From Catherine Darley, Board President

Other Events

Mon, 04/04: Crown Hill 'Hood Hunt

The Crown Hill ‘Hood Hunt is a map-based scavenger hunt with checkpoints that you must find using a map that has no street names. Use your map reading skills to keep track of where you are.

Here’s how it works: Come to the Crown Hill Center at 10 a.m., get a map and question sheet. The map covers about a square mile and contains twenty-five checkpoints from 85th Street to 100th Street. Find as many checkpoints as you can on foot in 75 minutes, and return to the finish. There are no items to “scavenge”, only a question to answer about something you will see at each checkpoint. Afterward, participants will gather for refreshments and share routes, stories, and answers.

You can go solo, or with a team of friends and family. It’s a great event for people who like to walk or jog and it’s a way to get to know your neighborhood and neighbors.

Start and Finish at the Crown Hill Center, 9250 14th Ave NW
$5 donation per team requested, but not required

Sat, 04/09: Golden Gardens Work Party

Join us for a restoration work party at Golden Gardens - See website for important details on what to bring and where to meet -- greenseattle.org.

Sat, 04/09: Work Party at Baker Park on Crown Hill

Work party with the Ballard Garden Club on Saturday, April 9, 2011 from 9 - 12.  Bring tools for removing dandelions.   Dress for weather.

Wed, 04/13: Disaster Preparedness Presentation

Debbie Goetz of the Seattle Emergency Management Operations Program, will provide information on emergency preparedness, with a focus on individual household, family and home preparedness.

This is the first in a series of two programs on disaster preparedness to be offered to the Ballard community at the Sunset Hills Community Club. The second presentation, scheduled at the same location on May 18th, will repeat some of this information and also address the neighborhood and community organizing aspect of disaster preparedness.

Thu, 04/14: Salmon Bay School Playground Meeting

This Thursday at 6pm, the playground steering committee will answer these questions and more, and stakeholders (that’s you!) are invited to attend, as well as stay for the 7pm meeting to follow.  At that meeting, our parent group will approve how the project will proceed in the coming months.  Background materials are posted online, and include the proposed budget, Phase 1 and Phase 2 images, an outline of fundraising strategies and potential grants, and an outline of the outreach efforts we’ll be doing next fall:  http://sites.google.com/site/letsplaysalmonbay/

Please join us, and help spread the word about this exciting project!  Thank you!

Robin Wise Lofstrom

Project Manager | Salmon Bay Playground Renovation

Thu, 04/14: Movie Screening. The Dark Side of Chocolate

In collaboration with our friends at Equal Exchange & Theo Chocolate, join us for a viewing of The Dark Side of Chocolate, a 43 minute documentary examining allegations of child labor, trafficking, and slavery in the international cocoa industry.

The film will be followed by a discussion about fair trade and the cocoa industry led by event sponsors Equal Exchange Espresso Bar, Theo Chocolate, Community Alliance for Global Justice, Sustainable Ballard, Seattle Good Business Network, and Fair Trade Seattle.

This Event is Free, No Reservations Required

Sat, 04/16: Carkeek STARS Volunteer Work Party

Join other enthusiastic volunteers for a fun morning of forest restoration and trails maintenance. We have a wide variety of tasks you can help with. We provide gloves and water (we encourage you to bring your own bottle of water, to reduce plastic waste). Please wear sturdy shoes. Suitable for teens and older. Follow the STARS signs to our meeting place. We’re here the third Saturday of every month.

Welcome!

Sat, 04/16: Garden Tour at Lori's

Sunset Hill Community Association offers a Garden Tour at Lori's on April 16, 10-2 pm.

This event is free, but a donation to Ballard Food Bank is greatly appreciated.

Corner of 32 Ave NW and NW59th Street. Just drop in.....

Sat, 04/16: Greenwood Park Work Party

Saturday, April 16th at 10am we will attach several donated birdhouses to posts in Greenwood Park's northwest lot along Fremont Avenue.

This will also be our first work party of the Spring. We hope to finish clearing the site of the new Community Garden, and at future work parties build a tool shed, compost bins and prepare the lot for the construction of over 40 p-patch plots later this Spring.

Hope to see you at Greenwood Park this Spring!

Thank you for your continued support,
VGP Steering Committee

Sat, 04/16: ebca Adopt A Street Cleanup on 14th Ave NW

Wed, 04/20: Friends of a Park Boulevard on 14th Ave NW Monthly Meeting

Thu, 04/21: Planning Meeting for Urban Trails

Seattle Parks and Recreation is hosting two public meetings to invite ideas for park trails. Both meetings will take place from 7 - 8 p.m.

• Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at Rainier Community Center, 4600 38th Ave. S, Seattle 98118
• Thursday, April 21, 2011 at Meadowbrook Community Center,10517 35th Ave NE, Seattle 98125

These meetings are an opportunity for trail enthusiasts to provide input and ideas on how to preserve and develop Seattle Parks and Recreation soft surface walking and hiking paths. Trails and related activities rank very high on the list of activities that Seattlites enjoy, and these meetings will provide essential direction in how Parks protects and improves these assets.

"Trails are the entry way for the public to enjoy our urban forests,", said Mark Mead, Seattle Parks Senior Urban Forester. "While the user groups vary greatly from joggers to bird watchers to folks getting from one side of the neighborhood to the next, this process will allow us to connect better with them on a common thread: safe and accessible trails."

Parks is using its trails inventory to not only plan work for the next five years and beyond, but is taking this opportunity to work with stakeholders, citizens, and community organizations to develop partnerships and a vision for our trail system.

For more information on Seattle Parks and Recreation Trail system, please visit http://seattle.gov/parks/trails.asp or contact Chukundi Salisbury, Seattle Parks and Recreation Trails Program Coordinator, at 1600 South Dakota Street, Seattle, WA 98108, 206-684-4122, or Chukundi.salisbury@seattle.gov.

Sat, 04/23: Crown Hill Glen Work Party

There will be a work party in the park at Crown HIll Glen, on Saturday, April 23, 2011.

Crown Hill Glen is located at NW 89th Street and 19th Avenue NW. The event begins at 10 AM, and ends at 5 PM.

Come help your neighbors weed and mulch this great little green space!

For more information, please contact Joyce Ford, (206) 789-1394.

Sat, 04/23: Volunteer Event: Golden Gardens

Join EarthCorps and the Green Seattle Partnership as we continue efforts to restore this amazing park. Today we will be performing maintenance on past restoration sites and removing invasive plant species such as English ivy. This is a Green Seattle Partnership project.

A park with a view, Golden Gardens sits on the shore of Shilshole Bay and over looks the Olympic Mountains. Who would think that such a tranquil scene would be the sight of a struggle of epic proportions? Within the forests of Golden Gardens, the invasive plant English ivy is crowding out native trees and shrubs and making the survival of native seedlings extremely difficult.

See our website for more information and to sign up.

Sat, 05/14: Bergen Place Work Party

Sponsored by Friends of Bergen Place.

Sat, 05/14: Crown Hill Neighbors Annual Mtg. & Emergency Preparedness Workshop

10-10:40am - Update on renovation of former Crown Hill School Bldg., construction of new Crown Hill Park, paving of NW 85th St., tree walks and 'Hood Hunt, and election of 2011-2012 Board.

Wed, 05/18: Friends of Kirke Park Meeting

Friends of Kirke Park will have their next meeting on Wednesday, May 18th at 6pm at 7049 9th Ave NW.  We hope to have more information about bidding of construction and the P-Patch at that time.

Wed, 05/18: Disaster Preparedness Workshop

Disaster Preparedness Workshop: Disaster Planning for the Family & Neighborhood

Presented by Debbie Goetz of the Seattle Office of Emergency Management.

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 18th, 7:00 to 9:00pm

Sat, 05/21: Troll's Knoll Spring Clean-Up

Please come out and help at the Troll's Knoll Spring Cleanup. This Saturday, May 21st, from 9 AM to Noon, we will be:

1. Pulling and removing small blackberry canes and other invasive plants,

2. Trimming and removing large blackberry canes that cannot be pulled from the ground, and

3. Clearing and removing garbage that has accumulated onsite.

If you can come out for a couple of hours this Saturday and lend a hand that would be great. Most of the blackberry canes are small right now, and we hope the wet, soft soil will make it easier than waiting until things dry up.

We will have a selection of tools and supplies to work with as well as gloves from friends and neighbors as well as Seattle's Spring Clean program but bring a yard tool of your own if you have one (clippers, pruners, rakes, etc.).   There may be some added refreshments.

If you have any questions about Saturday let us know, otherwise please come out this Saturday, May 21st, from 9 AM to Noon and join us tidy up the Troll's Knoll.

Friends of Troll's Knoll

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Trolls-Knoll/305200590574