We just got word from Megan of Sustainable Green Lake that the street mural by Seattle Mural Art at 7615 Aurora Ave N will be ready for viewing in two weeks:
You’re invited to a neighborhood celebration!
Mural Unveiling
Tuesday, March 23
Event 6:30 to 7:30 (unveiling at 6:45 p.m.)
7615 Aurora
Refreshments will be served.
Mural painted by Zach Bohnenkamp, John [...]

Sustainable Green Lake has put out a call for volunteers interested in participating in Spring into Bed, “Seattle’s first annual city-wide food garden building event.”  Spring into Bed is scheduled for Saturday, May 8th, 2010.
From Sustainable Green Lake:
The vision embodies food justice and greater access to healthy, fresh edibles; investing in our local food system; [...]

Exciting news from Sustainable Green Lake:
Volunteers needed – Spokespeople bike rides from Green Lake? How would you like to help get more people out on bikes? Spokespeople rides are led by Cascade Bicycle Club certified ride leaders and are for people of all levels of ridership, from new and reluctant riders to those fully road [...]

From Sustainable Green Lake [note their new web address - they've migrated to Ning]:

Here is a movie worth seeing once, twice, three times!  Sustainable Green Lake presents ”The Yes Men Fix the World” In this hilarious comedy, the Yes Men pose as top executives of corporations they hate.  Like a Dow Chemical spokesperson on BBC Live [...]

Pennie O’Grady of Sustainable Green Lake asked us to share this tidbit with you:
March-October 2010: Permaculture Skills Workshops
We in Green Lake are graced with a local treasure in Jenny Pell, internationally renowned permaculture teacher. She is jumping on board to work with the Green Lake Thumbs and Sustainable Green Lake (SGL)!
Jenny Pell, Marisha Auerbach and [...]

Thanks to Pennie of Sustainable Green Lake for passing along this exciting news about the Green Lake curb bulb:
…the 76th Street Curb Bulb project (near GL PCC) has been officially approved for funding by the City Council and Mayor’s office!! More details will follow. Way to go, Karl!!
Word at the July Green Lake Community Council [...]

Aurora Art Mural Project
Join your neighbors to meet the artists who have been hired to create 2 art murals on Aurora.
Aurora mural locations include empty storefront windows and/or sides of buildings. The first project site is 7615 Aurora Avenue N.
The artists hired are from Seattle Mural Art. John Osgood, Zachary Bohnenkamp & Kevin “Sensei23″ Sullivan [...]

We recently received word from Lois Maag, from The City of Seattle, about the Neighborhood Matching Fund, a partnership of community groups and Seattle Department of Neighborhoods:
The program provides awards up to $100,000 for neighborhood-based projects, helping to fund everything from park improvements to cultural centers. New online application forms, streamlined guidelines and increased awards [...]

From Pennie O’Grady, news of Sustainable Green Lake’s January 19th meeting:
January 19: Growing Food, Growing the Neighborhood
It’s not too soon to be planning for 2010, getting out your new calendars and putting Sustainable Green Lake’s 3rd Tuesdays into yours! The January 19 Gathering is shaping up to be an exciting affair, “Growing Food, Growing the [...]

The Green Lake Green Thumbs, a new community group focused on growing edibles, will be holding it’s next meeting Wednesday, January 6 at 6 p.m.
The group is open to all who are interested in food gardening.  Pennie O’Grady, the group’s founder, describes the group as place that neighbors can “meet and talk together in an [...]