Members of Quest Church, a growing Seattle church based in Interbay, are moving into the 40,000 square foot building at 1401 NW Leary Way, which once was the home to Mars Hill Church.
Quest Church bought the building for $9 million last…MORE
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LIHI plans to place tiny homes at transitional homeless encampment in Ballard
Tue, 09/01/15
The Low Income Housing Institute has announced that they plan to place tiny houses at the proposed transitional homeless encampment site at 2826 NW Market Street.
LIHI reported that they would place up to six houses along the frontage…MORE
NW Market Street encampment remediation finished, cost higher than estimated
Tue, 09/01/15
The environmental remediation work at the proposed homeless encampment site on NW Market Street has finished, but the cost of remediation will exceed initial estimates after crews found contaminants deeper in the ground.
All of the…MORE
Public Input sought on potential changes to ship canal bridges’ opening restrictions
Tue, 09/01/15
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is asking the maritime community, along with people who drive, walk or bike, whether the City should seek US Coast Guard approval to change current rules on when Ship Canal bridges must be opened…MORE
Mayor Murray, Councilmember O’Brien introduce legislation to build new affordable housing
Tue, 09/01/15
Today Mayor Ed Murray and Councilmember Mike O’Brien introduced legislation that will create 6,000 units of affordable housing throughout Seattle. The proposal comes from the Mayor and City Council’s 28-member Housing Affordability and Livability…MORE
Kickstarter to move Macefield 'Up" house slow to raise funds
Mon, 08/31/15
The Kick-starter campaign that would move the Edith Macefield “Up” house to Orcas Island is having a slow start getting off the ground.
Last month it was announced that OPAL (“Of People And Land”) Community Land Trust --a land trust non-…MORE
CBRA meeting to host public forum with Districts 6, 8 and 9 candidates
Mon, 08/31/15
Courtesy of CBRA
The Central Ballard Residents Association plans to host a forum where residents of District 6 will have the opportunity to meet candidates running for positions of Seattle City Council. The forum will be held at Leif…MORE
Stash Pot Shop opens in Ballard
Mon, 08/31/15
A new recreational cannabis shop opened over the weekend, and customers flocked to the grand opening party to get their hands on the latest harvest of Washington State grown pot.
Stash Pot Shop Ballard, at 4912 17th Ave. NW, opened last…MORE
Ballard Bridge lane closures on Saturday
Tue, 08/25/15
It’s clean-up time for the Ballard Bridge. The Graffiti Rangers plan to remove graffiti from the underside of the bridge on Saturday, Aug. 29 from 7:30 a.m. until no later than 3:30 p.m. Sidewalks will remain open, but the right-hand lanes, both…MORE
Column-writing and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Sun, 08/23/15
By Amanda Knox
As I take up the reins of Kyra-lin Hom’s weekly column, I am riding a warm wave of romanticism after reading the story of another columnist of a local paper, albeit a fictional one—the unnamed protagonist of Gabriel Garcia…MORE
