Women on Wheels (W.O.W.) is returning to Gregg’s Greenlake Cycle (7007 Woodlawn Ave NE) on Thursday, March 1, 2012, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. W.O.W. is a celebration of women and cycling. Entry, food, drinks and raffles are all free. Tracey Gramenz will be the keynote speaker. Tracey is the founder of Raw Retreats and a well versed bicycle guide. Tracey has spent the good portion of the past ten years on the saddle. After retiring early from work as a bilingual family therapist, she hit the road and started professionally guiding luxury bike tours in America’s west (think Zion, Banff, Glacier, Crater…
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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…
Community meeting planned as paving work on Linden Ave N starts
Paving crews from the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) plan to pave Linden Ave N from Winona Ave N to N 66th St this week. The project begins Monday, Nov. 14 and will run through Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, weather permitting. The crews will work from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The street will remain open to traffic, but the lanes will be shifted to one side. On-street parking will be restricted. Crosswalks and sidewalks will remain open. Doug Bambrick, who has been a long-time advocate for a “road diet” on Linden Ave N, is hosting a community meeting about the street early this week. Doug would…
Halloween 2011 in Green Lake
Updated Saturday, 12:45 p.m. There’s a lot going on this Halloween in the Green Lake neighborhood. There will be a free Fall Pumpkin Swim at Evans Pool tomorrow evening (Friday, October 28, 2011), 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. The event features games, prizes and pumpkins in the pool. The Green Lake Tacos Guaymas is hosting their annual Halloween Costume Party tomorrow night (October 28). A Halloween Midnight Mystery Ride is planned for late tomorrow night (October 28). The costumed bike ride begins at 11:30 p.m. at the southwest corner of Green Lake, near the Aqua Theater. On Saturday (October 29),…
Blue bicycle found in north Green Lake
Rebekah Gruenig reports that a bicycle was found this morning (Monday, Oct. 3, 2011) on a parking strip in north Green Lake. Is this bike yours? If so, drop us a line at tips [at] mygreenlake.com and we’ll let you know the exact location.
