The Madrona Farmers Market will start its 13th season on May 18, with artisanal vendors popping up once again in the Grocery Outlet parking lot. “We’re looking to have 35 vendors this year,” said Matt Kelly, operations manager with Seattle Farmers Market Association. “I think originally starting out it was maybe a handful, eight or a dozen booths.”
About the time this month’s issue of The Madison Park Times lands in your mailbox, you may be taking a stroll though the neighborhood. You’ll spot a lawn or sidewalk beneath which colorful petals in rose, pink and cream are heavily strewn, as if the procession of some ancient potentate were about to commence.
Growing up in Riverton Heights was all country, and people were mostly on the poor side. It was the tail end of the Depression and World War II loomed ahead. On hot summer days the youngsters ran around barefoot in bib overalls. Going out to eat was a real thrill, but it meant donning proper attire.
For the first time since the advisory against alcohol consumption for pregnant women in 2005, the U.S. Surgeon General on April 5 issued an advisory for more American citizens to carry the opioid antidote Naloxone.
Seattle is due for a destructive seismic event, and the potential for any manner of disaster has neighborhoods banding together to plan for what comes next. Madison Park volunteers tested their readiness in late April, during a simulated citywide power outage hosted by the Seattle Emergency Communications Hubs and Seattle Auxiliary Communication Service.
When a citywide disaster strikes, cutting off power, blocking roads and toppling buildings and other structures, Seattle residents will be on their own for days to come. “Really, neighborhoods do fend for themselves,” said Debbie Goetz, community planning organizer with the Seattle Office of Emergency Management.
Seattle’s Leschi neighborhood has changed a lot in the last 70 years, but a family grocery store on Lakeside Avenue is keeping up with the times and working to meet the desires of its customers.
What “Madison Valley: Places of Interest” does is establish an entertaining and informative starting point for discovery in the neighborhood. It’s a foundation for people to build on through their own experiences navigating Madison Valley, and outlines a history of community and community led projects Isabelle Gray hopes people can take pride in.
The Madison Valley Community Council will holds its annual election of officers and board members at the MLK FAME Center on Tuesday, May 15.
Seattle City Councilmembers Lisa Herbold and Lorena González will join the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce on Friday, May 11, for a roundtable discussion of a new head tax being proposed to fund housing and homeless services.
Seattle’s new superintendent will make just shy of $300,000 a year — with the potential for an annual $15,000 performance bonus — as part of a contract approved unanimously by the Seattle School Board on April 25.
The Seattle Tennis Club is gearing up for a summer of tournaments, the largest of which is the 128th Washington State Open. The WSO has been taking place annually since the Seattle Tennis Club formed in 1890, and draws in around 500 people to the private club annually.
The narrative of Seattle’s red hot real estate market has continued well into 2018, as the Emerald City has now held its reign atop the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index for 18 consecutive months, while home prices across our region continue to set new benchmark values.
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods director Kathy Nyland lasted longer than many city department heads after Jenny Durkan entered the mayor’s office, but on Friday it was finally announced that Nyland will be moved into a senior advisor role with Seattle Parks and Recreation.
Denizen Development Group plans to have new townhomes and live/work units across from its Madrona Lofts ready for occupancy this fall on 34th Avenue. Madrona 12 has been a long time in the making, Denizen purchasing the land at 1132 34th Ave. three years ago and waiting two years to get its permits, said principal Chris Jolley. Construction started in early April 2017