Meet the District 5 Candidates
Tuesday, September 8 at the Meadowbrook Community Center. Read More …
Tag: Seattle City Council
It’s Official! Wedgwood Has a New Park!
The former Morningside Substation has formally been transferred to Seattle Parks ownership! Read More …
Ravenna-Bryant Community Association's Meeting Tuesday
The RBCA’s community meeting tomorrow (June 5th) is packed with great speakers. Read More …
City Council Candidates Forum at Magnuson – Monday, October 17th
UPDATE: If you can’t make the NEDC’s City Council Candidates Forum at Magnuson Park on October 17th, the Maple Leaf Community Council is holding a candidates forum on Wednesday, October 19th, from 7-9PM at Olympic View Elementary School (5th Ave NE and NE 95th Street). The Northeast District Council, which is aptly named as it is comprised of community councils throughout the NE District, will be hosting a City Council Candidates Forum at Magnuson Park on Monday, October 17th from 7PM – 9PM. This will be an excellent chance for you to get to meet the candidates before the November Read More …
Department of Neighborhoods Recommends $95,000 for the "WE CAN Safety Project"
The WE CAN Safety Project is 1 of 20 projects recommended for funding. Read More …
Seattle City Council Approves Amendment to Building 11 Lease
UPDATE (8-11-11): Councilmember Bagshaw has provided another update on her blog. In it, she explains that the full council has now approved the amendments to the lease, with Councilmember Burgess as the lone vote against the amendments. UPDATE (8-5-11): Councilmember Bagshaw, who chairs the Council’s Parks and Seattle Center Committee, provided an update on her blog about the Building 11 lease. In her post, Councilmember Bagshaw recognizes “the engagement of our citizens and their passion for our parks. I (Bagshaw) extend my appreciation to everyone who called, emailed, and provided testimony at our meetings. Future public/private partnerships will be better Read More …
Congratulations, Bernie Matsuno! New Department of Neighborhoods Director.
Earlier today, the City Council approved the nomination of Bernadette Matsuno as the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods. Congratulations, Bernie from all of us up here in Wedgwood! The following is from the City’s Press Release: Seattle City Council confirms Bernadette Matsuno as Department of Neighborhoods Director Seattle – Today the City Council unanimously confirmed Bernadette (Bernie) Matsuno as the Department of Neighborhoods Director. “I am impressed with Bernie’s professional background and her two-decade long commitment to the Department of Neighborhoods success,” said Councilmember Mike O’Brien, chair of the Seattle Public Utilities and Neighborhoods Committee. “The Council believes the Read More …
WCC Decides Not to Sue the City Regarding Pandora's Adult Cabaret
On Monday, the Wedgwood Community Council trustees discussed the possibility of suing the City over its permit issuance to the Pandora Adult Cabaret for the former Seven Seas Restaurant. As you may be aware, this has been an issue that the WCC has been working on closely with the Maple Leaf Community Council, Ravenna-Bryant Community Association, Meadowbrook Community Council and the Stratford at Maple Leaf. Due to the City’s response to our opposition, the sole form of recourse left to the WCC is a lawsuit. The case that we would be required to make before a King County judge would Read More …
Councilmember Bagshaw Supports Wedgwood Parks
(From Left to Right: Marieke Stientjes Rack, Per Johnson, Councilmember Sally Bagshaw, & John Norris) Today, members of the Wedgwood Parks Committee met with Councilmember Sally Bagshaw, the Chair of Parks & Seattle Center Committee. The purpose of the meeting was to share some of the exciting things which are going on in our NE Seattle neighborhood, including the completion of the Vision Plan and our coordination with Seattle Parks to acquire a new park at the existing location of the Seattle City Light Morningside Substation. We shared with Councilmember Bagshaw the process that the Wedgwood Parks Committee has gone Read More …
Grab Coffee with Councilmembers Sally Clark & Sally Bagshaw
Councilmembers Sally Bagshaw (left) and Sally Clark (right) have been having neighborhood meetings at local coffee shops around the City. On March 26th, they’ll be in NE Seattle at the new Pinehurst Safeway Starbucks, near the corner of NE 125th St and 15th Ave NE, from 9AM to 11AM. You can hear what the two of them are up to and ask them questions over a nice warm cuppa Joe. Sally Bagshaw chairs the Parks and Seattle Center Committee Sally Clark chairs the Committee of the Built Environment For all of the information, including RSVP-ing for the event (they’d appreciate Read More …