by Chris Maykut | Jan 23, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here are a few highlights of events in our neighborhood this weekend. Check our Events calendar any time for more. The Phinney Neighborhood Associating is hosting its annual meeting and pancake breakfast from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., in the Brick...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 22, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Phinney Ridge parents Jennie and Jon Helman have spent the last seven years trying to figure out a better way to transport their three young children through airports. So they invented Lugabug, a collapsible fabric chair that straps onto the outside of a roller...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 22, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
HomeStreet Bank plans to open on the northwest corner of Greenwood Avenue North and North 73rd Street in March. The building has been under construction since last February. It formerly housed Greenwood Mandarin restaurant. The branch will offer banking, home loans,...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 21, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Here’s a roundup of various neighborhood news. Last year, a group of UW Landscape Architecture students worked on a Neighborhood Design Studio focusing on Greenwood and Phinney Ridge. Their designs tried to address how to improve our neighborhood’s “movement,...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 21, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Update: The hen’s owner has been found. Update: Brendan says the hen is apparently capable of some flying, because she got out of his fenced yard (she wasn’t in the coop because of conflicts with his own chickens) and tonight they found her down the street...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 20, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The annual PNA Home Design & Remodel Fair is this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. The theme is “get connected.” Admission is $4 for PNA members, $6 for non-members. This is your chance to meet local professionals such as...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 20, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The AARP Foundation is providing free tax preparation and electronic filing through April 15 at several sites around the city, including the Greenwood Library and Greenwood Senior Center. You do not need to be a member of AARP or a senior citizen in order to use the...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 19, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
We received three reports of coyotes seen running through Phinney Ridge this afternoon. Emma says she saw two large coyotes running from next to a house and into the street between North Fremont Avenue and Dayton Avenue North around North 75th Street. Brittany saw...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 19, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The PNA Business Group is inviting neighborhood business owners to a business social from 12-1:30 p.m. on Wednesday at The Yard Café, 8313 Greenwood Ave. N. Woodland Park Zoo’s Director of Marketing & Corporate Relations, Jim Bennett, will share tips and...
by PhinneyWood | Jan 19, 2015 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The next installment of Humanities Washington’s popular Think & Drink series will discuss a timely topic. “Killer Cartoons: Is the Pen Mightier Than the Sword?”with Milt Priggee, David Fenner, and KUOW’s Ross Reynolds begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Naked City Brewery...