Kirby has been in Fremont for a lifetime, as a resident, employee, employer, and playmate. She's served on the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, the Fremont Neighborhood Council and the Fremont Arts Council, and can be seen wandering the Center of the Universe year 'round. When it comes to Fremont, she likes to say she's full of it!
The Engage Seattle survey (click here) will give City of Seattle leadership ideas on how they can better keep we the citizenry informed about public projects, events, opportunities and issues.
The next round of Arts in Parks (AIP) grant applications has been opened by the Seattle Department of Parks & Recreation and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. The deadline for applications to this program, intended as outreach to underserved communities, is October 19th, 2016.
Over the weekend of September 3rd & 4th, Salsa Con Todo welcomes back Charlene Rose for some sexy Salsa styling & technique workshops.
On Wednesday, August 31st, from Noon – 1p, the Seattle Public Library and the staff of the Fremont Branch Library invite all the kiddies (and an accompanying grown-up) to come celebrate the End-Of-Summer!
The Fremont Arts Council has placed a call for volunteers to serve on two very important teams, supporting our community-based, celebration art organization.
King County Wastewater Fremont Siphon Replacement Project continues as the new micro-tunnel sewage siphons replace the 100-year-old Fremont siphon. A large crane will need to be moved onto a portion of the Burke-Gilman Trail, in Fremont Canal Park near 2nd Ave N.W. The Trail will be blocked for brief periods on August 23rd, and users should follow flagger’s directions to pass safely through the work area.
Fremont Mischief has partnered with ‘The Deadliest Catch’ Captain Sig Hansen, Captain Casey McManus and Captain Josh Harris to create ‘Storm Tossed Rye Whiskey’, available starting August 20th. The ‘Whiskey Slam’, an epic competition, will create two flavors of rye, aged on the rough, storm-tossed West Bering Sea or for a season longer on the smooth, frigid Arctic seas. Best of all, sales of both blends will benefit charitable foundations that support the commercial fishing workers.
On Monday, August 8th, neighbors filled a meeting room at the Good Shepherd Center to hear about, and comment on, a proposed 7-story office building for 900 N 34th St, to be built under the Living Building Pilot Program. This would be the third building built under this program (and the second in Fremont,) which requires the structure to meet very high, very strict standards of energy conservation and sustainability.
On Monday, August 22nd, at 9a, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will put in place a short reroute of the Burke-Gilman Trail under the Fremont portion of the Aurora Bridge. This detour is due to last through mid-fall.
This fall, a few more of the pavers beneath the J.P. Patches & Gertrude statue, the ‘Late For The Interurban’ by Kevin Edwin Pettelle, will be engraved – and if you want to share your message, name or honor a friend forever in Fremont – the deadline to contact History House of Greater Seattle about your own personalized paver is Friday, August 26th at 5p.
