PERMIT DECISIONS2501 N.E. 45th St. (3006885) on a Land Use Application for construction of three driving range buildings (clubhouse, maintenance, covered hitting platform), installing of synthetic golf turf and replacement of 410 lineal feet of north fence. Project includes grading and demolition of existing buildings, all accessory to existing major institution (University of Washington)...The following appealable decision has been made based on submitted plans: SEPA to conditionally approve pursuant to 25.05.660. The hearing examiner must receive appeals of this decision no later than Monday, Oct. 8.
As chronicled in your last issue, it was truly exciting to see our dream of an Othello Town Center taking shape, "Historic event" sees developers and neighbors plan Othello Station, Oct. 3. This will be the kind of dense, diverse, walkable neighborhood that people have loved in cities throughout history.
A celebratory parade and groundbreaking will launch construction of Washington Park Arboretum's Pacific Connections Garden on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 11:30 a.m. Public participation is welcome. Celebrants will shake gourd rattles as they accompany a carved cedar column that will be transported across the Arboretum and used to support the planned Pacific Connections interpretive shelter. Community leaders, public officials, volunteers, neighbors and school children are among those who will participate.
A public meeting will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 10, to view and comment on designs for a new p-patch and community green space to be located on the parking at Summit Avenue E. and E. John St., near the Olive Way Starbucks. Capitol Hill Gardens is a group of neighborhood residents on Capitol Hill who have organized themselves to work for creation of community gardens and parks on the two parking lots recently purchased by the Seattle Parks Department.
The Fall Capitol Hill Street Sweep, sponsored by the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, takes place on Saturday, Oct. 13.The Capitol Hill Street Sweep is a community cleanup by volunteers and chamber members. The sweep will entail graffiti removal, removing outdated posters from light poles, sweeping up litter and window cleaning. This fall's event will expand the cleaning to the Pike/Pine corridor starting south of Cal Anderson park at 12th Avenue and continuing west down Pike and Pine streets until noon
I always wanted a brother. When my mom remarried, one year after my dad died, I got three instant-stepbrothers. Donny, the oldest, was an interesting cat, and during our 20s we played in some of the same sandlot tackle football games, served nearly parallel time in the Armed Forces and eventually drank a few beers together. But we were never really close.My two younger stepbrothers were just that, younger. I had a sister. A nice girl. Someone I love. And I'm fairly friendly with one of my two stepsisters. But that's it. I never had that male familial bond based solely on blood, and I never will.
It is very telling that your reporter, Mona Lee, would describe concerns raised by Rainier Beach homeowner Stu Weiss as a "vague confusion" and go on to opine that Weiss was "unable to fathom optimistic projections about a future of multi-family housing in Othello" ("Historic event" sees developers and neighbors plan Othello Station, Oct. 3). He can fathom projections, Miss Lee, he just ends up with an opinion that opposes yours.
Questions or comments about the following applications or actions should be directed to the Regulatory Services Division, Washington State Liquor Control Board, 3000 Pacific Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 43098, Olympia, WA 98504-3098, or call 360-664-1600.
There were both muggles and wizards at St. Anne's school last week. It was a Harry Potter costume event organized by the Spirit Committee of Leadership, said eighth-grade teacher Pam Sturgeon. "This is our first Spirit day this year." There's also another connection. Sophie DeGroot, one of Sturgeon's students, was one of 250 students worldwide who won a sweepstakes and got to go to London, where they met Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
The Queen Anne News garnered five awards at the annual Washing-ton Newspaper Publishers Association convention held Oct. 5-6 in Yakima. The News' winning entries in the 2007 Better Newspaper Contest also appeared in the Magnolia News. (The two papers, separated in October 2003, were recombined as Queen Anne & Magnolia News this past May.)
Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will close the Alaskan Way Viaduct for its semiannual inspections on the weekend of Oct. 13 and 14.Meanwhile, Seattle Department of Transportation has announced that the Fremont Bridge will be closed from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, through Friday, Oct. 19. The bridge will be closed to all traffic, even (gasp) pedestrians and bicyclists, as SDOT's contractor continues to work on the bridge's mechanical and electrical systems.
here are no safety hazards, but the artificial turf installed a decade ago on the playfield in the Queen Anne Bowl is showing its age and needs to be replaced, according to Seattle Parks and Recreation."It's not the optimum playing surface right now," explained Ted Holden, a senior landscape architect with Parks. That's the bad news. The good news is that the company that manufactures the artificial turf will sell it to the city at cost, he said.
Two Queen Anne residents - one a recent transplant, the other a longtime community member - are squaring off against each other for a position on the Seattle City Council.Speaking at an Oct. 3 meeting of the Queen Anne Community Council, incumbent David Della (the newbie) and challenger Tim Burgess (the old guard) each took turns touting their neighborhood connections and qualifications for Position 7 on the city council.
As a neighborhood district coordinator, Christa Dumpys attends more meetings in Queen Anne and Magnolia than a community journalist does.That's saying something, but it's all part of a job the Department of Neighborhoods staffer relishes. "I think it's an exciting time to be here," Dumpys said in the Queen Anne Neighborhood Service Center on Roy Street where she works. Now living near Green Lake, Dumpys moved to Seattle in 2000 from the Chicago area, armed with a master's degree in social work from the University of Michigan. "My focus area was community organizing."
The Queen Anne and Magnolia News garnered five awards at the annual Washing-ton Newspaper Publishers Association convention held Oct. 5-6 in Yakima. The News' winning entries in the 2007 Better Newspaper Contest also appeared in the Magnolia News. (The two papers, separated in October 2003, were recombined as Queen Anne & Magnolia News this past May.)