Help with various projects around the center and grounds. We’ll adapt to the weather conditions. See you there!
July 9th
10 AM – 2 PM
Crown Hill Center
9250 14th Ave NW
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Crown Hill Center Update and Work Party
We received the following good news update on the Crown Hill Center from Catherine Weatbrook:
This past spring, the Crown Hill team has been hard at work on a number of improvements to the Crown Hill Center building and grounds. In that effort, we submitted a Department of Neighborhoods Large Project Fund to go towards replacing about 1/2 of the old roof surface. We are pleased to announce that the Ballard as well as City Wide Review teams have recommended this project for the maximum grant amount of $100,000!  Thank you!  The recommendation still must be approved by the Seattle City Council and the Mayor. We are hopeful that history will repeat itself and the review team recommendations will be approved as submitted.
We are moving forward with several of the projects involved in the matching for this grant. The first work party, is Saturday, June 18th from 10-2. Stop by for an hour or four and help out. Rain or shine, we’ll be tackling projects that make the building a better community space. Weeding, clearing, grading, cleaning, scrubbing, picking up trash, organizing, and maybe even some painting.
For more information, please contact Catherine.Weatbrook@gmail.com 206 372 2033
Volunteers at Work at Crown Hill Center
On Saturday, May 14th, a group of 10 volunteers working under the direction of Catherine Weatbrook spent several hours working on the grounds of and inside the Crown Hill Center. Catherine reports substantial progress on the following projects:
- Playground landscape improvements
- Spreading wood chips around the oak tree at 13th and 95th. This project effort is ongoing and was started by Doug Gresham and several other volunteers.
- Back-filling behind the repaired brick wall on the side of the property facing 14th Ave NW
- Assembling the new cabinetry for use inside the building to address earthquake safety concerns
Thanks to all the volunteers for their efforts. If you are interesting in volunteering on the next volunteer party, please contact Catherine at catherine.weatbrook@gmail.com
Crown Hill Center Grant to Repair Roof Moves Forward
At the Ballard District Council meeting on May 11th, a grant to repair the roof of the south wing of the future Crown Hill Center received an excellent rating. This means the grant will move forward to the next round, a city-wide review of all large project neighborhood matching grant applications for this year. The Department of Neighborhoods administers the Large Project Fund for awards up to $100,000 to foster community members in projects which build community involvement in large projects.
The Ballard District Council review committee headed by Joe Wertz, rated the project at 96 out of 100.
The Crown Hill Center was purchased from the Seattle School District two years ago as the result of a community supported effort to acquire the former Crown Hill School, creating the Crown Hill Center and the soon to be Crown Hill Park. The roof project is one of the most critical at the Center, and will prevent deterioration of other elements of the building. Although this project is called the ‘roof project,’ it actually includes many additional elements:
- Gardening, digging, planning including the rain garden for the west side to address drainage issues
- Creating signage for the building
- Building a fence between the playground and the new park
- Restoring the south lobby
- Turning the nook outside of the south lobby into an active space to compliment the park
- Arts Festival activities (all aspects of)
Catherine Weatbrook recently appealed for pledges of community support for this project. Thanks for all the offers, and we look forward to completing the project with your help. The actual roof work will be done by a contractor rather than volunteers, so no worries about climbing up there and toiling in the hot sun with roofing tar!
Crown Hill Center Volunteers Needed
Summary: The Crown Hill Center needs as many people as possible between now and April 11 at noon to pledge volunteer hours over the next year. This is for funds matching towards replacing the west wing roof. Even an hour is a huge help because in part of the scoring for this grant is the number of volunteers we engage.  Please email your name, an email address, number of hours pledged for the next year, and any particular task with which you’d like to help to Catherine.Weatbrook@gmail.com
Besides pledging hours, please forward this to your groups and members and friends.  Thank you for your pledges and helping quickly spread the word!