Seattle Parks and Recreation, the Morgan Community Association, and neighbors will host an official grand opening and ribbon cutting of the new Morgan Junction Park at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, 2009.
 
This park opening kicks-off the fourth Annual Morgan Junction Community Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., which includes music, children’s activities and, new this year: the “Bite of Morgan.” 

The new park is located at 6401 California Ave. S.W. and is designed with both plaza and green space elements, and features an interactive sidewalk chalk gallery with low profile gallery style frames stamped into the concrete. A chalk art contest for all ages begins at 11:30 a.m.

“This beautiful new park, originally planned in the Morgan Junction Neighborhood Plan, provides a gathering space for all ages, and is a showpiece for the heart of our community,” said Steve Sindiong, former president of the Morgan Community Association.
 
The creation of this park was a collaboration among Seattle Parks and Recreation, Seattle Department of Transportation, the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Morgan Community Association and the West Seattle neighborhood.   
 
The Pro Parks Levy and a matching grant from the King County Conservation Futures Tax provided $747,000 for acquisition of this .2-acre property.  Additionally, the levy provided $480,000 for planning, design and construction for the development of this new neighborhood gathering space.
 
Approved by Seattle voters in 2000, the $198.2 million Pro Parks Levy funded more than 100 projects throughout the city over the past eight years.
 
For more information go here
or contact Virginia Hassinger, Project Manager, Seattle Parks and Recreation (206) 233-7936  or virginia.hassigner@seattle.gov.