Job posting: Garden Designer for P-Patch Community Garden Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

From City of Seattle Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Contact: Jake Hanson, 206.290.1701 (mobile); jake.hanson@seattle.gov

Architects and Garden Designers Needed for Community Gardens Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Seeks Landscape Architects to Design P-Patch Community Garden

March 10, 2010 (SEATTLE, WA)—The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods P-Patch Community Gardening Program is building a Roster of [...]

Seattle Parks & Recreation Spring Egg Hunts and Celebrations

As sure as the cherry trees and daffodils are blooming, it’s time for spring egg hunts and celebrations. All events take place on Saturday, April 3, are free and begin at 10 a.m. – unless otherwise noted. For more details on any of the spring egg hunts, please contact the facility directly.

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3rd Annual Eritrean Health Fair

I received a flyer on the upcoming Eritrean Health Fair and I wanted to make sure everybody knew about it. It’s in it’s third year now and was covered on the blog last year.

Saturday, April 17th 11:00 am-4:00 pm 12327 15th Ave NE Seattle WA 98125

Presentation by Dr. Tesfa Gebremedhin, West Virginia University: [...]

Secret Election This Tuesday?

Ok, so it isn’t exactly secret… But there’s an election Tuesday, March 16th to elect a new member to the board of supervisors for the King Conservation District.  But you won’t be receiving a ballot in the mail.  If you want to participate, you’ll have to make your way to one of seven libraries.

Closest [...]

Tell Mayor McGinn to Save the Ingraham Trees

The Seattle School District is still trying to cut down about 50 of the large trees on Ingraham High School grounds for an addition.  This is despite the Seattle Hearing Examiner ruling that the tree grove is an uncommon or rare plant habitat in the City of Seattle.  City law says such areas should be [...]

Treehouse Coffee breakfast special this weekend (March 13-14)

From Michele: “This weekends breakfast special at Treehouse Coffee is Huevos Rancheros since a corned beef and cabbage omelette likely wouldn’t entice the masses to come running. Have a great weekend everyone!”

Read more about Treehouse Coffee here and here.

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North Precinct Advisory Council

The speaker for this month’s NPAC meeting wasn’t able to attend, so we had more time to talk about common issues in the north end.  Here are some crime trends we learned, along with tips for preventing crime:

There have been some dumpster fires in the north end recently. If you see suspicious activity around dumpsters, get [...]

New Pinehurst Sidewalk

Sidewalk, crosswalk and median coming to 5th Ave NE in Northgate

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) expects to begin construction in April on pedestrian improvements at 5th Ave NE and NE 112th St. in Northgate. Crews will remove pavement, and install a landscaped median as well as stamped concrete cross walks. New sidewalk and [...]

2010 Pinehurstfest Planning Meeting

When: Monday, March 22nd. 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Where: Eritrean Kidisti Selassie Orthodox Tewahedo Church Basement (12327 15th Ave NE, across from the closed Safeway)

What: Pinehurstfest is scheduled for July 17th (save the date!) this year.  We’ve got our permits and reservations (tables, chairs, tents, bouncy toy, etc) but there’s still a lot of planning to [...]

2010 Census Reminder!

I received my letter from the U.S. Census Bureau yesterday. They were letting me know that I will be receiving my 2010 Census form in the mail in about a week.  I’m sure most people aren’t as excited by this as I am (it’s the first one since I bought my home) but I want [...]