Author: Per Johnson

Unfortunately, due to schedule conflicts, we have to cancel our March board meeting.  Our next board meeting will be scheduled for Tuesday, April 4th at 7PM.  We are already working on the agenda for that meeting.

You’re invited to join us for our February board meeting on Tuesday, February 7th at 7PM via Zoom (meeting details below). Our agenda is still being finalized, but we anticipate it will look something like the following: Welcome and Introductions Public comments Review and approve past meeting minutes Social equity check-in e-Newsletter Review Landuse Check-In NE Seattle Softball Tournament Check-In Questions Wedgwood Community Council is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: WCC’s February 2023 Board Meeting via Zoom Time: Feb 7, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84432405470?pwd=cHZaeXFYL2k5cXRlc21QbUFvTjM3UT09 Meeting ID: 844 3240 5470 Passcode: Read More …

NEST will be hosting a little fundraising concert of love for the community and for the organization. If you have a fondness for classical opera music, musical theater, and art songs, you don’t want to miss this event. Spend an afternoon with us for a selection of love songs featuring local artists Ksenia Popova, Glenda Williams, and Michael Drumheller. Wedgwood Presbyterian Church, Saturday, February 11, 2–3pm NEST members and volunteers $15, non-members $30. Buy Tickets Here. Want to know more? Call the NEST office at 206-525-6378

The film, Roosevelt High School: Beyond Black & White, will be screened at the University Heights (UHeights) building at 5031 University Way NE, on Thursday, February 7th, 7-9PM, followed by a discussion. The documentary debuted last January and explores issues of race at Roosevelt High School over the last 50 years.  It’s a truly excellent film prepared by Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity (RARE).  Doors open at 7PM with the screening beginning at 7:30.  A post-film discussion will run from 8-9PM.  RSVP here.  

You’re invited to join us for our December board meeting on Tuesday, December 6th at 7PM via Zoom (meeting details below). Our agenda is still being finalized, but we anticipate it will look something like the following: Welcome and Introductions Public comments Review and approve past meeting minutes Social equity check-in Landuse Check-In Treasurer Report Fundraising brainstorm Event Planning Questions Wedgwood Community Council is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: WCC’s January 2023 Board Meeting Time: Jan 3, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84096000999?pwd=NlNDNFBzN0pQcUVWMnJiUXl0RVZVdz09 Meeting ID: 840 9600 0999 Passcode: WCC

You’re invited to join us for our December board meeting on Tuesday, December 6th at 7PM via Zoom (meeting details below). Our agenda is still being finalized, but we anticipate it will look something like the following: Welcome and Introductions Public comments Review and approve past meeting minutes Social equity check-in Landuse Check-In Tent City 3 Discussion Wedgwood Parks discussion Discussion with members of Think Big Wedgwood! and the Wedgwood Garden Club 2023 Work Plan Questions Wedgwood Community Council is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: WCC’s December Board Meeting via Zoom Time: Dec 6, 2022 07:00 PM Pacific Read More …

UPDATE: The UUC announced that they have “offered Tent City 3 the opportunity to set-up in our (UUC’s) parking lot for three months starting in mid-March 2023.”  See below for the complete text of their announcement. The University Unitarian Church (UUC) located on 35th Ave NE will be deciding soon whether to host Tent City 3. UUC is actually not located in “Wedgwood,” but is rather part of the Ravenna-Bryant Community Association. However, we recognize that many believe “Wedgwood” extends south of NE 75th Street and realy these weird hyper-local boundaries are beside the point for those interested in UUC Read More …

You’re invited to join us for our November board meeting on Tuesday, November 1st at 7PM via Zoom (meeting details below). Our agenda is still being finalized, but we anticipate it will look something like the following: Welcome and Introductions Public comments Review and approve past meeting minutes Social equity check-in Update on proposed redevelopment of Wedgwood Center (QFC) Other landuse updates Wedgwood Parks discussion Discussion with members of Think Big Wedgwood! and the Wedgwood Garden Club Halloween Trick-or-treat debrief Big News regarding NE 95th Street Mobility Improvements Questions Wedgwood Community Council is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Read More …

Grab your favorite Black Swan tutu, your inflatable dinosaur constume, or your Groucho Marx glasses and join us as we celebrate Halloween with our friends in the business district since COVID-19 raised its ugly head.  We CANNOT WAIT to see you and all the kiddos smiling, giggling, and slightly terrified with Laffy Taffy stuck in their teeth as they run from shop to shop through our business district. Masks are optional. Joy for being part of a community is mandatory. Interested in helping out?  We are in need of several volunteers to help as crossing guards during the trick-or-treat event.  Read More …

On Tuesday, September 27th, the Seattle Parks District Board (aka, the City Council) adopted the 2023 Finanical Plan for Cycle 2, a 6-year period between 2023-2028 which authorizes $788 million in funding over the 6 year period ($118 – $143 million/year).  Included in this funding are the resources to develop the 8 landbanked park sites who were supposed to be developed as part of Cycle 1 until emergency reappropriation of that funding to address the City’s respons to COVID-19. According to Appendix 1: Context | Pre-Commitments of the Seattle Board of Parks and Recreations Commissioners, Companion to March 26, 2022 Read More …