The Spinal Cord Injury Association of Washington (SCIAW) will be holding the 2011 SCIAW Green Lake Walk & Roll at Green Lake Park on Saturday, October 15, 2011, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. The event will raise awareness and funding for a statewide peer mentor and support program. The program will match the newly injured with a person who has a similar type of spinal cord injury to provide coaching, reassurance and support. According to a press release from SCIAW, approximately 0.4% of the U.S. population are paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury. For more information, call SCIAW at (206) 826-8242…
September 2011
September 22, 2011 at 10:24AM
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Spinal Cord Injury Association of Washington’s 2011 Green Lake Walk and Roll
September 21, 2011 at 4:32PM
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Mayor proposes funding for improvements at the Green Lake Bathhouse and the Lower Woodland tennis courts
Mayor Mike McGinn announced today (Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011) that his 2012 Proposed Budget will invest in several City-owned facilities. The mayor said that the budget, which he will submit to Seattle City Council on Monday, will include funding for a replacement roof at the Green Lake Bathhouse, currently home to the Seattle Public Theater (7312 West Green Lake Dr N). The proposed budget also allocates revenue for new lights at the Lower Woodland Park tennis courts. Parks & Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee Chair Pete Spalding said at today’s announcement that these projects were being moved from the Parks Department’s Major Maintenance backlog with the…
September 21, 2011 at 11:49AM
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Greenlake Kids Dentistry Halloween Candy Buy-Back program will send candy to service members overseas
Greenlake Kids Dentistry, located in the Circa Green Lake building on the NW corner of NE Ravenna Blvd and Woodlawn Ave NE, is hosting their annual Halloween Candy Buy-Back program on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, 3-6 p.m. Last year, the dentist office collected 150 pounds of candy to benefit Operation Gratitude. Operation Gratitude includes donated candy in care packages that they assemble and send to service members overseas. This year, Greenlake Kids Dentistry hopes to collect 300 pounds of candy. The office will be accepting candy donations for the entire week following Halloween. Seattle-area kids aged 12-and-under will be rewarded $1 per pound of unopened candy…
September 20, 2011 at 11:03PM
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Photo: Double Dutch at the Green Lake Playground
Josh Puetz captured this shot earlier today (Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011) at the Green Lake Playground:
September 20, 2011 at 5:00PM
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Street parking in Green Lake’s residential areas
Unlike other Seattle neighborhoods, such as Roosevelt and Wallingford, Green Lake does not have a Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ). According to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), RPZs “help neighborhoods deal with [parking congestion] impacts through signed time limits from which vehicles displaying a valid RPZ permit are exempt.” In order to apply for an RPZ permit, a vehicle owner must have an address within the RPZ. Cat Beagan, an east Green Lake resident, told us that last Thursday (Sept. 15, 2011) she drove up and down the streets surrounding her home for a full hour while looking for somewhere to park. “I can’t even believe…
