by Chris Maykut | Mar 20, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Clean Street Collective is inviting neighbors to help clean up Greenwood Avenue on Saturday, March 31. Meet at Greenwood Park at 8905 Fremont Ave. N., near the basketball courts, at 11 a.m. Light breakfast and coffee will be provided. Then the group will move...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 19, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Greenwood Community Council meets tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. at the Greenwood Library, 8016 Greenwood Ave. N. On the agenda is a discussion about the recently-completed state legislative session with State Rep. Noel Frame (D-36th District), as well as talking...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 19, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Woodland Park Zoo’s popular Fecal Fest started this past weekend, with the opportunity to purchase some of the zoo’s highly coveted animal output compost. Gardeners need to enter online by March 31 to win the chance to purchase Zoo Doo or Bedspread. Zoo Doo is...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 19, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
A couple of Greenwood and Phinney Ridge area elementary schools have teams that qualified for the all-city finals in the annual Global Reading Challenge. The finals are from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday (tomorrow) at the Central Library downtown and will feature nine teams of...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 16, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
It seems like a pretty quiet weekend in the neighborhood, with just a few events to tell you about. Singer-songwriter Jim Page performs at Couth Buzzard Books, 8310 Greenwood Ave. N., at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Seattle Folklore Society presents the New England quartet...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 15, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
We have three housing development projects to tell you about. First up is a Land Use Application for six single-family residences at 104 N. 101st St. Parking will be provided for six vehicles. Existing structures will be demolished. Greenbuild Development LLC’s...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 15, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
In case you missed it in yesterday’s Seattle Times, columnist Danny Westneat wrote about Puget Sound Energy trying to pass off blame for the March 9, 2016, natural gas explosion that leveled three businesses and damaged another 50 in downtown Greenwood. He...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 14, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is hosting a series of “Your Voice, Your Choice” community meetings to get input on how the city can spend $3 million of its budget on small-scale park and street improvements. A meeting for the Broadview neighborhood is from...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 14, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Greenwood Elementary School parent Christopher Brown sent us pictures and video of students taking part in today’s national walkouts for school safety. https://vimeo.com/260120060 Brown says parents checked out their children from school, then they gathered...
by Chris Maykut | Mar 12, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The North Seattle Boys & Girls Club in Greenwood has sold its aging building at 8635 Fremont Ave. N. to Bellwether Housing, which plans to create affordable housing on that site, with space for the club to return. “For the past 6 years, we have seen substantial...