Entries for date "November 2015"

Safe Routes To School Playgrounds

November 24, 2015 Screen Shot 2015-11-24 at 8.06.41 AMYou can tell how much the Dutch care about traffic safety by looking at their school playgrounds. On a recent trip to The Hague in the Netherlands, Queen Anne Greenways leader Mark Ostrow saw a playground painted as a mini Traffic Garden where young children could practice road safety skills. Mark decided to follow up with help from Google Maps to see if many Dutch schools used …

Parents Turn Grief Into Action #WDR2015

Cathy Tuttle, Executive Director Seattle Neighborhood Greenways November 15, 2015 Zeytuna_slider They wear big 3" buttons with a young face and a date. They are parents still, even if their beloved child has died. Their eyes are haunted. I have lived through the grief of losing my husband and best friend to cancer. I have gone through the gut-wrenching agony of nursing my teen daughter through lymphoma. I try to have …

Get Ready To #Party4OurStreets!

#Party4OurStreets November 9, 2015 If you care about healthy, safe streets in Seattle, this is the party is for you! Join Seattle Neighborhood Greenways as we celebrate the amazing accomplishments of our volunteers over the past year and look forward to next year. If you come to the party, you’ll be able to vote for the best of the best in categories ranging from the Exemplary Street Experiments to Greenway Champion. …

Thank YOU For Moving Seattle!

November 6, 2015 Wow! Your hard work paid off! We passed the Move Seattle Levy with 58% of the vote! Thank you!

The future of living in Seattle suddenly seems a lot more hopeful.

unnamed-2 Seattle will be able to repair bridges, repave roads, and replace broken signals and signs. Important as it is to maintain the infrastructure we have, your local action helped to pass a nearly billion dollar transportation …

Let's Get Ready For #NACTO16!

Cathy Tuttle, November 4, 2015 We passed the Move Seattle Levy!!

The future of living in Seattle suddenly seems a lot more hopeful.SNG Move Seattle volunteers

We'll be repairing bridges, repaving roads, replacing broken signals and signs. Important as it is to maintain what we have, we passed a nearly billion dollar transportation levy because we're ready to transform Seattle, not just to maintain it. And what better motivation to transform Seattle than …