7-9 PM
Small Faces Break Room
Crown Hill Center
9250 14th Ave NW
This meeting is to discuss playground renewal efforts at the former Crown Hill Elementary School. Small Faces recently received a Dept. of Neighborhoods grant to work on acquiring a new play structure and other improvements including fencing, a walking path along 13th, and more!
Community involvement is encouraged!
Many neighbors and other interested parties have noticed the second fence on the Crown HIll Elementary property – referring to the one in the baseball outfield. There is also a large trench inside the fence. This fenced off area is the temporary location of Fire Station 35. The trucks and crew will be in the outfield until their new station is completed.
In order to maintain current service levels to the Crown Hill community, the fire station’s temporary location needed to be within 1/2 mile of its permanent home on 15th Ave NW. The available options were limited. Many locations were simply not large enough to meet the need. Several other commercial properties were ruled out because of driveway access not being compatible with fire engines. Others, were ruled out because they were in the heart of residential areas or active school zones.
We fully expect, and are planning for, the park construction crews to meet the Fire Station Crew when they pack up to move into their new fire station.
Construction of Fire Station 35 is on track. Construction of the new fire station will begin in about 30 to 40 days.
Representatives of the Fire Department will be at the Crown Hill Neighbors Annual Meeting on May 9 to discuss the construction of the new fire station and its temporary home on the Crown Hill Park ball field until construction is complete.
Wed, Jan 20th, 2010 at 7 PM on the landing in the Crown Hill Activity Center. The agenda will include determining a ground breaking event, sketches of the proposed playground upgrades plus fence bids. All interested folks invited to attend.
The Crown Hill Project Working Group
is proud to present the 2009 Crown Hill Arts Festival!
Admission is FREE!
Doors open at 6:30pm
Stroll the Artwalk and enjoy paintings and photography from local artists. Local community groups and building tenants will have information tables in the hallway.
View amazing performances including Irish dancing, flamenco and ballet.
Listen to live music, drink a beer or glass of wine and eat yummy appetizers donated by Honey, I’m Home Catering.
Support the Arts Festival by buying raffle tickets for an Instant Beer Cellar!
Childcare by donation from 6:30 – 10pm provided by Small Faces Child Development Center – call (206) 782-2611 to sign-up.
After more than a year of negotiations and many years of uncertainty, the Small Faces Child Development Center Board of Directors has placed before the Seattle School board a purchase offer that will decide the future of the former Crown Hill Elementary School .
The former Crown Hill Elementary School building is one of several surplus properties being sold by the Seattle School District. Built in 1919 and expanded in 1949, the building has always served as an important community resource. No longer needed as an elementary school, for the past three decades the building has served as home to a nationally accredited childcare facility, with more recent additions of ARC School of Ballet, several small arts non-profits, as well as to the Crown Hill Neighborhood Association (CHNA) and Crown Hill Business Association (CHBA).
The Small Faces Board has worked closely with its tenants, CHNA, local business, CHBA, and the City of Seattle to ensure that the school and property continue to provide vital and sustainable community services and arts programs, not just to Crown Hill but to the greater Seattle area.
At their recent September board meeting the Small Faces Board of Directors voted to finalize a purchase offer that is scheduled go to the executive level of the Seattle School District on September 10th and the in front of the full board on September 17th. A district vote is expected on October 1st.
For information on Small Faces please contact Lynn B. Wirta, Executive Director. (206) 782-2611Â For more information about the former Crown Hill Elementary, or details on the agreement and plans, please contact Catherine Weatbrook at (206) 372-2033Â Catherine.Weatbrook@gmail.com.
In late breaking news, the agreement cleared the executive committee of the school board this afternoon (September 10th, 2008).