This summer has been exciting in Madison Park. We even had some summer-like weather.
The [Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's] Shore Run, [children's] parade and picnic and Jazz in the Park are always fun events.
Looking forward, Halloween events and the Christmas Ship [visit] are still to come.
In the fall, Friends of Madison Park will start the renovations at the park, which, according to plans, will be ready in late spring of 2008.
Equally exciting is a grant awarded to Historic Madison Park to do sidewalk and tree work in the business area.
Together, with the board of the [Madison Park] Community Council, representatives from the business district and the City of Seattle, we will find what our options are for safer sidewalks and for solving the ongoing problem of tree-root damage to the sidewalks.
A meeting is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 5 to share the details of what we can do and to gather community input.
Finally, I am always amazed to find that people don't know what is going on in Madison Park. Listed below are several ways to keep yourselves informed. By keeping informed, giving your input and working together, we can keep Madison Park a great place to live and work.
■ Madison Park Times and its website: www.madisonparktimes.com (information on upcoming meetings also are published)
■ Madison Park Community Council's website: www.madisonparkcouncil.org
■ Historic Madison Park's Buzz newsletter and its website: www.historicmadisonpark.com
■ The bulletin board outside the Madison Park Bathhouse, 1900 43rd Ave. E., for meeting dates.
Jim Hagan
President
Madison Park Community Council
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