by Chris Maykut | Aug 21, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Last October, the Seattle City Council enacted a one-year moratorium on new development permits for some auto-oriented and other commercial uses in the Aurora-Licton Residential Urban Village. The council is now considering extending that by another six months as it...
by Chris Maykut | Aug 21, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Seattle Public Library is hosting Medicare Made Clear workshops this September, including one at the Greenwood Library, 8016 Greenwood Ave. N. The workshop runs from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Free; no registration required. Medicare specialist Jean Cormier of...
by Chris Maykut | Aug 20, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Woodland Park Zoo is asking the public to vote on a new name for one of its red panda cubs. Choose from three names selected by zookeepers: • Zeya (zay-uh) – means success in Burmese • Daxa (duck-shuh) – means clever in Hindi • Zhú (jhoo) — means bamboo in...
by Chris Maykut | Aug 20, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The single-family home at 8105 Greenwood Ave. N. and the adjacent Greenwood Foot & Ankle Center building at 8111 Greenwood Ave N. will be demolished and replaced by a four-story building with 44 small efficiency dwelling units and ground level retail. The project...
by Chris Maykut | Aug 20, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The new crosswalk and signal project at Holman Road NW and 13th Avenue NW has been delayed until sometime in October. Work in Crown Hill Park to widen a pedestrian path will move forward and likely begin in earnest closer to Monday, August 27. Work on the new...
by Chris Maykut | Aug 20, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Gardeners thinking about getting their yards ready for fall take note: Woodland Park Zoo’s Fall Fecal Fest begins Tuesday. Enter to win the chance to purchase the zoo’s prized Zoo Doo (compost and mulch) created by some of the zoo’s animals. The sweet, aromatic Zoo...
by Chris Maykut | Aug 17, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Plenty to do in Phinney Ridge and Greenwood this weekend. Here are some highlights; check our Events calendar for more. Phinney Farmer’s Market is from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Friday in the upper parking lot of the Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., with...
by Chris Maykut | Aug 17, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The new park being constructed next to the Greenwood Library, on the east side of Greenwood Avenue between North 81st and 82nd streets, will be named after Alice Ball, a Seattle-born African American chemist who created a treatment for leprosy. Interim Seattle Parks...
by Chris Maykut | Aug 17, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Town Hall Seattle continues its “Inside/Out” season as its historic building undergoes renovation, with a planned grand re-opening in March 2019. Two more events are happening at the Phinney Neighborhood Association in September. Saturday Family Concert: Birch Pereira...
by Chris Maykut | Aug 17, 2018 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Emergency Communications Hub at the Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., needs a new Hub Captain, as current captain David Baum is moving on. The work of the Hub Captain is to reach out to neighbors, making them aware of potential hazards and connecting them to...
