The City of Seattle will be dividing up its Department of Planning & Development (DPD) in the new year. With the retirement of DPD Director Diane Sugimura, the department that handles building permits, land use zoning, occupancy, and inspections, will be split in two. The two new departments will be the Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections and the Office of Planning & Community Development.
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, in partnership with the Seattle Department of Parks & Recreation, is seeking an artist, or a team of artists, to design, fabricate and install a site-integrated artwork piece for outdoors in a new park to be located at the intersection of Westlake Avenue and Lenora Street.
Starting this week, the construction team working on the North Seattle Transfer Station will begin transforming the parking lot at Carr Place N and Woodlawn Ave N into a public play area.
On the first Wednesday of every month the North Precinct Advisory Council (NPAC) meets at North Seattle College to discuss public safety concerns.
The Seattle Office of Emergency Management and Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare sent out a list of suggestions to consider this week as our winter weather arrives. Take a moment to consider one or two steps you could take to be better prepared for winter
On Monday, November 9th, Stone Soup Theatre Artistic Director Maureen Miko sent out an e-mail explaining the new direction being taken by the theatrical company. While the non-profit will continue their exceptional work with youth, through drama outreach, summer camps and the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Creative Advantage Program, they will no longer be producing professional theater productions at their DownStage Theater space (4029 Stone Way N), after December 2015.
Volunteers are needed to help with tree planting, in typical Seattle Fall weather at Ross Park this Saturday, November 14th from 9a – 12:30p. Can you help? Can you spread the word?
Friends of Ride The Ducks of Seattle has asked fans, friends and caring neighbors of the local tour company to write letters of support of the future of the business, following a devastatingly tragic accident on the Aurora Bridge.
Into November, access to NW Canal Street from 2nd Ave NW will be closed as crews connect the new City of Seattle Combined Sewer Overflow drain pipe to the existing city sewer system.
On Monday, October 26th, at 7p, the Fremont Neighborhood Council (FNC) welcomes everyone to its monthly meeting of all matters concerning area residents.
