Entries for date "2014"

A New Safe Route to School!

Councilmember Mike O'Brien at the Wildcat Way ribbon-cutting ceremony Councilmember Mike O'Brien with students at the Wildcat Way ribbon-cutting ceremony On June 20th, Seattle City Councilmember Mike O'Brien cut the ribbon on Wildcat Way, a new safe pathway for kids walking and biking to schools along the 17th Ave NW corridor. The ribbon-cutting ceremony featured 300 sixth grade kids from Whitman School. Selena Carsiotis from Crown Hill and a leader of Ballard Greenways launched the pathway project and organized …

SDOT to Improve Street Where James St. Clair Was Killed

St. Clair Memorial Gene Tagaban gathers spirits at the James St. Clair Memorial Walk. The Seattle Department of Transportation is making much needed improvements to 35th Ave SW & SW Graham St in High Point, the site where 69-year-old James St. Clair was killed last December as he crossed the street. St. Clair was the fifth fatality along 35th Ave SW since 2006. "It's a street that really needs some focus and city …

Lake City Greenways Develops a New Park!

All told, 63 people participated in this community-led design concept. That is phenomenal. You can see the complete design HERE. There was strong general agreement among participants that they wanted a natural-feeling park with native plants and the enjoyment of flowing water. Additional elements rose to the top as they worked through their discussions. The attached site-concept rendering and some other illustrations provided by the designers at Johnson+Southerland are …