Enjoying a leisurely Saturday morning following Thanksgiving, 11 Crown Hill residents walked to Carkeek Park to check out the annual chum salmon return to Piper’s Creek. Doug Gresham, a wetlands ecologist and CH resident, provided expert commentary on the life cycle of salmon and the restoration project in Piper’s Creek.
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Mayor-elect Mike McGinn will be holding a town hall meeting, Monday, Nov. 30 in north Seattle to give people a chance to share their thoughts about the future direction of Seattle.
7-9 p.m., Nov. 30
Northgate Community Center
10510 – 5th Ave. NE.
There will be three town hall meetings, one each in the North, Central and South of Seattle.
For more information on the transition team and your opportunity for input, please see: http://new.seattle.gov/
Greenwood Elementary School
100th Birthday Celebration & Environmental Fair
Saturday December 5, 2009
12 – 5 PM
Perhaps you are an alumna or alumnus of Greenwood Elementary School or you wanted to rub shoulders with our new Mayor-elect Mike McGinn or School Board representative Sheri Carr? Or maybe just help our Greenwood neighbors to celebrate their centennial. Join our Greenwood neighbors in celebrating the school’s 100th anniversary. Neighbors and alumni welcome. Activities include a Family Bike Fest (12:00 – 3:30 PM) featuring a bike safety rodeo and bike and helmet fitting; Environmental Fair (2:00 – 5:00 PM) with green living booths and games; the bubble man; live music and a sing-a-long; school open house, time capsule; commemorative art; and more. For more information go to Greenwood School Centennial (http://www.greenwoodpta.org/gwe_centennial.html)
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.
Crown Hill had a healthy number of block parties on Tuesday August 4th this year. Lots of fun had by all. We were aware of these and apparently there must have been more:
Did we miss your block party? Have pictures, stories to include here? Send an e-mail to news@crownhillneighbors.org and we’ll add them to this article.
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