Federal Funds Announced for Additional Low Income Housing in Lake City

The Seattle PI announced that federal funds are being made available for new public housing in Lake City

The Seattle Housing Authority will get nearly $10.5 million to revitalize the Lake City public housing development. The project will replace 16 townhouses with 103 units, including 51 public housing rental units, 35 low-income rentals, [...]

Happy Park(ing) Day!

STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Read more about Park(ing) Day here.

10/13 Community Meeting on Proposed Lake City School Development

Monday, October 13, 2008 7:00 pmLake City School Professional Building2611 NE 125th Street, Main Floor

Meeting with Bruce Lorig and Kim Orr from Lorig & Associates, Diane Sugimura, Director of Seattle Planning and Development, Ron English, Director of Property Management, Seattle Public Schools, and the Director of Seattle Parks and Recreation Property Management to further [...]

Update on 5th Ave Trees

Michael Oxman contacted DPD about the tree cutting on 5th Ave NE last weekend. DPD is planing to seek penalties and possible restoration for the trees removed. Here is the DPD response. Thank you to Michael for his efforts on this and for sharing the response with the community.:

Dear Mr. Oxman,

Thank you for [...]

Deforestation on 5th Ave NE

A developer felled a grove of trees along 5th Ave NE near NE 123rd. The site is not pretty at all. They did not have a permit and were told to cease tree removal by the Department of Planning and Development.

Jonah Spangenthal-Lee has more in the SLOG here.

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Kohary Project Mothballed

The Kohary project at NE 125th and Roosevelt Way NE appears to have been mothballed – for now. Kohary filed stop work applications on 9/11/08. I will update the blog with additional information as it is available.

Neighborhood Schools Meeting – Monday, October 13th 7 to 9 PM

Are quality, vibrant, inclusive neighborhood schools important to you? If so, please join us for a community meeting focused on our Pinehurst and Olympic Hills neighborhood schools. Seattle Public Schools Boardmembers Peter Maier and Sherry Carr and Olympic Hills Elementary School Principal Zoe Jenkins will attend. (We are hoping to have representatives for other schools [...]

The Next Little Thing

There is an interesting article on small houses in the New York Times here.

Stephanie Diani for The New York Times

Mass Transit Now!

You’re invited!

MASS TRANSIT NOW CAMPAIGN KICKOFF!Wednesday, September 17th. 6-8:30pm.Northgate Community Center10510 5th Ave NESeattle, WA 98125

Click here for map, directions, and public transit options.

This fall, we have the chance to change our transit system – reducing congestion, helping to protect our climate, and linking our communities. Passing Proposition 1 will build light [...]

Seattle Public Schools – North End School Capacity Planning Community Meeting

NORTH END SCHOOL CAPACITY PLANNINGCommunity Meetings Scheduled September 15 and 16

As a result of population growth in some areas of North Seattle, Seattle Public Schools anticipates school capacity issues for north-end elementary schools in the 2009-2010 school year. Seattle Public Schools is in the process of developing alternatives to address these challenges for students [...]