Demolition Day
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Tag: CC & Company
Parks Update: Demolition of the CC & Company Building to Occur at Future Wedgwood Parks Site
3-2-1 Demolition! The CC & Co building will be gone by Thanksgiving to make way for a future Wedgwood Park. Read More …
Need a Free Guest or Vacation House?
Former CC & Company building is listed for free. Read More …
Wedgwood's Newest Park One Step Closer To Becoming A Reality!
Slower than we’d like, but Wedgwood is getting closer to a new park! Read More …
Environmental Site Assessment Occurring at Future Wedgwood Park
Seattle Parks is looking at Wedgwood’s future parks site, the Morningside Substation, as part of an environmental site assessment. Read More …
Wedgwood Misses Out on Grant to Design New Park
UPDATE (7-12-11): The letter from the Parks Department’s Acting Superintendent, Christopher Williams, can be downloaded here (PDF, 5KB). On May 9th, the Wedgwood Parks Committee submitted an application for a Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) Small & Simple grant to develop a design for Wedgwood’s soon-to-be new park at the Morningside Substation Site. Having discussed the project with the Parks Department and Department of Neighborhoods, we knew that the “Wedgwood Deserves A Park (Design Phase)” project was a long shot due to Parks Department budget constraints. Nevertheless, we thought moving forward with the application was a responsible process for the community Read More …
Wedgwood Parks Meeting a Success!
About 150 people packed into the meeting room at Wedgwood Presbyterian Church for the WCC’s January 2011 general meeting, co-hosted by Seattle Parks and Wedgwood Parks. The purpose of the meeting was to formally announce the WCC’s recommended site for park acquisition, the Morningside Substation, using legislatively approved funds from the 2008 Parks and Open Green Spaces Levy. Wedgwoodians began showing up around 6:45 in anticipation of the meeting and to get their hands on the new Wedgwood t-shirt. Kurt Westman, the President of the WCC, kicked off the meeting with and overview and introductions before the presentation began. Chip Nevins, Read More …
JAN 12th – WCC & Seattle Parks Co-Sponsored Public Meeting
In 2008, Seattle voters approved the Parks & Green Spaces Levy which identified Wedgwood NE of Dahl Field as deficient in park space. As a result, legislatively-approved funding is available to our community to acquire a new park. The WCC’s Parks Committee began soliciting ideas for potential park acquisition sites and hosted a community meeting in March 2010. Since that meeting, the Parks Committee has integrated the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department’s site selection criteria with those values shared by the community at the March meeting. From this Wedgwood-specific site selection criteria, the Park Committee ranked those potential park sites. Read More …