It was a wonderful convergence of a beautiful day and a hearty group of volunteers at the Crown Hill Natural Area on December 4. Fourteen members of the UW National Honor Society came out to refurbish the ADA walkway, clear the trails of debris, cut back overgrown shrubs, and pick up litter [...] [...]
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Missing Pavement: Scene of the Crime VOLUNTEERS NEEDED It has been recently reported that asphalt pavement has been removed from the playground area at Small Faces (on the east side of the building). Some neighbors reported the perpetrators were operating “a trencher or maybe a backhoe and a dump truck.” Seizing the moment, retired Small Faces director, Lynn [...] [...] July 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Crown Hill Center, grants, playground, Small Faces, Volunteers | |
 Print This Post | “City Fruit works neighborhood by neighborhood to help residential tree owners grow healthy fruit, to harvest and use what they can, and to share what they don’t need. City Fruit collaborates with others involved in local food production, climate protection, horticulture, food security and community-building to protect and [...] [...] Crown Hill Fruit Harvest City Fruit works neighborhood by neighborhood to help residential tree owners grow healthy fruit, harvest and use what they can, and share what they don’t use with others. www.cityfruit.org Donate fruit . . . If you have more healthy fruit than you need and would like to donate some of your harvest, contact [...] [...] We’ve just received this from Lynn Wirta about the Crown Hill Center Playground version 2.0. You can view the plans presented at the April 28th meeting here. This is a great opportunity to meet neighbors and community members interested in helping out with this community resource. The Committee is looking for large landscape rocks-2 yard size [...] [...] Lynn Wirta unveils the new playground plans At the recent Seattle Parks and Recreation Dept. community meeting to present the proposed plan for the new (as yet unnamed) Crown Hill park, Lynn Wirta presented the conceptual drawings for the new Small Faces playground. Lynn is the recently retired director of Small Faces, and she now serves [...] [...] A volunteer opportunity (received from Ray Hoffman at Seattle Public Utilities): Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is seeking community members who would like to serve on a Sounding Board to help guide the development of a long-term plan (LTCP) to control Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) in the City of Seattle. The Clean Water Act requires that Seattle [...] [...] March 26th, 2010 | Tags: boards, CSO, drainage, sewage, stormwater, Volunteers | |
Print This Post | Crown Hill neighbors are urged to join the Earth Day event on April 17 in our neighborhood. Carkeek Park is setting up teams that will fan out on our streets surrounding the park and do three things: (1) stencil on storm drains the caution about dumping waste, (2) distribute one-page flyers [...] [...] March 5th, 2010 | Tags: Earth Day, greenspace, parks, Sustainability, Volunteers | |
Print This Post | At the December Ballard District Council meeting, Council President Jennifer Macuiba called for volunteers to address poor illumination and impaired pedestrian safety along major thoroughfares in Ballard and Crown Hill. Seattle City Light does not automatically check for street light operation, leaving that up to citizens like us to initiate a repair by reporting the [...] [...] Lynn Wirta, Small Faces Emeritus Executive Director, has asked for community input and assistance in designing the play field fences east of the school building. Small Faces is slowly moving towards renovating the playground, (including the fence issue) now that the building has been secured. We have several draft drawings that are a result of children, [...] [...] Do you love Crown Hill? Are you a lawyer? Ever wondered how you could make a difference, but aren’t able to make a big commitment? Well, we have a great opportunity for you. CHNA is seeking a volunteer legal advisor. We envision that this position will require a commitment of fewer than 15 hours per [...] [...] November 11th, 2009 | |
Print This Post | [ July 10, 2010; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Date for the playscape install is the weekend of July 10 and 11. We’ll need at least 25 volunteers that weekend so please mark your calendar for helping out, then contact Small Faces to let them know you will be coming. The $17,000 grant the project received from the City is a [...] [...] May 28th, 2009 | |
Print This Post | [ April 24, 2010; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Crown Hill Neighborhood Spring Clean up Saturday, April 24th 9:00 am Meet at Petco @ 8728 Holman Road NW, Seattle [...] March 25th, 2009 | |
Print This Post | [ April 17, 2010; 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] Crown Hill neighbors are urged to join the Earth Day event on April 17 in our neighborhood. Carkeek Park is setting up teams that will fan out on our streets surrounding the park and do three things: (1) stencil on storm drains the caution about dumping waste, (2) distribute one-page flyers to homes regarding pet [...] [...] March 4th, 2009 | |
Print This Post | [ February 18, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The next meeting of the Crown Hill Playground Project will be Feb 18, 2010. Crown Hill Center 9250 14th Ave NW On the Landing 7 PM, Feb 18th The community is welcome to contribute. Thanks! [...] February 18th, 2009 | |
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