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 [...] [...]
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dennis | August 23rd, 2010 | Tags: landmarks, trees, walking | Category: Gardening, Sustainability, Walkability |
 Print This Post | Leave a comment 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 [...] [...] dennis | May 20th, 2010 | Tags: sidewalks, Sustainability, Transportation, Walkability | Category: Sustainability, Transportation, Walkability |
Print This Post | 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 [...] [...] dennis | March 20th, 2010 | Tags: Art, business, murals, Transportation, Walkability, walking | Category: Art, Businesses, Transportation, Walkability |
Print This Post | 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 [...] [...] dennis | February 4th, 2010 | Tags: closure, maintenance, SDOT, sidewalks, Transportation, Walkability | Category: Announcements, Transportation, Walkability |
Print This Post | 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 [...] [...] dennis | January 15th, 2010 | Tags: SDOT, Transportation, Walkability | Category: Announcements, Transportation, Walkability |
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 [...] [...] dennis | January 14th, 2010 | Tags: City Light, Street Lights, Walkability | Category: Transportation, Volunteers, Walkability |
Print This Post | 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 [...] [...] dennis | January 14th, 2010 | Tags: Bridging the Gap, crown hill, sidewalks, Walkability, West Crown Hill | Category: Transportation, Walkability |
Print This Post | 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 [...] [...] dennis | November 30th, 2009 | Tags: 15th Ave NW, greenspace, Holman Rd, meeting, Transportation, Walkability | Category: Announcements, Parks & Greenspace, Public Notices, Transportation, Walkability |
Print This Post | 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 [...] [...] dennis | November 22nd, 2009 | Category: Announcements, Parks & Greenspace, Walkability |
Print This Post | 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, [...] [...] dennis | October 25th, 2009 | Category: Land Use/Zoning, Transportation, Walkability |
Print This Post | 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 [...] [...] [ 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. [...] dennis | August 22nd, 2009 | Tags: trees, walking | Category: Events, Parks & Greenspace, Walkability |
Print This Post | 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: 12th Ave NW between Holman and 100th 13th Ave NW between 95th and 100th 13th Ave NW between 85th and 90th 11th Ave NW and 92nd 9th [...] [...] dennis | August 21st, 2009 | Category: Crime/Emergency, Special Events, Walkability |
Print This Post | A group of neighbors riding on the coattails of the Walkable Crown Hill Project recently received a City of Seattle Neighborhood Matching Fund grant to make some streetscape improvements for both walkability and improved appearance. The neighbors live on the dead end of Mary Ave NW, north of NW 100th Street. The grant was approved [...] [...] Seattle’s draft Pedestrian Master Plan was released last month for public comment. The original deadline for public comment was June 15th, but that has been extended to June 26th. The plan is quite extensive and covers many aspects of pedestrian activity or lack thereof in Seattle. It was developed with input from a city-wide survey [...] [...] |
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