Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities closed on Friday and Monday
Seattle Parks and Recreation is taking furlough days on Friday, Sept. 10, and Monday, Sept. 13. It’s part of the 10 days without pay that city employees are taking to help with the budget shortfall. On...
View ArticleSwimming pools, community centers closed Friday
Just a reminder that all Seattle Parks and Recreation swimming pools, community centers and environmental centers will be closed Friday for a furlough day. On Monday, administrative offices, the...
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Carkeek Park’s Environmental Learning Center on Seattle budget chopping block
(Editor’s note: Tyler Steele is our new PhinneyWood intern. He is a journalism student at the University of Washington. Welcome, Tyler!) With $10.2 million of budget cuts facing Seattle Parks and...
View ArticleSeattle Parks and Recreation holiday, furlough closures
Most Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities will close for part of the holidays as well as the last furlough day of the year. All community centers, swimming pools, environmental learning centers, and...
View ArticleSeattle Parks and Rec needs members for Community Center Advisory Team
In the wake of hard budget times, the city wants to rethink how its community centers are operated. So, Seattle Parks and Recreation is looking for community members for its new Community Center...
View ArticleSurvey on creating stable funding for Seattle Parks system
The Seattle Parks Foundation has released a report on the problems facing Seattle’s parks, in light of budget problems. The foundation is asking the public to take an online survey about finding stable...
View ArticleSeattle Parks asking for financial help for wading pools
Because of budget cuts, Seattle Parks and Recreation will have to cut back the number of wading pools that are open this summer. So Parks is looking for “partners” to help fund some wading pools....
View ArticlePublic meetings by Seattle Parks on outdoor recreation facilities
Seattle Parks and Recreation is holding two public meetings to gather input on the future of its outdoor facilities. One of those meetings is near Greenwood. The first meeting is from 7-8 p.m. on Wed.,...
View ArticleParks department Easter egg hunts
Seattle Parks and Recreation is hosting two Easter egg hunts near Phinney-Greenwood this weekend. One is at Bitter Lake Community Center, 13035 Linden Ave. N.; the other is at Loyal Heights Community...
View ArticleYouth sports registrations
Youth sports are getting underway for the spring and summer. Here are two with upcoming registrations. Woodland Soccer Club will open registration for fall soccer on May 1. WSC fields recreational...
View Article‘Old Timers Picnic’ at zoo canceled for lack of funds
Seattle Parks and Recreation has canceled its annual Old Timers Picnic at Woodland Park Zoo because of budget cuts. This would have been the 39th year of the Old Timers Picnic, which brought senior...
View ArticleWeigh in on Seattle Parks’ ideas for community center operations
Seattle Parks and Recreation is trying to figure out new ways to operate community centers, and it now wants to hear from the public on several options suggested by a citizen advisory team. One of two...
View ArticlePublic meeting on future of city’s community centers
Seattle Parks & Recreation is presenting possible models of operation for Seattle’s community centers, in the wake of budget cuts. The first public meeting is from 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the...
View ArticleSeattle Parks and Carkeek Watershed group will celebrate 1972 Clean Water Act
Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project (CWCAP) will celebrate the 1972 Clean Water Act at a special public gathering from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, Oct....
View ArticleParks Department asking for input on activities and hours at community centers
Seattle Parks and Recreation is hosting 27 public meetings all across the city, to get your input on activities and hours for community centers. While Greenwood-Phinney doesn’t have any city-run...
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New park coming to Greenwood – eventually
Update Thursday, Nov. 10: In response to numerous comments, I asked Seattle Parks Department Acquisition Planner Chip Nevins whether the three businesses would be getting relocation assistance. Here is...
View ArticleSeattle Parks offers walking and running training to those ’50 and better’
Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Lifelong Recreation Sound Steps program is offering training for people to get in shape for a 5K, 10K or half-marathon walk. It’s open to all ages, but is designed...
View ArticleVolunteer at Carkeek Park Earth Day work party
Join with Seattle Parks and Recreation, Carkeek Watershed Community Action Project (CWCAP), Seattle Public Utilities’ Restore our Waters initiative, and the Carkeek Park Advisory Council to clean up...
View ArticleParks Department holding public workshop on applying for money to create new...
Thanks to the 2008 Parks levy, $15 million was allocated for communities to develop new parks. $7 million has already been allocated, but another $8 million is available in the 2012-13 cycle. Project...
View ArticleCommunity meeting on Lower Woodland Park lighting replacement project
Seattle Parks and Recreation plans to replace the lighting system for the ball fields and tennis courts in Lower Woodland Park, but first it wants community input. A public meeting is scheduled for...
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