Have a great idea for a community project? Looking for funding for your vision for Fremont? The City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is hosting two community workshops for those interested in applying for Small & Simple Project Funds this June, for a matching award of up to $25,000.
The ‘One Home Per Lot’ effort, which has advocated and lobbied for permanent restrictions on the construction of new, tall houses in previously unrealized back yard and/or side yard lots, now asks its supporters for help.
An informal, informational meeting has been scheduled for Saturday, April 19th from 11a – 12:30p at the Fremont Branch of the Seattle Public Library on a development proposed for 743 N 35th Street.
As the Seattle City Council continue to consider legislation governing the building of homes in the side lots of existing houses, the debate has grown heated and, according to the lobbying group ‘One Home Per Lot’, misleading.
While the windows are covered over, according to a sign on the window, the Tawon Thai restaurant is closed for three months, starting on March 1st. The restaurant will re-open then as Zab Verr Thai Restaurant & Lounge.
The City of Seattle survey on the Pedestrian Zone Mapping Project has been extended to March 31st, to allow people time to review materials and answer the survey questions.
On Monday, March 3rd, at 5p, the Lake Union District Council (LUDC) will meet to catch up on current events and news from the neighborhoods that surround Seattle’s working lake, as well as the City Neighborhood Council and the City of Seattle.
The February meeting of the Fremont Neighborhood Council (FNC) is next Monday, the 24th, at 7p at Doric Temple #92. The meeting is open to all Fremont neighbors.
For Monday, February 17th, the Federal President’s Day holiday, Fremonsters can expect to have regular pick-up of food and yard waste, garbage, and recycling trash.
According to a press release sent out this week by ‘One Home Per Lot,’ Washington State Representatives Gerry Pollet and Gael Tarleton have proposed a law, called House Bill 2311, to force the City of Seattle to notify neighbors of backyard/side yard development projects, before they are built or after the City approves a permit for one.
