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From the President

Dear Friends,

Starting this week, the Seattle Parks for All Campaign is running the following television ad in Seattle — which sets out in stunning visual terms why passage of Proposition 2 will protect and improve Seattle’s quality of life.  We urge you to watch the ad online and forward this message to your friends so that they can see it.

But even more important, the campaign needs your help to reach as many Seattle voters as possible.   We are at a critical stage of the campaign with absentee ballots arriving in mailboxes in just over a week. Here are two things you can do:

1. Help distribute campaign literature this Saturday and next (10/11 and 18). Contact Campaign Organizer Mark Eaton at markforparks@gmail.com and show up at the Lower Woodland Sports Fields parking lot at 10am.

2. Donate to the campaign - your dollars will determine how many voters we reach!   So please consider donating to the Seattle Parks for All campaign now at https://www.upwardstech.net/seattleparks/.  By contributing what you can, you will help make possible parks, playfields, trails and open spaces  throughout our rapidly growing city.  Any amount you give makes a difference!

To learn more about the levy, and to join our campaign community, please go to www.seattleparksforall.org. And thank you for your help.

P.S., the campaign is continuing to pick up momentum, check out the editorial in support from the Seattle P-I.

Ballard Corners Park is Under Construction

Phase 1 of the construction for Ballard Corners Park is underway. The seatwalls have been poured. Next comes rough grading and irrigation. Come take a look at 17th and 62nd, or see the latest photos at www.BallardCornersPark.org.

Support Ballard Corners Park by Purchasing a Donor Tile

Events

Earth Ministry's St. Francis Sermon Smack-Down - 10/4

(otherwise known as a sermon contest)

Earth Ministry’s Celebration of St. Francis

Featuring a sermon contest open to anyone and everyone! All you have to do is submit a sermon, homily, or message of faith in action related to care for God’s creation! Three finalists each will be selected in lay and clergy categories to give their sermons at this event in celebration of St. Francis.

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Seattle Arts & Lectures: Terry Tempest Williams - 10/7

Terry Tempest Williams has been called a “citizen writer,” a writer who speaks out eloquently on behalf of an ethical stance toward life. A naturalist and fierce advocate for freedom of speech, she consistently shows how environmental issues are social issues that become matters of justice.

Contact: sal@lectures.org or (206) 621-2230

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Ballard District Council Meeting - 10/8

BALLARD DISTRICT COUNCIL
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Ballard Library - 5614 22nd NW
(Free parking below building - accessed from NW 56th)
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Chairperson:  Andy MacDonald (VP)

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Volunteers Needed to Assemble Play Structure - 10/11

We will be assembling and installing the play structure for Ballard Corners Park Beginning at 8 AM on Saturday, October 11th. Bring work boots, gloves, wheelbarrows, and shovels, if you have them. We will be moving the play structure parts from my garage, assembling it, digging foundation holes, mixing concrete, and securing the play structure with concrete. We need 15 strong people.

Come and help us! Contact David Folweiler at David.Folweiler@BallardCornersPark.org or 206-714-4271 for more information.

Bergen Place Park Work Party - 10/11

Golden Gardens Off Leash Area Work Party - 10/11

Come join us for a general cleanup; chip, put gravel around the watering holes, remove chips from around fence line- and fill in holes!

Contact: Ali Bradshaw at alibradshaw3@gmail.com or 206 380 4257

Golden Gardens Upper Forest Restoration - 10/11

Golden Gardens upper forest restoration work party. (Teen friendly!)

Fall is approaching- its time for us to get our restoration sites all prepared for planting! Great service learning projects!

It’s easy to register. Just visit the volunteer calendar on our website at

http://www.earthcorps.org/volunteer.php, choose the project that you would like to participate and click on Sign up for this event.

Location: Golden Gardens

Contact: Contact Chris@earthcorps.org or 206 322 9296 ext. 217

Soundview Playfield Work Party - 10/14

Come join us to “spring clean” our adopted areas surrounding Soundview Playground- it’s fun, great exercise – and a nice community time!

Location: Soundview Playfield
Contact: Deb Stamey at 206 782 1797 or deb.stamey@comcast.net

Meet Candidtes Reuven Carlyle and John Burbank - 10/14

Sunset Hill Community Association is hosting a Candidate's event on Oct. 14, 7-9 p.m. with Reuven Carlyle and John Burbank--candidates for the 36th District seat;  and also a review of the ballot Initiatives lead by a member of League of Women Voters. 
Location: 3003 NW 66th Street, upstairs in the clubhouse

Presentation About Townhomes - 10/15

On Wednesday October 15th, at 7pm the Crown Hill Business Association is hosting a presentation about townhomes given by the Congress of Residential Architects (CORA) with an introduction from Cascade Land Conservancy.  Learn about  All are welcome to this free event to be held at the Sunset Hill Community Club.  For more information, contact Catherine.Weatbrook@gmail.com

Location: Sunset Hill Community Club, 3003 NW 66th St
Contact: Catherine.Weatbrook@gmail.com

Weeding and Planting on 15th Ave NW - 10/15

On Saturday October 18th, 9am gather behind Edward Jones 8327 15th Ave NW and get ready to help with weeding and planting bulbs in the tree wells along 15th Ave NW. Location: 8327 15th Ave NW
Contact: Catherine.Weatbrook@gmail.com

Carkeek STARS Work Party - 10/15

Help us in our efforts to keep the invasive plants at bay, create safe, user-friendly trails, replenish our native forests, and protect our streams from erosion & runoff. Contact: Carkeek Park general information number 206 684 0877

URBAN DESIGN FOR WALKABLE, BIKABLE CITIES - 10/21

7:00-8:30 PM
Architecture Hall, Room 147
University of Washington, Seattle

Please join discussion moderator Peter Steinbrueck and the following panelists:

INTRODUCTION: BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLANNING IN SEATTLE
Jennifer Wieland
Associate Transportation Planner, Seattle Department of Transportation
Seattle, WA

BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION IN PORTLAND: A TALE OF THREE CITIES
Roger Geller
Bicycle Coordinator, City of Portland, Office of Transportation
Portland, Oregon

THERE’S MORE TO WALKING THAN WALKING:  DESIGN FOR COPENHAGEN’S PUBLIC REALM*
Louise Grassov, MAA
Associate, Gehl Architects
Copenhagen, Denmark

WALKABLE DESIGN FOR A SUSTAINABLE DOCKSIDE GREEN
Jim Huffman, MAIBC, LEED A.P.
Associate Principal, Busby Perkins + Will
Vancouver, BC Canada
 
For more information, please visit http://greenfutures.washington.edu/events.php

Building a Walkable Neighborhood - 10-23

The Nordic Heritage Museum is proud to present a three-part lecture series on sustainable architecture:

“Lessons from Copenhagen: Planning for a Lively, Walkable Neighborhood."
Louise Grassov of Gehl Architects will briefly talk about their involvement with the City of Seattle. She will then use the example of Holmbladsgade in Copenhagen to show how Gehl Architects addresses walking and biking issues. Holmbladsgade is a neighborhood that has been redesigned paying attention to the public realm and is considered a successful neighborhood revitalization project. This project will be tied into similar projects in Seattle.

There will be a wine and cheese reception after the talk sponsored by the Northwest Danish Foundation.

Upcoming lectures in the spring will feature Helle Soeholt of Gehl Architects and Eva Ora of Copenhagen X.

This event is co-sponsored and organized by Scan-Design, the University of Washington and the Northwest Danish Foundation.

Members: Free, Non-members: $5

Ballard Corners Planting Work Party - 10/25

Project Planting volunteers needed! Come join the community! We will need people to help put plants into the ground; no previous gardening experience is needed. Bring work gloves, work boots, shovels, and wheel barrows, if you have them.

Meet at Ballard Corners Park   at NW 62nd and 17th Ave NW
Contact David Folweiler at David.Folweiler@BallardCornersPark.org or 206-714-4271

Location: Ballard Corners Park at NW 62nd and 17th Ave NW
Contact: David Folweiler at David.Folweiler@BallardCornersPark.org or 206-714-4271

MacArthur Fellow David Montgomery presents "Dirt"- 10/26

Groundswell NW invites you to "get the dirt"on Seattle's latest MacArthur Fellow (the "genius grant") David Montgomery, UW Professor of Geomorphology & author of Dirt, The Erosion of Civilizations.

The event is 7-9pm Sunday, October 26, Crown Hill School, Room 4, 9250 14th Ave NW. This is a Dessert Potluck. Bring a dish if you wish, but don't sweat it - there'll be plenty to go around!

Plus, get the dirt on Proposition 2, the Seattle Parks for All Levy.

Loyal Heights Halloween Carnival - 10/31

Try out your Halloween costume while you play traditional children’s carnival games. There are plenty of challenges and prizes to make this a nightmare to remember. Come join us to take a shift for our annual carnival event for children ages 10 and under.

Note* High School community service hours are offered for this event

Set up begins at 12:30 a.m. -

Carnival 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.,

8-9 p.m. Tear down.

For more information about Groundswell NW and these opportunities, please contact Dave Boyd, dave.boyd1@comcast.net or 498-6636; or Andrea Faste,  amfaste@comcast.net or 783-6963.

Please explore our web site: www.groundswellnw.org.