Wedgwood Community Council

You’re invited to join us for our May board meeting on Tuesday, May 2nd at 7PM via Zoom (meeting details below).  May board meetings mean one exciting thing…it’s elections time! 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 WCC Board Elections (woot, woot) Landuse Check-In Social equity check-in Landbanked Park Update NE Seattle Softball Tournament Update Q&A Here is the link to the WCC’s upcoming May 2nd board meeting. Wedgwood Community Council is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: May Read More …

Wedgwood has an Emergency Communications Hub at the Hunter Tree Farm, located at 7744 35th Ave NE.  This Hub is equiped to function as a gathering place for sharing information and resources in the event of an emergency. The Hub will serve as a communications center for neighbors to give and receive help. For example, there is a message board or share information received via radio from the City.  We are looking for volunteers to help plan our Hub drills and community outreach. Folks with Ham and/or GMRS radio experience are especially needed. But no experience necessary; come learn with Read More …

About the author: Jacqueline Houston is a member of the Wedgewood Garden Club and a Master Gardener of King County. She has been gardening in Seattle for over 30 years. Wedgewood Garden Club always welcomes new members – contact Jacqueline at tppoems@comcast.net for more information on our monthly meetings. How can you get your freshly-bought nursery plants off to the best possible start? These two simple steps can make a big, big difference to whether they thrive, or merely survive. Let’s assume you have already enriched your soil with some compost, if needed, and dug a nice hole. Now fill Read More …

We know there was great interest in our recent April board meeting, but not everyone was able to join.  Usually, we simply link to recordings of our past meetings in our meeting minutes.  However, given the interest, we have posted the recording of our April board meeting here for more people to watch.  We appreciate all of our guests and those who joined and contributed to the dialogue. Regarding the Wedgwood Center redevelopment proposal, you can find more information and share your comments, ideas, and preferences with them through the website Security Properties has set up: https://www.spwedgwood.com/.  We are already Read More …

You’re invited to join us for our April board meeting on Tuesday, April 4th 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 Landuse Check-In Security Properties presentation of Wedgwood Center Redevelopment concepts Wong’s Redevelopment Update Social equity check-in Seattle Audubon name change Tent City 3 Update NE Seattle Softball Tournament Scheduled! Questions Here is the link to the WCC’s upcoming April 4th board meeting. Topic: Wedgwood Community Council’s April 2023 Board Meeting Time: Apr 4, Read More …

Now that it’s Spring, many get the urge to purge and want to get rid of all those things that have been accumulating.  Well, if you’ve got a vehicle you’re looking to get rid of, consider donating it to benefit Ryther – located on the edge of Wedgwood.  Ryther provides behavioral and methal health for children, teens, young adults, and their families throughout the greater Seattle area. Ryther has recently added a vehicle-donation process, thorugh with folks in the community can donate their car, boat, RV, etc. The vehice will be picked up and sold, and Ryther recieves the majority Read More …

In June 2022, Security Properties submitted very early plans proposing the redevelopment of the Wedgwood Center – the commercial area along the east side of 35th Ave NE, between NE 85th Street and NE 82nd Street, stretching from the Homestreet Bank at the south to the former QFC site.  The plans were really just prepared for feasibility level review and to initiate formal discussion with the city.  But, no purchase agreement had been reached between Security Properties or the owner. As part of this early process, Security Properties led some outreach to the existing businesses and to the Wedgwood Community Council.  Read More …

About the author: Jacqueline Houston is a member of the Wedgwood Garden Club and a Master Gardener of King County. She has been gardening in Seattle for over 30 years. Wedgwood Garden Club always welcomes new members – contact Jacqueline at tppoems@comcast.net for more information on their monthly meetings. What zone are we actually gardening in, here in Seattle? The answer usually given is either USDA zone 7 or 8, but one of the single most useful pieces of advice I got from our Wedgwood Garden Club presenters was to play it safe and garden as if we are zone Read More …

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.

About the author: Jacqueline Houston is a member of the Wedgwood Garden Club, and also a Master Gardener of King County. She has been gardening in Seattle for over 30 years. Wedgwood Garden Club always welcomes new members – contact Jacqueline at tppoems@comcast.net for more information on their monthly meetings. What should we be doing now to make our gardens more welcoming to pollinators? If you grow fruit, vegetables, or ornamental berries, or just want to help the struggling bee populations in our city, you can help by providing a varying buffet of bloomers for your bees from early March Read More …