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Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) invite the community to celebrate the new Yesler Terrace Park on Saturday, August 25, 2018, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with sports activities until 7 p.m. and an outdoor movie, Moana, at 8 p.m. on the park lawn. This new park provides a much-needed outdoor community gathering place and is located at 835 Yesler Way, immediately adjacent to Yesler Community Center. With sweeping views to downtown, Elliott Bay and Mount Rainier, Yesler Terrace Park is the new heart of the Yesler neighborhood.
The community is encouraged to come explore the new park and participate in the many activities throughout the day. The park offers something for everyone in its two-acre footprint. Here is what you will find during the event:
http://www.seattle.gov/parks/about-us/current-projects/yesler-terrace-park or contact Karen O’Connor at karen.o’connor@seattle.gov or 206-233-7929.
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Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Landscape Architect and Project Manager are hosting an event at the Golden Gardens Off-Leash Area on Thursday, August 30 from 4. to 6 p.m. This is an opportunity for the community to review and comment on plans to install agility equipment at the park. Golden Gardens Park Dog Off-Leash Area is located in the upper north portion of the park at 8498 Seaview Pl. NW.
The Seattle Park District’s Maintaining Parks and Facilities funding initiative provides funding to improve Dog Off-Leash Areas (OLAs) throughout Seattle. This initiative provides $100,000 annually until 2020 and will improve existing off-leash areas through increased maintenance while providing updates to aging infrastructure. In 2016, we completed a capital plan for all OLAs, People, Dogs and Parks Plan. This plan provides a scope and prioritization of projects.
The first four improvement projects were completed over the last two years at Magnuson Park, Genesee Park, Regrade Park and Woodland Park OLAs.
For more information about the project please visit http://wwwqa.seattle.gov/parks/about-us/current-projects/dog-off-leash-areas
To find other OLAs managed by Seattle Parks and Recreation please visit http://www.seattle.gov/parks/find/dog-off-leash-areas
For more information please contact Shannon Glass at shannon.glass@seattle.gov or 206-733-9313.
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WHAT: Duwamish Salmon Bake Fundraiser & Program
WHERE: Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center , 4705 W Marginal Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106
WHEN: Saturday September 8th Food served at 12:00pm, Program begins at 1:00pm
Join the Duwamish Longhouse and Seattle Parks & Recreation for a Salmon Bake Fundraiser! $15 includes a Salmon Bake lunch and program presentation by Seattle Naturalist Jacob de Guzman. Food served at noon and program begins at 1:00pm.
The interactions between forests and salmon are not always obvious but they are highly important and complex. Come and learn how salmon interact with their forests and how those interactions help to sustain ecological systems.
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Northgate Community Center recently spearheaded the creation of a new neighborhood mural. The mural, named “Cosmic Unity”, is located on the north facing retaining wall of the Pacific Medical Center Northgate Clinic’s parking lot. The wall faces the Northgate Community Center multipurpose room and wraps around to face the Thornton Creek Natural Area. Northgate Community Center staff worked with local youth to solicit design ideas to spruce up this once plain gray facade, which now bursts with colors and avian imagery.
Through a series of brainstorming sessions, the youth in the area came up with the design concepts of unity, community, togetherness and peace. Artist Andrew Miller interpreted these concepts into the final design. During the two weeks of painting to complete the mural, teens went to the wall in small group or worked one-on-one with Andy to layout, draw and fill in the design. This was both a great learning experience for some of our young artists as well as an opportunity for them to take ownership of this new place-making feature in the Northgate community. In total, teens contributed over 20 hours of work to help develop the design idea and paint the mural. Pacific Medical Center will also be working with Seattle Parks and Recreation youth programs to provide guidance, clinic tours, and information to youth interested in careers in the medical field.
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