On November 4, 2008, 59% of Seattle voters supported the Parks and Green Spaces Levy! Lucky for Wedgwood, our neighborhood northeast of Dahl Playfield is identified for a Neighborhood Park acquisition. The Parks Committee was formed to take advantage of this great opportunity.
In March of 2010, the WCC hosted a community meeting to discuss where the community would like a neighborhood park. In the following months, the Parks Committee compiled community interests with the City’s Parks & Recreation site selection criteria in order to evaluate the numerous sites before arriving at the Parks Committee’s recommended site. In the end, the site that met the greatest number of the communities identified values is Seattle City Light’s Morningside Substation, located at the NW corner of the intersection of 35th Ave NE and NE 86th Street. Most Wedgwoodians would recognize the property as the site where CC & Company is located.
To better explain how this process has unfolded and how Wedgwood Parks arrived at this recommendation, we have posted the following documents:
Wedgwood is renowned amongst Seattle neighborhoods for supporting local businesses. If Wedgwood is successful and the property is acquired by the Parks Department, there are several large steps that would need to occur before the property is developed into a park. At the earliest, park construction could begin in 2013. To this end, Wedgwood Parks has spoken to CC & Company, explained this 2+ year time line, and committed our support to them if and when it should be needed.
As new information becomes available or developed regarding the park acquisition process we will continue to share this with the community. If you want to get involved, email » the Parks Committee.