Crown Hill Neighborhood Night Out Block Parties!

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 [...] [...]

Neighborhood Matching Fund Grant Mary Ave North of 100th

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 [...] [...]

Pedestrian Master Plan Input Deadline Extended

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 [...] [...]

Neighborhood Streets in Ballard

[ August 12, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Wednesday, August 12th Community Workshop – Seattle Dept of Transportation, “resources available to address the safe use of neighborhood streets in Ballard”.  6 Pm @ Ballard Library.  For more info call Shauna Walgren at 684-8681 or shauna.walgren@seattle.gov [...]

Health, Equity, & Transportation Forum

[ May 26, 2010; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Health, Equity, & Transportation Forum Wednesday, May 26th, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Yesler Community Center 917 E Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98122 This forum considers the impact transportation choices have on communities from a health and equity perspective. Moderated by C.R. Douglas, a panel of community members will discuss questions such as: What do you see in your own [...] [...]

Bike to Work Day, May 21st, 2010

[ May 21, 2010; 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Cascade Bicycle Club’s Bike to Work Day and Summer Streets Party, 4 to 7 PM @ Bergen Place Park. For more info about Celebrate Seattle Summer Streets visit http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/summerstreets.htm or call Rick Sheridan, at 684-8540. [...]

Sustainable Crown Hill Monthly Gathering, May 9, 2010

[ May 9, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Sustainable Crown Hill Meeting/Potluck All things sustainable in Crown Hill. If you’re interested in gardening, locavory, walkability, sustainability, helping the environment, this is the place to be. We’re having a potluck, followed by a meeting. 9250 14th Ave NW Crown Hill School Room 4 Potluck 5-5:30, Meeting 5:30-7 PM [...]

Walkable Crown Hill Project Report Available

The Walkable Crown Hill Project (http://walkablecrownhill.org) in Spring 2008 received a grant from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods to examine ways to make our un-sidewalked streets a little more pedestrian friendly. One of the project goals was to develop a tool kit of alternatives to the traditional gutter-curb-planting string-sidewalk system used in most areas of [...] [...]

Holman Road Median Study Meeting

[ December 10, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] December 10 at 7:00pm Journey Church , 9204 11th Ave NW On Thursday, December 10 at 7:00pm CHNA 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 a team of students from [...] [...]

Carkeek Park Salmon Migration Walk

[ November 28, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] 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 [...] [...]

Traffic Circle Planted at 12th & 95th NW

This morning as the fog was breaking up, a small band gathered at 12th and 95th NW, to plant the new traffic circle and take a first step to slowing the traffic on 12th Ave NW. In short order the mulch was pulled back, pots laid out, plants planted and watered, mulch put back, and [...] [...]