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Save Trees From Ivy, November 9th, 2013

Help save nearly 200 trees from an ivy infestation! Join us from 9am to 1pm on Nov 9th. Help Crown Hill Business Association and our neighbors, as well as a safety and technical team from SDOT to save our street trees along Holman road and NW 86th.  There will likely be a partial road closure for worker safety.  SDOT staff will help! Many tools and gloves provided.  Bring shovels and loppers and if you prefer your work gloves, bring those too.   Meet at Crown Hill Park NW 92nd and 14th ave NW.

There will be food and beverages. Come for as long as you can.  Let’s get this project started!
If possible please RSVP to Catherine.Weatbrook@gmail.com so that we may better plan tools, project reach tab day, food, and beverages.

Date: Saturday, November 9th 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Crown Hill Park NW 92nd and 14th ave NW

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Technology Matching Fund award ceremony

DSC04191 by City of Seattle
DSC04191, a photo by City of Seattle on Flickr.

Crown Hill Neighborhood Association received funds for 1 year of on-site digital training classes to be held at, and benefit the underserved residents of, United Indians Youth Home (big white building on NW 90th Street & 13th Ave NW). The curriculum includes Word, keyboarding, Internet safety and social media. Instructors are from North Seattle Community College and classes are open to Crown Hill neighbors.

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$5000 grants for projects/programs Doing Good Now

Thanks to the Recycling Challenge hosted by Waste Management (WM), eight Crown Hill/Greenwood charities or community organizations will be awarded $5000 each.   Deadline to apply is September 16.

Last fall the Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) agreed to be the community partner with Waste Management.  They will be facilitating the grant process but all eligible applicants will be selecting the recipients.

To be eligible, recipients must be:

1.       A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or be a community group with a current (pre-existing) fiscal sponsor

2.       Serving all or part of the Greenwood/Crown Hill– Waste Management’s Wednesday North Service area (ie garbage pick-up is Wed).

3.      A program or project already in progress or at least “shovel ready”

4.      Able to spend the grant  by July 1, 2014

5.      Participate in the selection committee and attend two meetings (Sept 26 and Oct 10) .

Application

Contact Ann Bowden ann@phinneycenter.org

Garage Sale

Garage Sale Map, July 27, 2013

UPDATE: the 2013 sale is over. The 2014 Crown Hill Neighbors Garage Sale will be held on July 26th this year. Signups will open in the last week of June 2014.

Signups for the Crown Hill Neighbors Garage Sale on July 27th are now closed. The final map and listings are available here: http://crownhillneighbors.org/gsale/

Thanks for participating in our sale whether you are selling or buying. Best of luck to all in finding or selling those special treasures. Take care and  drive safely.

Garage Sale Map and Listings 2013
Click for map and listings
Announcements

Burke Gilman Trail Missing Link Meeting, August 8, 2013

There will be a meeting on the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement for the completion of the “Missing Link” of the Burke-Gilman Trail. The meeting is August 8th at Ballard High School, 1418 NW 65th St, 6-8 PM.

The full text of the notice from Seattle Dept. of Transportation:

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
BURKE-GILMAN TRAIL EXTENSION PROJECT

 

Proposal:

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) proposes to complete the “missing link” between two existing segments of the Burke-Gilman Trail. The project will construct a marked, dedicated route for pedestrians and cyclists through the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, between the intersection of 11th Avenue NW and NW 45th Street and 30th Avenue NW at the Hiram M Chittenden (Ballard) Locks. Construction may include the addition of new and replaced impervious surfaces, landscaping, new and replaced stormwater drainage facilities, driveway improvements, street lighting, wayfinding signs, and traffic controls.

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