Progress continues at Woodlawn Ave NE and Latona Ave NE, the future site of independent living retirement community Village Cove. Village Cove is an expansion of The Hearthstone, a continuing care retirement community located at 6720 E Green Lake Way N. The four-story building will contain 28 luxury one- and two-bedroom units on the top three floors, retail spaces on the ground floor, and underground parking. Since groundbreaking in May, more than 3,000 tons of soil containing dry-cleaning contaminants has been excavated from the property. “We had hoped to be in construction by now, but often there are glitches that happen,” Mary Lou Stuenzi, CEO of the Hearthstone, said in…
November 2011
November 21, 2011 at 3:54PM
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Seattle Public Utilities asks residents to clear drains in anticipation of tonight’s heavy rains
A significant winter storm is headed toward Seattle and heavy rainfall is expected to begin after midnight. Seattle Public Utilities is urging residents to adopt their local drains and make sure they are free of leaves and debris: When bad weather hits this time of year, storm drains can easily become overwhelmed with leaves and the summer’s accumulated street debris, resulting in backed up gutters and drains, and localized flooding. In Seattle, there are about 80,000 storm drains — far more than city crews can clear quickly. Safely adopting a local storm drain or drainage ditch—that means staying out of…
November 21, 2011 at 3:26PM
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“Bikes for Books” reading program in final stretch
photo credit: Daehyun Park The “Bikes for Books” reading program is still underway at the Green Lake Branch Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N). Children in first through third grades have been reading books all fall for a chance to win a bike, helmet and lock. Participants can enter their names into a drawing one time for every ten books that they have read between Monday, October 3 and Saturday, December 3, 2011. Each entry requires a short oral book report to to a librarian on one book. One girl and one boy will win. A prize drawing will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 5 at the…
November 21, 2011 at 1:22PM
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Barefoot and minimalist running group meets weekly at Green Lake Park
photo credit: panic switch 13 A new group is meeting every Monday morning to jog around Green Lake barefoot or in minimalist footwear. The meetup group is organized by Josh Leeger, a personal trainer, barefoot running enthusiast and co-author of The Best Book On How To Barefoot Run. The Monday runs start at the Green Lake wading pool (Wallingford Ave N & E Green Lake Dr N) at 7:30 a.m. More information is available here.
November 20, 2011 at 5:25PM
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Friends of Green Lake meets this Tuesday
Friends of Green Lake (FOGL) meets at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 at The Hearthstone (6720 E Green Lake Way N). All are welcome to join the meeting. The meeting will include: a summary of monitoring data collected over the summer planning for a Dec. 3 shoreline milfoil clean-up discussion regarding impacts of the Green Lake Village development on Green Lake’s water quality and a FOGL response reports on Saturday workparties reports on recent algae scums demonstration of a new microcystin analysis kit discussion regarding nutrient sampling over the winter discussion about whether to start a birders group Friends of Green Lake is an…
