Come out for our ‘Hood Hunt

[ April 9, 2011; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] NOTE: this is now over, please visit the Wrap Up article for the event. The Crown Hill ‘Hood Hunt is a map-based scavenger hunt with checkpoints that you must find using a map that has no street names. Use your map reading skills to keep track of where you are. Here’s how it works: Come to the [...] [...]

Rapid Ride Line D is coming

King County Metro will be replacing the current 15 and 15 Express buses which serve Crown Hill with Rapid Ride D Line by the end of 2012. As shown on KC Metro’s graphic (at the end of this article), both the Northern and Southern end of the line details have yet to be firmed up [...] [...]

Tree Walk enjoyed by many

On September 11, 2010  over 50 people  participated in a 90 minute walking tour of some of  Crown Hill’s landmark trees. Attendees were primarily from the Crown Hill neighborhood, but also included residents from nearby neighborhoods and some from Maple Valley and Bellevue. The tour featured remnants of an old orchard sprawled across what are [...] [...]

Crown Hill Tree Walk, Sept 11, 2010

Tree Walk Flyer (click to enlarge) Ever wonder about some of those trees that are neighborhood landmarks, or have unusual foliage, beautiful flowers?  Come join your neighbors for a walking tour of some of the special trees that grace Crown Hill’s private yards and public spaces. You’ll see remnants of an old orchard sprawled across what [...] [...]

Sidewalks in Crown Hill -- Are We Getting Any Closer?

In the last round of project submissions for the Bridging the Gap Levy funds, the Ballard District Council recommended three Crown Hill Projects for funding. The three projects are: 1) Walkway along 13th Ave NW from NW 90th to Holman Road, plus walkway along 90th from 13th Ave NW to 14th Ave NW; 2) Walkway [...] [...]

Murals of Crown Hill

Pipe wrench mural Upon moving to Crown Hill in 2002, I noticed many blank walls on buildings, often tagged with graffiti, painted out graffiti, re-tagged, re-painted out, etc. What is it about a blank wall that encourages vandals to leave their marks? Our major streets, 15th Ave NW, Holman Road, and NW 85th Street appeared quite [...] [...]

Sidewalk Closures Holman Road, Feb 1st to 12th, 2010

A contractor working for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will paint the railing on a raised portion of Holman Road NW at 8th Avenue NW from February 1 to February 12. The sidewalk will be closed 24-hours-a-day. During the first week, the crews will close the northern sidewalk, and then starting February 8 the [...] [...]

SDOT Bridge Painting Projects Rescheduled

This just received from SDOT. The Holman Rd railings repainting project has been rescheduled to begin on January 27th. It was originally slotted to be completed in December. During painting pedestrian access to the walkway on the Holman Road overpass over 8th Ave NW may be restricted. 2009 Bridge Painting Projects Construction Update:  January 14, 2010 Due to [...] [...]

Street Light Repairs

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 [...] [...]

Sidewalks for West Crown Hill

A dedicated group of neighbors in West Crown Hill recently applied for Bridging the Gap Large Project Fund money to construct sidewalks in their area. Deborah Jaquith shepherded the effort. The area defined for the proposed project spans from NW 85th to NW 90th between 15th Ave NW and 20th Ave NW. In their proposal, they [...] [...]

Holman Road Median Study Meeting

December 10, 2009 at 7:00pm Journey Church , 9204 11th Ave NW On Thursday, December 10 at 7:00pm the Crown Hill Neighborhood Association and the Crown Hill Business Association will host a community meeting to review designs for a series of planted medians for a section of the Holman Road / 15th Ave NW corridor.  Produced by [...] [...]

Carkeek Park Salmon Migration Walk

Saturday, November 28th 10 AM to noon (or so) Meet-up under the big oak tree at 13th and 95th Crown Hill resident Doug Gresham will be leading a walking tour to observe the migration of salmon up Piper’s Creek in Carkeek Park. Doug has worked on making the creek more friendly to salmon returning to spawn, helping to [...] [...]

Holman Rd/15th Ave NW Median Survey

Please take the survey The Crown Hill Neighborhood Association and the Crown Hill Business Association would like your input on a project to design a series of planted medians for a section of the Holman Road / 15th Ave corridor. CHNA and CHBA are working with a team of students from the University of Washington’s Community, [...] [...]

Traffic Circle 13th and 95th planted

The traffic circle (some have called it a dented football shape) at 13th and 95th was planted on Saturday, October 24th with a variety of plants, including cotoneaster, iris and other plants from the Seattle Dept. of Transportation and private donations. Neighbors, Jen Smith, Loxy Balthazar, Laura Wakefield and her daughter planted the circle on [...] [...]

Crown Hill Tree Walk, Sept 11th, 2010

[ September 11, 2010; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Crown Hill Neighbors’ tree walk with Arthur Lee Jacobson. See the full writeup here. Where: 13th Ave NW and NW 95th September 11th 9AM Family friendly walk to look at trees with one of Seattle’s foremost tree and plant experts to guide us through the treasures growing in our neighborhood. [...]