Fifteen years ago, I became a member of the Mad P P-patch, the community garden at 30th and East Mercer, just downhill from City People’s Garden Store. The Mad P is one of 88 community gardens in this city, and we are here, in part, because of you: it was PCC who helped start the City of Seattle’s P-Patch program back in 1973.
Seattle Public Schools is vying for approval of two levies totaling nearly $1.5 billion between 2020-25, which will be placed on the February ballot.
Resolutions don’t work. New habits, however, work like a charm!
With devastating fires and smoke beginning to define our summers, and the recent large earthquake in Alaska, do you feel the clock is ticking for a climate emergency in Seattle? How prepared are you if a catastrophic event strikes our region?
Beto Yarce is looking to put his business acumen to work for Seattle’s District 3, and believes he can bring a more unifying voice to the city council than the two-time incumbent.
Art may be subjective, but the number of unknowns about how it will work in the latest designs for redeveloping the Central District’s Midtown Center superblock resulted in two review boards shooting down those plans.
Logan Bowers was born in District 3 and is a lifelong Seattle resident, minus the time he spent studying electrical engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana. “What I see is Seattle right now is going through an unprecedented round of growth and change,” Bowers tells MPT, “and I want to see us come out of the other end as a world-class city.”
Pat Murakami is running for Seattle City Council again, and the stakes appear high for the Mount Baker resident and business owner. “I’m at the point where I help improve Seattle or I’m leaving,” she said.
The rain let up long enough this year for a fleet of Christmas ships to pull up near Madison Park Beach and treat longtime spectators to dazzling lights and carols sung by the Kirkland Choral Society.
The design team behind the massive Midtown Center redevelopment in the Central District will submit its latest plans for review and possible approval by the East Design Review Board on Dec. 19, following an extended community outreach campaign.
SDOT is asking the Seattle City Council to approve an operations and maintenance agreement that lays out the future roles of the city and state following completion of the State Route 520 West Approach Bridge South replacement that will come with added public amenities.
Meany Middle School went into shelter-in-place mode last month when a cafeteria worker allegedly threatened a coworker with a large kitchen knife. The alleged assault occurred at 8:42 a.m. Nov. 21, about 13 minutes prior to the school’s start time.
Businesses are keeping First Fridays Madrona going through the end of 2018, with a special holiday event planned for December.
Washington Park Arboretum supporters and neighbors packed a Dec. 5 preliminary design meeting to share their thoughts about siting and programming for an environmental education center that will be years in the making.
Mount Baker business owner and previous Seattle City Council candidate Pat Murakami has filed her campaign for the District 3 seat, making her the second challenger Councilmember Kshama Sawant will face leading up to next year’s primary.
Growing up in Madison Park was truly extraordinary. There were more neighborhoods in Seattle back in the ‘40s and ‘50s, but only Madison Park has stood the test of time.
Why is “Athlete” in quotations? Because all seniors are “athletes.” Merriam-Webster defines athlete as “a person who is trained in or good at sports, games, or exercises that require physical skill and strength.”
