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A location has been announced for a car camp being planned by the Ballard Homes for All Coalition.

Vic Opperman, founder of Sustainable Ballard, said at a Feb. 17 Sustainable Green Lake meeting that the camp will be coming to St. Luke's…MORE

The Green Seattle Partnership is looking for forest stewards and is hosting a Forest Steward Orientation on Saturday, April 4 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Seward Park Environmental and Audubon Center.

This is an opportunity to be a…MORE

Applications are due to the city by Feb. 27 for the projects that can be funded through the Neighborhood Projects Fund, such as traffic circles, sidewalk repair, or playground improvements.

Approved projects will be implemented in 2010.…MORE

Beginning Monday, Feb. 23, a portion of First Avenue South, between South Stacy and South Horton streets, is receiving a complete overhaul by the Seattle Department of Transportation. The department will build a new street base, lay fresh…MORE

The Seattle City Council’s Planning, Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee could soon vote on proposed upgrades to Hiawatha Playfield, including replacement of existing light poles and 8,000 cubic yards of regrading.

The existing 10 light…MORE

Community member and business owners have noticed an increase in the number of homeless people congregating at Ballard’s Bergen Place Park. Some say they are presenting a safety concern and are making the park undesirable to the rest of the…MORE

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Home For Good project will have a second early design guidance meeting with the Northwest Design Review Board March 9, 6:30 p.m. in the Ballard High School library.

The project includes green building and…MORE

Hopping on the sustainable bandwagon with the mentorship of Sustainable Ballard, the Green Lake neighborhood kicked off their newly organized Sustainable Green Lake group with an official inaugural gathering earlier this week.

Led by…MORE

Mandrakes Antiques, which has been located on the southwest corner of Market Street and 24th Avenue Northwest for 19 years, will close its doors Feb. 22.

The antique store announced its pending closure in mid-January with signs reading "…MORE

A monkey that escaped from the Woodland Park Zoo's tropical rainforest exhibit at 10:40 a.m. Feb. 19 was tranquilized and captured 35 minutes later.

No people or animals were injured during the monkey's escape.

Zoo patrons were…MORE