by PhinneyWood | Mar 18, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Greenwood Elementary families who created the “Show Greenwood Some Love” T-shirts have just received the second order, after the first 164 shirts sold out last weekend. They’ll be on sale at Makeda & Mingus, 153 N. 78th St., by 6 p.m. tonight (Friday)....
by PhinneyWood | Mar 18, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Ballard resident Diane Bedell came to St. John School in Greenwood on Wednesday to share her story of being a tag sled driver at the ceremonial start of the Iditarod race in Wasilla, Alaska. She spoke to the school’s third-graders, who followed the mushers throughout...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 18, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Phinney Books, 7405 Greenwood Ave. N., is hosting an all-day fundraiser today (Friday) for the Greenwood Relief Fund, to help businesses and residents affected by the March 9 natural gas explosion. All profits from book sales today go to the fund. Neighborhood author...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 18, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Phinney Neighborhood Association, which has been overseeing fundraising efforts since the March 9 Greenwood explosion that destroyed three businesses, damaged 50 more, and displaced a dozen residents from their apartments, has made the initial disbursement of...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 17, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Cleanup crews continue to remove debris from the March 9 Greenwood explosion site now that investigators have found all the gas lines, meters and other items integral to their investigation. Debris has been mounded to the right side of the site while the left side was...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 16, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
About 70 neighbors and business owners attended a special Greenwood Community Council meeting at St. John’s Egan Hall Tuesday night to learn more about the investigation into last Wednesday’s devastating natural gas explosion, and find out how the neighborhood can...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 13, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Greenwood Community Council’s monthly meeting this Tuesday will focus on the aftermath of Wednesday’s natural gas explosion that destroyed three businesses and damaged dozens of others. This meeting will focus on the way forward: What steps do we all need to take...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 12, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
Greenwood Elementary School families who produced those “Show Greenwood Some Love” T-shirts sold more than 164 of them at The Ridge Pizza and Makeda & Mingus during last night’s Artwalk to raise $4,100 for the Greenwood Relief Fund to help...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 11, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has set up a special webpage with resources and contact information for businesses, homeowners and renters affected by Wednesday’s natural gas explosion. That page will be continuously updated as new information becomes...
by PhinneyWood | Mar 11, 2016 | PhinneyWood Neighborhood
If ever there was a weekend that Greenwood neighbors should be out and about in their neighborhood, this is it. The weather may not cooperate, but the monthly Art Up artwalk is still happening tonight, even at many of the businesses damaged by Wednesday’s explosion....
