Spring registration began today (Tuesday, March 9) at noon for Seattle Parks and Recreation classes and programs.
You can browse offerings and register online via SPARC (Seattle Parks and Recreation Connection).
A pdf of the North Central catalog can be found online as well.  The catalog includes information about classes and programs at Green Lake Community Center, [...]

We received this query from My Green Lake reader Katherine this morning:
Does anyone know why the trees were removed near the playground at the Green Lake Community Center? If it was due to a security or visibility issue, surely limbing them up would have worked. My son and I had many great times playing there [...]

The Friends of Green Lake are meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 7 p.m. in The Hearthstone’s Board Room (6720 E. Green Lake Way N).  All are welcome.
The Friends of Green Lake is “a group of lake users, from both within and beyond the Green Lake neighborhood, [...]

The Green Seattle Partnership is holding a training on March 13, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., for community members interested in taking a leadership role in forest restoration.  Contact Andrea Mojzak at andream@cascadeland.org or 206-905-6920 for more information.

The Green Seattle Partnership offers the opportunity to make real positive change by volunteering in your local parks. [...]

From our news partners at seattlepi.com:

After April 1, add Seattle’s parks to the list of places smokers are no longer welcome.
Seattle Parks and Recreation Superintendent Timothy Gallagher has signed off on a new code of conduct for the city’s more than 400 parks. A ban on smoking and all tobacco products is included. The West [...]

And now, another installment from the Green Lake Archives!
Our last blast from the past came via a 1903 missive authored by “Green Lake Kicker.”  In the same edition of The Interlaken, adjacent to the Kicker’s dog-hating rant, we find this interesting letter, showing community-support for the as-yet-built Green Lake playground, community center, bathhouse and swimming [...]

Apparently Cupid doesn’t subscribe to the “wait thirty minutes between eating and swimming” rule because there’s a FREE potluck party at the pool:
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Noon-2:30 p.m.
Evans Pool
7201 E Green Lake Drive N
Come and gather with the patrons, staff, and community of Green Lake! We will set up the pool with tables and chairs; you’re [...]

Your support is needed!  (And it will be easy – read on!)
A small group of Green Lakers is rallying for a worthwhile cause: the Green Lake Bathhouse, a neighborhood treasure, is in dire need of upgrading.
The bathhouse, located on the west side of the lake at 7312 West Green Lake Dr N, was constructed in [...]

We knew that the skaters at Lower Woodland Skatepark irritate some neighbors, but we had no idea that some of the skaters themselves are irked by another group: BMX bike riders.
Skaters and BMXers, please weigh in: can’t we all just get along?
All one has to do is go to Lower Woodland skatepark on a day [...]

The Friends of Green Lake are meeting this Tuesday, January 26, at 7 p.m. in The Hearthstone’s Board Room (6720 E. Green Lake Way N).
On the agenda:
Room open for socializing at 6:45 pm

Introductions – Gayle Garman, President

Review of FOGL Accomplishments and Activities in 2009 – Gayle Garman, [...]