Tag: Gathering Places Grant

The NE Seattle community came together to celebrate a successful community project and a new gathering place. Read More …

Grand Opening Bash – Saturday, September 17th, 3:30PM The Hunter Farm Gathering Place Project will come to a close on Saturday, September 17th when Tully’s Coffee throws an Grand Opening Bash starting at 3:30pm.  The festivities will include a few words from the people at Tully’s Coffee and the Pomegranate Center who made this incredible project happen, some music, some food, and lots of free coffee. So mark you calendars and come on out to celebrate the Grand Opening Bash of the Hunter Farm Gathering Place. Tully’s & the Pomegranate Center – Hunter Farms build in Wedgwood from Tully’s Coffee Read More …

SAVE THE DATE: Tully’s Coffee will be throwing a Grand Opening Bash on Saturday, September 17th at 3:30pm at the site to celebrate.  Yes, there will be coffee amongst other great bash-related things.  More information in the coming days. We knew going into this thing that there were risks.  Applying for a grant to build a gathering place on a private property is risky, even if you have the property owners blessing, is risky business.  Then there’s some inherent difficulties with the Hunter Tree Farm site that further challenged the design and process.  However, perhaps the biggest risk is not Read More …

About 75 more folks came out to the Hunter Farm site today to help build a new gathering place for NE Seattle.  And today, things began to come together and take shape. A special thanks to the Wedgwood Presbyterian Church congregation for opening their church up to the volunteers and providing a delicious smorgasbord of food for lunch.  Wedgwood Presbyterian Church has been AMAZING this whole project.  Thank you to Garza Foods for contributing 20 delicious tamales for lunch as well.   What a supportive community we all live in.  And thanks to Podorhythmie for christening our new stage. There’s still Read More …

Day 2 of the Hunter Farm Community Build ended with the dulcet blue grass tones of Artichoke Ridge.  A little blue grass music and dancing is just the way to end a long day of work. Thanks to more than 205 unique volunteers, many of whom worked both Thursday and Friday, we’ve made a huge amount of progress towards our goal.   Also, special thanks to the Wedgwood Safeway today for providing food and beverages for all the workers. Come out tomorrow to celebrate Day 3 of the community build with Podorhythmie, a French Canadian band, who will be playing from Read More …

What a day!  Thanks to the nearly 150 people that can out today to lend a hand in the Hunter Farm Community Build.  We were able to make some incredible progress with everyone’s help.  With everyone pitching in, we were able to: Build and paint 30 bird houses, Paint all of the tall poles on site, Build about 1/2 of the 20 movable benches, Start painting the banners (made from 2 donated sails), Begin preparing the planting beds, Cut the tall poles that were installed 2 weeks ago, Prepare holes for a pole fence in the NE corner of the Read More …