Update from Seattle Public Schools on Capacity Management and Building Closures

Dear Seattle Public Schools families and community members:

Thank you for your interest in Seattle Public Schools’ work on capacity management and building closures. On October 29, the School Board voted unanimously to accelerate the capacity management process, which is one of the five key focus areas for this year as we implement Excellence for [...]

No Jail for Haller Lake

According to the Seattle Times and the Seattle PI. The Puetz Golf site on Aurora in the Haller Lake neighborhood has been dropped from consideration as a new jail site.

11/24 Jackson Park Trail – Community Visioning Meeting

What is Jackson Park Trail?Jackson Park is a publicly-owned park with one of Seattle’s three municipally owned golf courses and is managed by Seattle Parks and Recreation. The park located south of 145th St and between 15th Ave NE and I-5. Friends of Jackson Park Trail are working with Seattle Parks and Recreation to investigate [...]

Saturday’s Northgate Urban Design Framework meeting will be more exciting than this – I promise!

Come give your input on future design at Northgate. It is important. It will be fun. And, you won’t regret it.

Saturday, November 22Open House 1:30-4:30 pmNorthgate Community Center10510 5th Ave. N.E.Language interpretation and child care available

Learn more here and here and here.

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Needed: Pinehurst Representative to the North Precinct Advisory Council

Our recent Pinehurst poll shows that the top priority for the neighborhood is crime prevention.

Pinehurst can have a community representative on the Seattle Police Department North Precinct Advisory Council. This is a great opportunity to understand what is happening and to help advocate for Pinehurst. Time commitment would be about 4 hours [...]

Poll Results: What is your biggest neighborhood priority?

Community building and having more neighborhood events 1 (4%) Crime prevention 16 (64%) Environmental issues 0 (0%) Healthy neighborhood business district 0 (0%) Parks 0 (0%) Schools 0 (0%) Sidewalks 8 (32%) [...]

Amante Pizza

I can forgive the Pinehurst Amante Pizza for calling itself the Shoreline Amante on its web site. Whatever they call it, the restaurant, which opened on Roosevelt Way earlier this year, is a nice addition to our neighborhood.

My kids used to request Pagliacci when we ordered pizza. Now they ask for Amante.

Amante [...]

North Seattle School Capacity – Decision

The Seattle School Board has voted to resolve the school capacity issues in NE Seattle by closing the K-12 alternative Summit program at Jane Addams school and repurposing the building as a traditional K-8 school. The Summit program may move to another building, or the program may be completely closed.

Also, the Board voted [...]

12/4 Safe Walks Meeting

Please join members of the Safe Walks coaltion as we discuss our long term strategy and the next steps we will take in advocating for funding for safe walking infrastructure – especially sidewalks – in Seattle.

All are welcome.

We are meeting:Thursday, December 4th6 pmat the Feet First offices314 1st Avenue SouthSeattle, WA 98104 Learn [...]

Additional Thornton Place Tours

Every Saturday morning, from November 15th to December 6th, the developers of Thornton Place will host an informative talk on aspects of “Living Green” at Thornton Place. Each talk will include a tour of our new, mixed-use urban village, including the Plaza at Thornton Place, and the waterway greenbelt that is a part of the [...]