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BF Day Playground Project Seeks Your Opinion, Reports Progress

BF Day’s playground improvement project is proceeding quickly. They ask for your vote by June 9,  and sent this report: Playground Equipment Big news – we received eight proposals for playground equipment and have chosen 3 for further review and community input. Please take a moment to look at the images in the …PDF file [...]

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Hazel Heights will post sign soon; invites volunteers to help document project

The Hazel Heights group sends FNC, one of the project sponsors, “the latest info & photos from Vicki Robinson–our fabulous volunteer project lead with equally fabulous Cheryl Knox–for our mosaic art front entrance sign project”           and reports next steps: Glass tiles to surround/frame out the mosaic from Bedrock (gave discount, [...]

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Changes at Ernst Park Taking Baby Steps

FNC was recently updated by Seattle Parks about the Ernst Park project.  FNC’s Matt Gasparich met with them early April and they agreed to make some short term improvements while the longer term concept for the park was taking form.  Here’s the report from Katie Gray, North Parks Manager, Seattle Parks and Recreation: “I visited [...]

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Announcements from Dept of Neighborhoods–Parks, Transit, Youth, Rain Gardens & More

    1.     Spring Clean:  Spring Clean is Seattle’s premier clean-up event.  Held each year in April and May through an SPU partnership with Parks and Recreation, Department of Neighborhoods, and Department of Transportation, Spring Clean provides opportunities for residents to keep our city tidy.  For more information, please contact the Spring Clean hotline at [...]

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Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee to hold public hearing on potential Opportunity Fund projects

“The Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee has rescheduled the public hearing to gather public comments on the proposed second round of Opportunity Fund projects for Monday, April 22, 2013. The hearing at Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave. E, will take place from 6 – 9 p.m.   “Parks staff and the Levy Oversight [...]

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Fremont Siphon Project Hosts Open House Mar. 26

  King County invites you to attend an open house for the Fremont Siphon Replacement Project on Tuesday, March 26. This open house is an opportunity for you to review design options for the facility site in Fremont. These design options were developed using community input from a design workshop in January. Stop by anytime [...]

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Watch Your Inbox for Monday’s FNC Agenda

Agenda should be out this weekend for Monday’s FNC meeting at Doric Temple on N 36th in Fremont at 7 pm.  If you’re a member, you should be on the mailing list.  If you haven’t renewed, here’s the link: http://fremontneighborhoodcouncil.org/get-involved/join-us/ FNC keeps you connected with a lot of Fremont projects, from parks and land use [...]

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Fremont Walk Featured on Stairway Walks Day Feb 9

  On Saturday, February 9, 2013 from 10:00 am to 12:00pm, join Feet First for Stairway Walks Day. This event features fifteen simultaneous walks across the region to celebrate our valuable legacy of 650 publicly accessible stairways.  The stairs, many of them more than 100 years old, form a network of “scenic byways” for neighborhood [...]

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Fremont Siphon Replacement Project Workshop Saturday January 12th

King County invites you to attend a design workshop for the Fremont Siphon Replacement Project on Saturday, January 12.  This workshop is a special opportunity for you to work with the project team and your neighbors to develop a landscape and architecture vision for King County’s facility site in Fremont.        Saturday, January 12       [...]

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BF DAY Playground Project Seeks Neighbor Support

BF DAY’s Playground Project writes: There is lots of good news to report on the B.F. Day Playground Project. We are also getting in touch today to ask for your help. The project received final approval of both the King County Youth Sports Facilities Grant ($50,000) and the Department of Neighborhoods Large Project Fund ($100,000). [...]

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