A collection cup is out at Mockingbird Books and Finch Café (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE) to benefit a family who lost their business in a recent Green Lake fire. The fire, which was caused by by an overheated power cord, gutted a computer sales business at 7214 Woodlawn Ave NE. More information about the fire can be found in a March 15, 2010 My Green Lake post.
March 2010
March 23, 2010 at 3:03PM
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Donate to help a family that lost their business in the recent Green Lake fire
March 23, 2010 at 10:17AM
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News from Green Lake's Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club
We received the following from the Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club, which is located at the Green Lake Small Craft Center at the southwest corner of Green Lake (5900 West Green Lake Way N): This Saturday, March 27, we’re having a pancake breakfast fundraiser and an open house for new members. We’re also in the middle of a huge plant sale, which on delivery day will fill up the aqua theater next month. We’ve had two members go to the Olympics. Jordan Malloch went twice and is currently the president of our board. We’re looking for new members, both young…
March 21, 2010 at 11:05PM
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Seattle’s electric buses may soon be replaced with diesel hybrids
The Green Lake Community Council recently heard from Jonathan Dong, Senior Transportation Planner at the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). Dong attended the meeting in order to share information with Green Lake residents about a proposal to replace Seattle’s electric trolley buses with diesel hybrid buses. Electric trolleys run on fourteen King County Metro routes, including a route servicing the area south of Green Lake, Route 44. In addition, SDOT had been planning to expand the trolley system to Route 48, which runs through the northeast part of the neighborhood. However, the electric trolleys currently being used by Metro…
March 21, 2010 at 1:42PM
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Green Lake's Streetwise Gardener: Bling for Your Garden – Ornament and Accessories
Green Lake gardeners may be many things (“quirky”, “zealous”, and “over-the-top” come to mind right off), but we are anything but boring. A Gallery of Green Lake Creativity Draw some inspiration from your fellow Green Lake Gardeners who let their personalities shine through their gardens. Whether your taste runs to gnomes or grottos, garden ornaments can add year-round structure, focus, or a dash of color and fun to your garden’s personality. But if you go for a theme, say it loud– one gnome can look lost, but ten looks like a party! http://www.flickr.com/photos/leslieduss/ / CC BY-ND 2.0 Where to begin? …
March 20, 2010 at 9:39PM
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Fire trucks at Circa Green Lake
Did you see some fire trucks at the Circa Green Lake building this evening (Saturday, March 20, 2010)? At 8:48 p.m., two units were called to the building, located at 6900 East Green Lake Way N. After hearing word of the fire trucks over twitter, we gave Turnpike Pizza a call. The helpful staff at Turnpike confirmed that fire trucks had arrived and residents were asked to evacuate the building. By 9:15 p.m., however, residents were given the all-clear to re-enter the building, and, as far as the staff of Turnpike could tell, there had never been an actual fire. …
