The Ballard NDS 2015 Project would design and construct infiltrating raingardens (bioretention cells) along up to 22 city blocks. Those raingardens would be located primarily in existing planting strip areas within City street rights-of-way.…MORE
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CenturyLink and Cupcake Royale Team Up to Celebrate Ballard
Thu, 11/20/14
On Friday, December 5, 2014, from 3-6pm CenturyLink is teaming up with Cupcake Royale to celebrate Ballard becoming the first CenturyLink Fiber Lit Community and we want to thank Ballard residents in the sweetest way possible: by giving away 1,…MORE
WHIN responds to SPD community meeting
Wed, 11/19/14
On Nov. 18 over 150 North Seattle residents flooded a small room at the Loyal Height Community Center to ask about the latest rise in crime in North Seattle.
The meeting was called by Whittier Heights Involved Neighbors (WHIN) to address…MORE
WHIN responds to SPD community meeting
Wed, 11/19/14
On Nov. 18 over 150 North Seattle residents flooded a small room at the Loyal Height Community Center to ask about the latest rise in crime in North Seattle.
The meeting was called by Whittier Heights Involved Neighbors (WHIN) to address…MORE
Woodland Park Zoo to phase out elephant exhibit, find new home for two Asian elephants
Wed, 11/19/14
Woodland Park Zoo has decided to eliminate its elephant exhibit over the course of next year and will move their two elephants, Bamboo and Chai, to a new Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) accredited institution.
Last year the…MORE
Seattle charts path to September launch of Preschool Program
Wed, 11/19/14
Mayor Ed Murray, joined by Councilmember Tim Burgess and Superintendent Larry Nyland, today announced the path forward for Seattle’s new voter-approved public preschool program. A blueprint for implementing the program will be delivered to the…MORE
‘The Man in the Rubber Mask’ robs four banks, one in Ballard
Wed, 11/19/14
The FBI and Seattle Safe Streets Task Force are on the watch for a masked man believed to be the perpetrator of four bank robberies dating back to October 16.
One of those robberies was at HomeStreet Bank on 15th Avenue Northwest in…MORE
Proposed farmers market fee increases, county and vendors look for other options
Wed, 11/19/14
Food providers in King County may be facing large permit increases, which have the Seattle Farmers Market Association (organizers of the Ballard, Madrona and Wallingford farmers markets) and other groups very concerned that many small farmers and…MORE
Gobblers to go the distance to end hunger on Thanksgiving Day
Wed, 11/19/14
Holiday runners are waving their waddles and fluffing their feathers for the eighth annual Seattle Turkey Trot, a 5 K fun-run or walk with all proceeds benefiting the Ballard Food Bank.
Last year over 2,500 trotters traversed the course…MORE
Are YOU Prepared for a Landslide?
Thu, 11/13/14
Did you know that most landslides occur between the months of October and April? And that 86 percent of landslides are caused to some extent by human activity? Landslide season is upon us and the City of Seattle is urging residents to take…MORE
