From the President

Dear Friends,

It's been an eventful year for Groundswell: the Mayor's announcement of the 7th Elect Church site purchase in March, the Salmon Bay Natural Area dedication in June, the City's purchase of the Crown Hill and Webster School open spaces, passage of the Parks levy, development of the Walkable Crown Hill plan, completion of the first phase of Ballard Corners construction and the initial improvements to 14th Ave NW.

Your support is critical to all of these successful projects. Please consider continuing that support with a year-end tax-deductible donation to Groundswell NW. Your contributions will help us continue to advocate for community parks and habitat in northwest Seattle and support great projects like Ballard Corners, which is raising money to complete Phase 2 in 2009.

Thanks again for helping make 2008 a great year for Groundswell!

Dave Boyd

Groundswell Events

14th Ave NW Adopt-A-Street-Cleanup - Dec 6

10:00 am to 1:00pm.

Meet your neighbors for coffee & breakfast snacks. Work side by side for a couple of hours to tidy up 14th Ave. Then have lunch together and talk about the improvements in progress on 14th Ave NW. Tools and trash bags will be provided by the city. Come dressed for the weather (rain or shine)

www.14avenw.org

Location: Blowing Sands Glass at 5801 14th Ave NW
Contact: Dawn Hemminger 206-953-3940

14th on 14th - A Dedication Celebration

11:00 am to noon.

Celebrate with your neighbors what has been accomplished at 58th & 14th by the 14th Ave NW Visioning Project. A new raised crosswalk will provide greater visibility to pedestrians & bicyclists crossing the intersection. The curb extension bioswales & planted median will calm traffic as well as filter rain water before it reaches Salmon Bay.

A slideshow of our accomplishments:

http://14avenw.org/CurbExtensions_Slideshow/index.html

Location: Blowing Sands Glass at 5801 14th Ave NW
Contact: Dawn Hemminger 206-953-3940

Other Events

Soundview Playfield Work Party - Dec 9

9:30 am to noon.

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

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

Bergen Place Work Party in Ballard - Dec 13

9:00 am to noon. Come join the Friends of Bergen Place Park clean up the park by weeding and mulching
SPONSORED BY: Friends of Bergen Place Park
EMAIL: v.sangrey@comcast.net

Location: Bergen Place Park NW Market at 22nd Ave. NW
Contact: Victoria Sangrey 206-335-8391 or v.sangrey@comcast.net

Golden Gardens Off Leash Area Work Party - Dec 13

10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Come join us for a general cleanup; chip, put gravel around the watering holes, remove chips from around fence line- and fill in holes!
LOCATION: Golden Gardens Off Leash Area
CONTACT: Ali Bradshaw 206-380-4257
EMAIL: alibradshaw3@gmail.com

Llandover Woods Bird Walk & Work Party - Dec 14

9:00 to noon. We'll warm up with nature walk and will focus the work on removal of invasives. Volunteers should wear protective clothing including sturdy shoes and preferably long pants and sleeves. They should also bring drinking water. We will provide gloves.
LOCATION: Llandover Woods 3rd Ave NW & 145th go to trail head between the two columns
CONTACT: Glenn Austin 206-364-9252
SPONSORED BY: Friends of Llandover Woods
EMAIL: gaustin@path.org

Carkeek Park "Stars" Work Party - Dec 20

9:00 am to 12:30 pm. 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.
LOCATION: Carkeek Park
CONTACT: Carkeek Park Information Number 206-684-0877
SPONSORED BY: Carkeek Park Advisory Council & Trails Committee

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.