On August 5, the owners of Edith Macefield's famous "Up House"announced the house would be donated to OPAL ("Of People And Land") Community Land Trust -- a nonprofit organization providing permanently affordable housing on Orcas Island -- if…MORE
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Ballard community leaders propose alternative encampment location to Mayor
Tue, 09/15/15
The Ballard Chamber of Commerce has requested a meeting with Mayor Ed Murray to discuss an alternative site location for the proposed Ballard transitional homeless encampment.
Mike Stewart, Executive Director of the Ballard Chamber of…MORE
Teachers continue to strike in Ballard and across Seattle
Thu, 09/10/15
Over 5,000 Seattle teachers and paraprofessionals picketed through the day yesterday in front of the 97 schools in the Seattle School District on what should have been the first day of class.
The strike continues today, and teachers have…MORE
Seattle teachers to strike tomorrow
Tue, 09/08/15
Instead being the first day of school for Seattle Public School students, tomorrow teachers will strike at all of the 97 schools in the district.
More than 5,000 Seattle teachers and paraprofessionals will start picketing in front of…MORE
Quest Church to move to old Mars Hill location in Ballard
Tue, 09/01/15
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
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
