We will have a fire pit, lots of toys for the kiddos, grills and some good ol' fashioned community fun.<br />
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Bring some food to grill or to share and meet your neighbors.<br />
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This will be our neighborhood's 5th annual block party and we plan to feature a music performance again this year. In previous years we have featured a bagpipe band and a performance by vocalist Ray Dalton and Camila Recchio.<span class="userContentSecondary fcg"> <a href="http://douglasparkcooperative.blogspot.com/2012/11/singer-who-led-our-neighborhood-parade.html" target="_blank">Dalton went on to fame</a> with international star and Nathan Hale alum Macklemore.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-28839521534509885602013-07-19T10:35:00.005-07:002013-07-19T10:38:36.982-07:00Learn how to cook amazing salmon, Volunteer for Pioneer DaysIts that time of year again when The smell of cooking salmon fills the air, vendors fill the streets, hot rods show their sparkling steel, and hundreds of people parade along Lake City Way. Yes, our much-loved Pioneer Days is just around the corner.<br />
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This year the our neighborhood event needs a little extra help from community members. Below you can find a list of volunteer opportunities. So if you have ever wanted to learn how the Lake City Lions Club makes that amazing salmon each year, this might just be your opportunity to learn from the masters.<br />
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<b>Where:</b> Lake City Fire Station 39 ( 2806 NE 127th Street )<br />
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Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-73222049495389745252013-07-12T09:23:00.001-07:002013-07-12T09:23:29.938-07:00Seattle Police Picnic<b>When:</b> Saturday, July 13th from 1pm to 4pm<br />
<b>Where:</b> At the North Precinct across the street from North Seattle Community College ( 10049 College Way North )<br />
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All North Precinct residents are invited! Come enjoy food, music, and an opportunity to learn about and interact with many of SPD's specialty units like: K-9, Mounted Patrol, Bomb Squad, and SWAT.<br />
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<br />Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-32919357263568116042013-07-01T13:18:00.001-07:002013-07-01T13:18:35.102-07:00Lifetime Learning Center - summer course registrationThe Lifetime Learning Center in Lake City is offering 9 classes for the summer schedule. <div>
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The cost is $50 for registration and you can attend as many classes as you like. You can register online <a href="http://lifetimelearningseattle.org/registration.html">here</a>.<div>
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<b>WHEN:</b> Every Tuesday and Wednesday during the four weeks of July, beginning July 9, 2013.<br /><br /><b>WHERE: </b>3841 NE 123rd in the Education Wing on the lower floor. </div>
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Who was Richard Hugo? Most of you have heard of Richard Hugo House, but you may not know much about this nationally known poet with deep roots in Seattle and Western Washington, as well as in Montana, where I taught with him at the University. We will read two or three poems in each class period, and discuss them, with a focus on the poems set in our area. Copies of poems will be provided, but if you want a book, either the Selected Poems or Making Certain It Goes On: The Collected Poems of Richard Hugo, both published by Norton, are widely available, both new and used.</div>
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Created by Marion Rosen to foster, support, and maintain flexibility during the aging years. This goal is aided by music, which provides fun and inspiration to move all the joints with ease in an hour. Come move with us-be more open to the day and to life!</div>
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You are invited to an exploration of the International Fine Art of Mystery Writing. Come exchange books, learn about new authors you haven't read. Talk about ideas and your favorite sleuths. Police, Private Detectives, Medical Examiners, Forensic Pathologists, Forensic Anthropologists-even detectives set in the Middle Ages.</div>
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The Iron Horse (1924), silent, George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy, 149 minutes. (Note: Because of the film's length, its showing may be divided between the first and second weeks, unless the entire class wishes to see the film in one showing). The Informer (1935), Victor McLaglen, Preston Foster, Una O'Connor, Joseph Sawyer, Heather Angel, Margot Grahame, Donald Meek, Wallace Ford, J.M. Kerrigan, Joseph Sauers (Joe Sawyer) and Donald Meek, 92 minutes. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Eddie Collins, Pauline Moore, Richard Cromwell, Ward Bond, Donald Meek and Milburn Stone, 100 minutes. My Darling Clementine (1946), Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Ward Bond, Alan Mowbray, John Ireland, Jane Darwell and Grant Withers, 97 minutes.</div>
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Seattle Shakespeare Company's Wooden O Theater presents The Tempest in its summer season of free performances in the parks of Seattle and environs. In a time of European exploration and schemes of Utopias, Shakespeare set this play on an island in the "Bermudas," where several shipwrecked groups experience the original "sea change," finding love and forgiveness rather than rancor and revenge for wrongs endured. This is the last of Shakespeare's comedies and his farewell to the theater. We will read and discuss the play, see a film, and attend an outdoor performance. The Folger library edition will be available from the instructor at the first meeting.</div>
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This course will study a number of Robert Frost's better known poems, both for their literary value and their technical skill. The class will include poems from Frost's early and later books, including A Boy's Will, North of Boston, Mountain Interval, New Hampshire, A Witness Tree, West Running Brook, and A Further Range. A packet of poems will be provided for $2.50.</div>
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Tai Chi is a slow moving meditation to improve health, balance and spirit. From the gentle practice of the postures, you will learn about your physical and spiritual center.</div>
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People use tools and civilization to survive in the natural world. Birds have only themselves. Come along with master birder and author Connie Sidles as she takes you on a tour of bird's anatomy, showing how birds use their physical attributes to survive and thrive. With the help of bird skins from the Burke Museum, you'll learn about feathers, bills, feet, tails, eyes, ears, and other bird parts that allow birds to be perfectly adapted to their environment. After this series of hands-on classes, you'll never look at birds the same way again.</div>
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Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-86204146340967069502013-06-26T13:10:00.000-07:002014-01-09T10:58:20.267-08:00PHOTOS: DPC 2013 garage salesRecently Douglas Park Cooperative organized neighborhood garage sales. We had more participation than last year but still would like more households to participate next year. Its a fun way to meet neighbors and get rid of some stuff.<br />
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Here are photos from the 2013 DPC neighborhood garage sales.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flagging down potential customers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Music on 25th Avenue NE provided ambiance as people searched for the perfect item</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chuck Dickey with some of his items</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking home with a new dinosaur purchased from a neighbor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lemonade stand</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-1903110811025870402013-06-21T10:36:00.002-07:002013-06-21T10:36:35.802-07:00Coffee Talk Lecture #4 - Demographic Trends and Diversity<b>When:</b> Tuesday, June 28th / 6:30 -8:30pm<br />
<b>Where:</b> Lake City Community Center / 12531 28th Ave NE<br />
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The last APA-LCNA sponsored Lake City Coffee Talk is focusing on demographic trends and diversity in the Lake City community. Come learn more about how Lake City is evolving, who makes up our community, and getting ideas on making Lake City welcoming to all of its residents. <br />
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This Roundtable will begin with a description of Lake City age, race, ethnicity, income, gender, and household characteristics, followed by invited guests sharing briefly their experiences reaching out and engaging many diverse groups in their work. Using a Roundtable format, all of us will participate in discussing what we see as opportunities and challenges as Lake City grows and changes. <br />
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Speakers include: <br />
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<b>Rachel Miller </b><br />
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North Seattle Family Center and UW PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Planning <br />
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<b>Lisa Uemoto </b></div>
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SHA Community Builder for Lake City Court <br />
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Come for coffee and talk with these experienced professionals and your neighbors about strengthening the Lake City’s design and identity for the future. <br />
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The Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association’s Community Planning Assistance Team (CPAT) is co-hosting a series of “Coffee Talks" for the Lake City community with the Lake City Neighborhood Alliance. <br />
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The Coffee Talks are a series of community learning opportunities to help educate our community on planning elements that will impact the success of planning for our neighborhood’s growth and development. <br />
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The intent of the Coffee Talks is to learn about key concepts that could help guide our work on the Pierre Property redevelopment and with City agencies on meeting our broader neighborhood plan goals. <br />
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Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-89912733785595874632013-06-13T10:19:00.002-07:002013-06-13T10:19:55.916-07:00Father's Day Celebration this Saturday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Seattle Housing Authority is in partnership with the North Seattle Family Center, and the Lions Club in organizing a 2013 celebration<b> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">honoring</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <b>all Fathers, Parents and Caregivers</b>.</span> Last year, we had over 150 people attended. We hope you could join us this year! At this event, we will have free BBQ, family photo booth (thanks to <a href="http://Kapchur.US/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Kapchur.US</a> Photography), lots of children’s activities, bubble man, and valuable community resource tables available. For more information, please see attached flyer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We also in needs of volunteers! To make this event a successful one, we really depend on our wonderful volunteers. If you + your friend/family are available to help even for couple hours, please contact Lisa Uemoto at 206-295-8942, or <a href="mailto:cuemoto@seattlehousing.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: windowtext;">cuemoto@seattlehousing.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-71243938699061470542013-06-10T23:33:00.000-07:002013-06-11T08:06:02.164-07:00Hollywood comes to Olympic Hills neighborhood<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Director Lynn Shelton looks through the viewfinder during filming Monday on 19th Avenue NE in the Olympic Hills neighborhood. (Joshua Trujillo, seattlepi.com, used with permission)</td></tr>
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The Olympic Hills neighborhood got to play a starring role in a Seattle-based movie on Monday. <br />
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A crew shooting scenes for the film "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2034031/" target="_blank">Laggies</a>" took over 19th Avenue NE near NE 137th Street, just blocks from Olympic Hills Elementary School. The crew worked for most of the day in an area secured by Seattle Police officers during the filming.<br />
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The film, "Laggies," is a dark comedy about a woman, stuck in permanent adolescence, who lies to her fiancé about going on
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The film stars actress <a href="http://Keira Knightley" target="_blank">Keira Knightley</a> (<i>Anna Karenina, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride and Prejudice, Star Wars, Bend it Like Beckham, Love Actually</i>). The movie also features actress <span itemprop="description"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1631269/?ref_=tt_cl_t1" target="_blank">Chloe Grace Moretz</a> and actor <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005377/?ref_=tt_cl_t3" target="_blank">Sam Rockwell</a>.</span><br />
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In recent days the crew has been spotted filming at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=561507713890343&set=a.515345851839863.1073741825.477153552325760&type=1" target="_blank">Shorecrest High School</a> in Shoreline, and at Ballard's <a href="http://www.myballard.com/2013/06/05/major-motion-picture-being-filmed-in-olympic-manor/">Olympic Manor</a>. It was also reported that they were recently filming on the decommissioned <a href="http://www.wallyhood.org/2013/06/filming-skansonia/" target="_blank">ferry Skansonia</a> on Lake Union.<br />
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The filming on Monday included an action scene where a car crashed into a row of mailboxes on the street. A camera was seen mounted inside an older model Ford station wagon used in the scene.<br />
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Neighbors came out to see the filming but were politely asked to keep their distance as the crew buzzed around the set. Many others wandered over, wondering what was happening in the usually quiet neighborhood.<br />
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The movie is directed by accomplished actress, director and writer <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119645/" target="_blank">Lynn Shelton</a> (<i>Humpday, Your Sister's Sister</i>).<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-77362597357899744812013-06-03T13:20:00.000-07:002013-06-04T19:34:58.974-07:00Graffiti Paint out Wednesday, June 5th<br />
Resident Chuck Dickey will be leading a crew of community court "volunteers" to paint out graffiti in Lake City on Wednesday, June 5th. But you don't need a court order to help out. If you are available please stop by and lend a hand.<br />
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They will be meeting up at the Lake City Community Center ( 12531 28th Ave NE ) at 9:30 a.m. Water, doughnuts, and cookies will be available to fuel you through to 3:30 pm if you choose to stick it out that long.<br />
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Help make Lake City a little nicer by removing tags and enjoying some good company.<br />
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Lake City Live previously wrote about Dickey and his neighborhood cleanup crew. You can <a href="http://lakecitylive.net/2013/04/25/community-court-offenders-volunteers-work-to-clean-up-lcw/" target="_blank">read that story by clicking here</a>. Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-92183183264703030002013-05-31T23:09:00.000-07:002013-05-31T23:20:54.752-07:00Organizers planning to move Eva's rocks Saturday morning (June 1st)Recently we wrote about Eva Sismaet, a resident that lives on NE 130th Street and 27th Avenue NE. Because of a sidewalk that will soon be installed in front of her home, the retiree will have to move the garden that she has spent years perfecting along her property.<br />
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Read <a href="http://douglasparkcooperative.blogspot.com/2013/05/evas-beloved-garden-needs-to-be-moved.html" target="_blank">the full story here.</a> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva moves the rocks in her garden.</td></tr>
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Eva created the garden to deal with runoff that was draining onto her parking area and to beautify the drainage ditch alongside her property on 130th. She also worked to beautify the area for her, and our enjoyment.<br />
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She was told by city officials that anything left in her garden once construction of the sidewalk starts would be swallowed up by heavy equipment. <br />
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The outpouring of support and offers to help to move the large amount of river rock that serves as drainage along her property were inspiring. Dozens of neighbors offered to help. So many people offered help that people organizing the effort consulted with Eva and decided they did not want to overwhelm her yard with too many helpers. About 10 of the first people that volunteered were organized to help with the rock relocation.<br />
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The volunteers plan to start moving Eva's rocks Saturday morning (June 1st) at 9 a.m.<br />
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Neighbors are still encouraged to stop by and say hi, and to help carry a few buckets of rocks if you feel like getting some exercise. Rock movers probably also wouldn't mind some refreshments or snacks as they form a bucket brigade to help move her rocks.<br />
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Mrs. Sismaet has also offered her elephant ear plants to neighbors that are willing to give them a good home. <br />
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The YMCA is looking to provide programming in Lake City. They are currently working with Olympic Hills Elementary to provide after school programs and are looking to provide additional programming at our community center. </div>
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<br />Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-32284571882336943872013-05-28T13:07:00.003-07:002013-05-28T13:08:18.713-07:00Reminder: Douglas Park Cooperative garage sales this Saturday<i>We <a href="http://douglasparkcooperative.blogspot.com/2013/05/douglas-park-cooperative-neighborhood.html" target="_blank">posted the following</a> on May 1st and handed out leaflets. This post is to remind you that this coming Saturday, June 1st, we plan to host the second annual Douglas Park Cooperative neighborhood garage sales. Information is below:</i><br />
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Douglas Park Cooperative neighbors are again planning a coordinated neighborhood garage sale.<br />
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Last year we had a handful of homes participate in the sales, which were advertised on message boards and with signs along NE 125th Street. At one point we had so many people stopping to look at items for sale on 25th Avenue NE that it wasn't possible to drive down the street.<br />
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On <b>Saturday, June 1st 2013</b> we again plan to sponsor a community-wide garage sale. And you are invited to participate.<br />
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We will advertise the neighborhood sales on Craigslist, social media and other website. We will also set up signs on Lake City Way, NE
125th ST, 15th Ave NE, and other areas to point people in our direction.<br />
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You can <a href="mailto:douglasparkcooperative@gmail.com" target="_blank">email us</a> the address of your sale, or just the nearest cross streets, and we can add it to a map we plan to create for the neighborhood sales.<br />
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Check back here on the <a href="http://douglasparkcooperative.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Douglas Park Cooperative website</a> for details as we get closer to the date.<br />
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Tell your neighbors! And pass along this information to anyone we missed.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-84658289487888526282013-05-23T14:55:00.000-07:002013-05-23T15:10:25.464-07:00Eva's beloved garden needs to be moved for new sidewalk, neighborhood plans parade of wheelbarrows<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva moves a rock in her garden on NE 130th Street.</td></tr>
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Eva Sismaet is proud of her hard work. And she should be.<br />
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Like so many streets in Lake City, the road on both sides of her corner lot lacked basic infrastructure. There is no curb. Runoff from the street on the west side of her property would pool on her blacktop driveway, turning the area into a dangerous ice rink during the winter.<br />
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On the north side, along NE 130th Street, the ditch cut into the shoulder of the road would become a mucky, overgrown and litter-filled mess when it rained.<br />
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The retiree on a fixed income decided to act and beautify her little slice of our community.<br />
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Eva, who has lived in her home with her husband Romeo for 33 years, turned the mucky ditch into a rock-lined garden. She planted elephant ear plants, kept down the overgrowth with tree bark and added colorful plants into the visually appealing mix that lines her property.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eva</td></tr>
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Most days she can be seen out there, with a wide brimmed hat, meticulously keeping her garden manicured for her —and our— enjoyment. (If you ever stop to chat she will engage you in friendly conversation)<br />
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Eva gardens to keep her mind from the troubles she has faced in recent years. Her husband, a veteran of the Vietnam War that served in Saigon, battled lung cancer and now suffers from coronary obstructive pulmonary disease. Things got worse when her home was recently burglarized, robbing her of a sense of security that we should all be able to enjoy in our homes, our havens.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Change comes to Eva's garden</b></span><br />
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The stakes with pink surveyors flags were the first indication of what was going to happen to Eva's garden.<br />
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You see, members of our community have been advocating for needed sidewalks for decades. Recently, funding for a new sidewalk on NE 130th, right in front of Eva's home, was secured. <br />
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The new sidewalk is part of efforts to have a safe path for students to walk from Olympic Hills Elementary to the Lake City Library. The sidewalk and curb will bring drainage and a safe path to an area that Eva created drainage and beauty in her own makeshift way.<br />
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The City of Seattle has told Eva that she needs to remove the years of work she put into her garden before sidewalk construction begins this summer. Once construction starts, anything left behind from her beloved garden would be swallowed up by tractors and dump trucks.<br />
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Eva then started to move her massive garden and drainage. Rock by single rock.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Offers of help</span></b><br />
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Recently a neighbor approached Eva as she was in front of her home lifting rocks. The neighbor suggested she ask the community for help.<br />
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At first she was unsure and said she didn't know what community the neighbor was talking about. When approached later by another neighbor, offering the same help, she became emotional. <br />
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You see, neighbors are for so much more than politely waving to occasionally or
visiting with once a year at a block party —or telling that their dog
barks too loudly. (This is where <b>you</b> enter this story)<br />
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"I am really fortunate to find out that the community we're living in has people with helping hands. I am proud of you guys," Eva said of the neighbors that have offered help. She also offered her elephant ear plants to anyone that wants to give them a good home.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Parade of wheelbarrows</b></span><br />
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So here is what <b>WE</b> can do.<br />
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Grease up the wheel of your wheelbarrows, get your shovels and work gloves ready. Douglas Park Cooperative is planning a parade of wheelbarrows to move the massive amount of river rock in Eva's street-side garden into her yard. <br />
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This is not an easy task as there is quite a bit of large river rock in her garden. But with enough man-woman-kid power we should be able to knock this out in a few hours. <br />
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We are still working on a date to accomplish this in the next couple of weeks, before construction of the sidewalk starts. It will likely be a weekend day in the middle of June. So check back here and we will post all the info when we have a date firmed up with Mrs. Sismaet. We will post the info on our Facebook Page, on our email list-serve and here, on our blog.<br />
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So who is ready to rock Eva's rocks and move them into her yard?<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-83447444534714164252013-05-16T13:47:00.000-07:002013-05-16T13:47:36.940-07:00Results of Port a Pot SurveyBelow are the results of the Port a Pot survey. Thank you for taking the time to vote.<br />
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The results will be sent to the Department of Neighborhoods and we will follow up with them to work out an action plan from the city. Stay tuned.<br />
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<br />Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-30152871896055863122013-05-13T11:07:00.001-07:002013-05-13T13:31:19.527-07:00Survey - What should we do with the Mini Park Port a Pot?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">Current location of Port a Pot at the Lake City Mini Park.</td></tr>
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The Lake City Mini Park sits in the heart of Lake City’s business district at the corner of 125th and Lake City Way. Visually, the park consists of a paved area, an archway and a Port a Pot.<br />
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Lake City businesses and property owners would like the Port a Pot to be removed. They cite ongoing health and safety issues associated with it, including public urination and defecation —despite the availability of the Port a Pot in the center of the Lake City business district.<br />
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Homeless advocates have said in the past that the Port-aPot is the only place some have to use during the night. <br />
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A survey is being conducted to find out what the Lake City public would like to see happen with the Port a Pot. Both the park and the Port a Pot have a storied history. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the Port a Pot’s background before completing the survey. More info is below the survey.<br />
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Prior to 2003, the Lake City Mini Park included a water feature, plantings, and structural features. These provided quiet spaces at a busy intersection. However, they also provided limited visibility. Criminal and nuisance behaviors (drug use and dealing, public inebriation, urination and defecation) were a regular daily occurrence.<br />
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In 2003, the city spent $340,000 to redesign the park. During the redesign phase, the primary concern was how to reclaim the park from negative behaviors. The city’s solution was to remove all features that blocked visibility - hence the wide concrete open area that exists today. </div>
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When the park’s redesign was completed, the negative behaviors returned to the park. Lake City businesses documented a significant increase of human feces and urine found on their business doorsteps daily. The business community requested a Port a Pot be installed at the Lake City Mini Park to help end this public defecation/urination.<br />
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Around the same time, the Mennonite Church (located one block away on 125th) welcomed homeless individuals to use their church property. The Mennonites installed a Port a Pot on their property, but later removed it. The Mennonite Church continued to expand their work with homeless, many with addiction issues. They opened a drop-in facility for homeless individuals near the corner of 125th and 33rd Ave and are currently working with Community Psychiatric Clinic to provide a new and enlarged homeless drop-in facility.<br />
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Today, the issue of public defecation and urination in Lake City’s business district continues, even as the Port a Pot sits available. Businesses adjacent to the park report routinely cleaning urine and feces from their properties. Eye witness accounts document open urination and defecation within yards of the Port a Pot, as well as drug dealing associated with the Port a Pot.<br />
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There are only three other permanent Port a Pots in Seattle, one of which is in a business district - Pioneer Square. The service contract on the Port a Pot costs the City of Seattle $7,800 per year.</div>
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Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05671490281559594922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-81754066844354487382013-05-09T08:43:00.001-07:002013-05-09T08:48:55.040-07:00'Harp to Heart' concert coming to Two Dog Yoga on Saturday, May 11th<a href="http://lakecitylive.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/20130508-111741.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="20130508-111741.jpg" class=" alignright" height="135" src="http://lakecitylive.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/20130508-111741.jpg" width="361" /></a>Two Dog Yoga is rolling up the yoga mats and bringing in the harps this
Saturday night (May 11th) for a concert at the Lake City yoga studio on
Mother’s Day Eve!<br />
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Folk musician Martha Gallagher will collaborate with local harp players Seumas Gagne and Leslie McMichael during the Saturday evening concert at Two Dog Yoga Studio (12549 28th Ave NE).<br />
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Gallagher’s career includes solo national tours sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, performing with six-time Grammy winners The Chieftains, and teaching as a visiting artist at prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Describing the ebullient Gallagher’s personality and music, North Country Public Radio host Todd Moe summed her up by saying, “Martha Gallagher is Janis Joplin-Joan Baez-Jean Redpath all rolled into one. She's a treasure; her music lifts up the spirit and reminds us why we're here."<br />
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Seumas Gagne is a Scottish Gaelic teacher, singer and harp player with strong ties in both Seattle and Vancouver, B.C He is a frequent guest musician for local choirs such as Puget Sound Revels, City Cantabile Choir, the Vancouver Gaelic Choir, and others. Gagne’s debut album “Baile Ard” was released to acclaim in 2012, and when he is not playing his harp, he blogs about gay rights, polytheism, cooking and sewing.<br />
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Vashon Island harpist Leslie McMichael is well-known as a Suzuki teacher at Music Center of the Northwest and as a performer of original scores with vintage silent movie screenings. For the Mother’s Day weekend concert, she plans to share a sampling of her film scores, as well showcase her witty original songs on Celtic harp.
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<b>What: Harp to Heart Concert</b><b> </b><br />
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<b>When: Saturday, May 11th, 7 p.m.</b><b> </b><br />
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<b>Where: Two Dog Yoga Studio (12549 28th Ave NE)</b><br />
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Tickets to the Harp to Heart concert are $15 general admission, or just $40 for a Friends & Family Four Pack. Brown Paper Tickets has advance tickets, and the link for the 7 pm Saturday event is <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/365552" target="_blank">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/365552</a><br />
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Any questions, call Leslie Mouton at 206-661-5182 or Leslie McMichael at 206-898-4972.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-11607869142763490152013-05-01T00:12:00.003-07:002013-05-01T00:12:50.889-07:00Douglas Park Cooperative neighborhood garage sales scheduled for June 1st<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Douglas Park Cooperative neighbors are again planning a coordinated neighborhood garage sale.<br />
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Last year we had a handful of homes participate in the sales, which were advertised on message boards and with signs along NE 125th Street. At one point we had so many people stopping to look at items for sale on 25th Avenue NE that it wasn't possible to drive down the street.<br />
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On <b>Saturday, June 1st 2013</b> we again plan to sponsor a community-wide garage sale. And you are invited to participate.<br /><br />You can:<br />
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<li>Set up your own garage/yard/carport sale</li>
<li>Partner with a neighbor for a bigger sale</li>
<li>Set out free items in front of your home</li>
<li>Have your kids set up a refreshment stand</li>
<li>Visit your neighbors' sales</li>
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We will advertise the neighborhood sales on Craigslist, social media and other website. We will also set up signs on Lake City Way, NE
125th ST, 15th Ave NE, and other areas to point people in our direction.<br />
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You can <a href="mailto:douglasparkcooperative@gmail.com" target="_blank">email us</a> the address of your sale, or just the nearest cross streets, and we can add it to a map we plan to create for the neighborhood sales.<br />
<br />Check back here on the <a href="http://douglasparkcooperative.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Douglas Park Cooperative website</a> for details as we get closer to the date.<br />
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Tell your neighbors! And pass along this information to anyone we missed.<br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-78174198498804094422013-04-26T08:46:00.000-07:002013-04-26T08:46:26.789-07:00Mayor McGinn looks to spend part of Spokane Street Viaduct savings in Lake City<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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The City of Seattle's recently-completed Spokane Street Viaduct, a $163 million project in Sodo, came in under budget. In March <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/press/newsdetail.asp?ID=13498" target="_blank">Mayor Mike McGinn announced</a> that part of the $11.75 million saved would be invested in other Seattle transportation, infrastructure and pedestrian-related projects.<br />
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McGinn, who in recent weeks participated in a bus tour of Lake City, has announced that he hopes to invest $1 million of that money in Lake City.<br />
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"This funding will allow the City to begin design work on pedestrian projects currently being identified through the Lake City Way Traffic Safety Corridor Project and other community processes, and additional pedestrian mobility improvements along the length of the corridor and intersecting streets," McGinn said to community members in a recent email.<br />
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The $1 million would be written into McGinn's proposed 1st Quarter Supplemental Budget. The City Council will likely be considering this proposed supplemental budget in May.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319071356402932434.post-54367726377417680032013-04-26T08:37:00.000-07:002013-04-26T08:39:19.710-07:00Community court offenders, volunteers work to clean up LCW<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People sentenced by a judge to community service work to clean up Lake City's urban core.</td></tr>
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The sidewalks in the business core of Lake City are often disgusting. Newspapers and trash left by commuters blow around near bus stops, gum and other foul-looking things are ground into the concrete, car parts ejected from vehicles passing by on 522, and beer cans left by our neighborhoods' chronic inebriates often litter the area.<br />
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The unsightly scene can leave a quick and lasting bad impression of the Lake City business core, an area supposedly <a href="http://lakecitylive.net/2013/03/26/american-planning-associations-community-planning-team-offers-guidance-on-future-of-lake-city/" target="_blank">looking for an identity</a>.<br />
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Sidewalks guaranteed to always be unsightly include the stretch in front of Romios, the Lake City Hair Salon, Dollar Plus, and Pho An. On the west side of the street, the area in front of Public Health's Lake City Dental Clinic and near the Lake City Mini Park is often a mess. The litter problem around the bus stops, and in front of those businesses, has been discussed at many neighborhood meetings. Unfortunately, nothing seems to have changed.<br />
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But one group of people are working to change that —on orders from a judge.<br />
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The Seattle Municipal Community Court offenders program worked recently on the Lake City Way business core. They cleaned up trash and worked to beautify the neighborhood.
They picked up bottles, cans, and gathered a number of used hypodermic needles from flower pots in the business core on Lake City Way. Future plans call for adding bark to trees and gardens.<br />
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Led by service workers from Americorps, who supervise the offenders, and longtime Lake City resident Chuck Dickey, the crew heads out every two weeks. They have gathered large bags of garbage, trimmed overgrown vegetation on public rights of way, picked up the dangerous mess left by drug users, and worked to clean up after people that may have missed the lesson in kindergarten about not littering.<br />
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Dickey, a member of the Lake City Lions Club, said that the courts are sending fewer offenders to participate in the program recently, but that they can almost always be guaranteed to be working around Lake City on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month.<br />
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Judges can sentence the offenders to complete the program for minor offenses like stealing and drug possession. The program works to keep these low-level offenders out of jail and also helps beautify an area that often struggles with an apparently messy population and apparent lack of stewardship from some business owners and property managers.<br />
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Dickey admitted that sometimes Lake City can look run down and neglected. And an increase in empty storefronts makes the problem worse.<br />
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The offenders, staff and volunteers from Community Court have painted out graffiti and have also painted murals around the Lake City Community Center.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lakecitylive.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/court_01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Tracy Lamont of Americorp, who helps supervise people sentenced to community service, and longtime Lake City resident Chuck Dickey clean up alongside community court offenders." class="size-full wp-image-1544659" height="360" src="http://lakecitylive.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/court_01.jpg" width="520" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tracy Lamont of Americorp, who helps supervise people sentenced to
community service, and longtime Lake City resident Chuck Dickey clean up
alongside community court offenders in front of the shuttered Rimrock
on LCW.</td></tr>
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