QUEEN ANNE:

FOLKpark

Tuesday, March 2nd, and Thursday, March 18th

6:30PM

Queen Anne Neighborhood Service Center

160 Roy Street, Suite100

Queen Anne Community Council Board

Wednesday, March 3rd

7:30 PM

McClure Middle School

1915 1st Avenue W

Uptown Alliance Planning & Transportation Committee

Wednesday, March 3rd

5:00PM

Queen Anne Neighborhood Service Center

160 Roy Street , Suite 100

Queen Anne Community Council Parks Committee

Tuesday, March 9th

7:30 PM

Queen Anne Community Center  

1901 First Ave W

Don Harper (206) 281-9018

Queen Anne Community Center Advisory Council    

Tuesday, March 9th

7:00 PM

Queen Anne Community Center

1901 1st Ave W

Queen Anne Chamber Board

Tuesday, March 9th

10:00AM

Queen Anne Neighborhood Service Center

160 Roy Street, Suite 100

Uptown Alliance

Thursday, March 11^th

7:00 PM

Queen Anne Neighborhood Service Center

160 Roy Street, Suite 100

For further information, please leave a message at 206-733-9435 .

Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce Luncheon

Thursday, March 18^th

11:15 AM – 1:00 PM

Outback Steakhouse

701 Westlake Ave N

$25 members, $35 non-members

contact@qachamber.org  or 206-283-6876

Queen Anne Community Council Land Use Review Committee

Monday, March 22nd

7:00 PM

Queen Anne Community Center

1901 1st Ave W

Sustainable Queen Anne

Monday, March 22nd
6:30 PM-8:30 PM

Heather Trim's home, 206-352-0219
2501 Westview Drive W (corner of Wheeler)

Queen Anne Community Council

Transportation Committee

Wednesday, March 31st

7:00PM

Queen Anne Community Center

1901 First Ave W.

Uptown Alliance Parks Committee

No March Meeting

MAGNOLIA:

Magnolia Chamber Board Meeting

Tuesday, March 9th

6:15 PM

3214 W McGraw St #206

206-386-4235

Open to the public.

Magnolia Community Center Advisory Council

Tuesday, March 9^th

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Magnolia Community Center

2550 34th Ave W

Magnolia Community Club Board Meeting

Tuesday, March 16th

7:00 PM—9:00 PM

Magnolia Community Center

2550 34th Ave. W

Sustainable Magnolia

Monday, March 15th

7:00 PM

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

2415 31^st Ave W

(Parking lot is on 31^st Ave W)

info@sustainablemagnolia.org

Discovery Park Advisory Council

Wednesday,  March 24th

7:00PM – 9:00PM

Discovery Park Environmental Learning Center

3801 West Government Way

Magnolia Community Club General Meeting

March Meeting TBA

For more information visit

http://www.magnoliacommunityclub.org/

Magnolia Chamber General Meeting

March Meeting TBA

Contact info@magnoliachamber.org or

206-285-9756 for more information.

INTERBAY:

Interbay Neighborhood Association

Wednesday, March 10th

12:00 PM

Qwest Church Basement

3233 15th Ave W

http://www.our-interbay.org/

MAGNOLIA/QUEEN ANNE/INTERBAY:

Magnolia/Queen Anne District Council

Monday, March 8th

7:00 PM

Queen Anne Neighborhood Service Center

160 Roy Street, Suite100

Guests includes King Co. Councilmember Larry Phillips and Port Commissioner Rob Holland.

Emergency Preparedness Committee

Tuesday, March 16th

5:00-7:00PM
Steve Erickson's house

2809 40th Ave West, Magnolia

Contact: Frank Gaul ftgaul@earthlink.net

Neighbors Advisory Committee

Wednesday, March 17th

4:30PM

Port of Seattle headquarters

Pier 69

Community Events

Annual Heron Tours

Heron Habitat Helpers invites you to our Annual Meeting and Heron Tours, Saturday March 6th at Discovery Park Visitor Center.

Meeting starts at 10 a.m., followed by the walk-about tours of Kiwanis Ravine at 11 a.m.

Bring an umbrella - the tour will proceed, rain or shine!

With luck the herons will be back and starting to nest!

for more information info@heronhelpers.org

Discovery Park Hosts Educational Program on Coyotes

Seattle Parks and Recreation will hold an educational session on coyotes at the Discovery Park Environmental Education Center, 3801 W Government Way, at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 4th.

The recent presence of coyotes in Discovery Park and in the Magnolia neighborhood have led to some uncertainty about what to do living side by side with native wildlife, and what to do when you encounter it. Learn about the behavior, biology, and habitat of coyotes. Find out how to avoid conflicts with coyotes and keep your pet safe.

Nature correspondent and blogger Denny Ryan will talk about “The Urban Coyote” and its not-so-secret urban life.

For more information on urban coyotes, please see the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife web site: http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/living/coyotes.htm.

Volunteers Needed for Magnolia Summerfest

The Magnolia Summerfest is an event of the Magnolia Chamber Of Commerce, organized and managed by members, residents and friends of Magnolia who volunteer as a community to ensure that this event is a success.  As volunteers come and go, there is always a need for replacements to organize and manage parts of Summerfest including the art show; craft, commercial, and non-profit vendors; the parade; recycling; and publicity.

Please volunteer and pass on the word. Contact  Heather Ussery, 425-269-1554 or heather.ussery@gmail.com .

Second Saturday at the Movies

The Queen Anne Movie Guild presents the timely and insightful documentary, “Sick Around the World” on Saturday, March 13, at 7:00pm at the Queen Anne United Methodist Church, 1606  5^th Avenue W, the pink building next door to the Queen Anne Branch of the Seattle Public Library. Entrance is on W Garfield St .

 With health care reform in our country stalled and the need for a new way forward, it’s instructive to know what health care looks like in other countries around the globe. Washington Post Foreign Correspondent, T. R. Reid, takes us to five capitalist democracies: the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and Switzerland, to see five remarkably different health care systems, all of which deliver health care for everyone in their countries and to a higher standard than our own.

Refreshments and discussion immediately following movie

Additional information about this documentary, the Queen Anne Movie Guild, and the sponsors who are helping make this free community service possible can be found at www.queenannemovieguild.org.

Sustainable Queen Anne BagShare Project

Sustainable Queen Anne Sewing is organizing the Bagshare project. This will provide durable cloth bags to distribute to participating local businesses in Queen Anne.  If a customer forgets their bag, they can borrow one and return it later to participating stores.

The ultimate goal of 'the BagShare project is to help stores and consumers become disposable bag free (paper and plastic) and bring their own reusable bags. It will also support businesses in the community, and teach more people how to sew!

Once a month sewing bees will be held in order to develop a pool of 1000 bags before the bags are placed in stores .  Or drop by to get supplies and ideas to sew at home. 

To learn more about the Queen Anne BagShare project:

» Contact Heather Trim at heatrim@gmail.com if you would like to participate or help! 

» BagShare was started in Massachusetts.  Go to: www.thebagshare.org

To learn more about Sustainable Queen Anne: 

» Come to a monthly meetings on the 4^th Mondays at 6:30 pm.

»  Visit www.sustainablequeenanne.org

FOLKpark Meeting

Thursday, April 8th at 7:00 PM, FOLKpark will be holding a public meeting to share the concept plans for Kinnear park. Come and give your Feedback!

Visit www.folkpark.org for more information.

Queen Anne Chamber Award Luncheon

Save the date April 22^nd for the Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce Awards Luncheon at Rock Salt on Lake Union at 11:15am. The price is $25members/$35non-members.

To reserve a spot or for more information contact , 283-6876 or contact@qachamber.org.

The Magnolia Community Center’s Book Club

When: Every 3^rd Thursday of the Month

Where: Magnolia Community Center

Time: 6:15-7:30PM Discussion

There are no fees for the Book Club meetings and refreshments

are provided.  Please note that all selected books are available at normal retail

outlets in both print and audio versions.

All are welcome!

For more information please call or e-mail Kacey at 206-406-7409

kaceykroeger@hotmail.com

Citywide Events

Mayor McGinn’s Youth and Families Initiative

Mayor Mike McGinn detailed the process of community engagement for the Youth and Families Initiative in a new video on the Mayor’s Office blog. There are many ways to get involved in this important new initiative. Please check out this video to learn more.

http://mayormcginn.seattle.gov/the-mayors-youth-and-family-initiative/

Interested in participating in the Initiative? Come to one of the five workshops, where trained facilitators will lead participants through a group discussion about forming a plan that works. If you are interested in volunteering with the Initiative, please contact Sol Villarreal in the Mayors Office, sol.villarreal@seattle.gov or 206-233-2656

The meeting dates are set for:

March 1st at Northgate Elementary School from 7:00PM—8:30PM

March 8th at Van Asselt Elementary School from 7:00PM—8:30PM

March 15th at Denny Middle School from 7:00PM—8:30PM

March 22nd at Garfield Community Center from 7:00PM—8:30PM

Stay tuned for updates on volunteer opportunities and how you can help make the community a part of this important process.

Creating a Great Central Waterfront

Come to a round of community meetings in March to learn about exciting new work underway to create active and inviting new public spaces on the Central Waterfront.  Join your neighbors, members of the Central Waterfront Partnerships Committee, and city staff to share your ideas as the stage is set for a dynamic new waterfront for our city.

Meeting will be held at:

Miller Community Center

330 19th Ave. E Seattle WA 98125

Thursday, March 4, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Northgate Community Center

10510 5th Ave NE Seattle WA 98125

Saturday, March 6, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

High Point Community Center

6920 34th Ave SW Seattle WA 98126

Saturday, March 13, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

Van Asselt Community Center

2820 South Myrtle Street Seattle WA 98108

Saturday, March 20, 2:30 –4:00 p.m.

Join the group on Facebook or visit www.seattle.gov/dpd/centralwaterfront to follow the latest information, view video of the committee’s work, or access meeting materials.

All meeting venues are wheelchair accessible. To request special accommodations or to request an interpreter, please contact My Tam Nguyen at (206) 386-4183 or mytam.nguyen@seattle.gov.

City Data Open to the Public

Sixty city of Seattle datasets are now accessible online at http://data.seattle.gov, which is part of Seattle’s municipal web site.  The new site holds significant amounts of information about operations and infrastructure, such as locations of city facilities, schools, and food banks.

Data.seattle.gov is a first step in making data publicly available to meet the city of Seattle’s goals for an open, transparent and accountable government.  The site initially posts datasets from My Neighborhood Map, which is a feature on the city’s website, www.seattle.gov.  It will add data managed by city departments, beginning with data which is commonly requested through the public disclosure process.  Some of this data is already available on department websites, but data.seattle.gov will centralize the information on a single site.

Changes to the Neighborhood Matching Fund

Over its 21 years, the Neighborhood Matching Fund team has made continuous enhancements to the program. As part of a formal assessment last year, several improvements have been made to its structure, process and forms - all to make it easier and simpler to navigate and execute.

The following changes to the Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) begin January 2010.

 NMF Guidelines: 

· The NMF guidelines are now clearer and easier to navigate.  In fact, all four NMF funding programs are covered under the same guidelines document.    

· The value of volunteer time has increased to $20 per hour keeping up with Independent Sector research on average volunteer time value.

Fund Category and Dollar Limit Changes: 

· The Outreach Fund is now combined with the Small Sparks Fund, which will continue to provide support for community building projects with small funding needs, along with the enhancement of more flexible guidelines. 

· To keep up with rising costs, fund request limits have increased for the Small Sparks Fund up to $1,000 and the Small and Simple Fund up to $20,000 per project.

Application Forms: 

· The forms have been redesigned to be easier to use, along with simplified questions, fill-in electronic formatting, and simpler work plan and budget forms.  

· Signatures documenting community match pledges are no longer required for the application stage.

Technical Assistance:

· To increase outreach and assistance to projects, the Neighborhood Matching Fund staff will hold one to two technical assistance workshops every month at various locations around the city.  Check our website at www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nmf for specific dates and times.

· The website has been revamped to ease navigation and provide clearer information with the inclusion of a “Frequently Asked Questions” section.  Watch for the launch of the new webpages on December 1.  The website will continue to expand, allowing community members access to NMF advice and technical assistance – any time, any day. 

The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods NMF Team is excited about these improvements and trusts applicants will find them helpful as they, their organization or their neighborhood participate in the Neighborhood Matching Fund.   

City Hall Noon Concerts

Free noontime concerts in City Hall! Come join the fun…

March 4th: Dave Peck Trio

March 18th Jherek Bischoff

Located at City Hall, 600 4^th Avenue

For more information visit www.seattle.gov/seattlepresents or call 206-684-7171.

Seattle Neighborhood Waste Reduction Rewards

Reduce Waste and Win $50,000 Neighborhood Improvement Project!

If  you live in Queen Anne, Magnolia, Capitol Hill, Cascade, Eastlake, Westlake, Montlake, Madison Park, Leschi, Madrona or other central Seattle neighborhoods, team up with your neighbors to reduce waste and win a $50,000 community improvement project selected by the community and installed and maintained by CleanScapes, the City-contracted garbage and recycling service in central Seattle.

Approximately 200 tons of garbage are collected from Seattle single-family households every day.  Much of this garbage could have been recycled, or better yet, not created in the first place.

To promote community-wide waste reduction, CleanScapes is piloting a Neighborhood Waste Reduction Rewards program in central Seattle.  

To win, simply reduce the amount of garbage, recycling, and yard waste set out for collection by households in your neighborhood collection area.  The neighborhood with the greatest percentage reduction between Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 wins.  Community councils representing the winning area will choose a community improvement project from a list of options worth $50,000.  The winning area will be selected in early spring 2010, so spread the word and reduce waste now!

Visit www.cleanscapes.com for more information.

Seattle Offers Compost Bins at Huge Discounts

Program Makes Green Living at Home Easier

The City of Seattle is making it easier for Seattleites to garden the natural way by offering huge discounts on compost bins. Seattle residents can save more than one hundred dollars on high-quality compost bins while building healthy soils, and helping their plants to thrive.

Local gardeners can take advantage of two great offers -

- Green Cone Food Composting Bins Two Cones for $40, when purchased together. One Cone for $25 (Retail price over $100 each). Limit two per household.

- Yard Waste Compost Bins $25 each (Retail price over $70). Limit one per household.

The compost bins can be purchased online at www.seattle.gov/binsandbarrels or by calling (206) 684-0190.

The Green Cone food waste composters turn food scraps such as fruits and vegetables, breads and grains, eggshells, coffee grounds, and tea bags into nutrient-rich compost for customers’ gardens.

The yard waste compost bins transform grass clippings, leaves, stalks, dead plants, small twigs, and most weeds into a natural soil builder.

Customers can also purchase high quality rain barrels for $65 plus tax. Rain barrels allow gardeners to collect Seattle’s famed rain for use in their yards. Depending on how much it rains, a rain barrel or two collecting water from a 500 to 600 square-foot roof area can provide enough water to care for the plants and flowerpots on a deck or patio for several weeks.

Home delivery is available for a small delivery charge, or orders can be picked up at the Seattle Conservation Corps office at Sand Point/Magnuson Park, Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sales of compost bins are restricted to City of Seattle residents.

For more information on composting and natural yard care, customers can call or e-mail the Garden Hotline at (206) 633-0224 or info@gardenhotline.org.

Seattle City Light Customers Can Recycle CFL’s at 2 Locations

“Seattle City Light encourages our customers to use energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs and to recycle them when it’s time to dispose of them,” Superintendent Jorge Carrasco said. “Establishing these two recycling locations should provide a convenient service to customers who want to save energy.”

The utility’s collection locations only accept compact fluorescent bulbs, not fluorescent tube lights.

The recycling stations are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at City Light’s South Service Center, 3613 4thAve. S. (4th& Spokane) and the North Service Center, 1300 N. 97th St. (97th & Stone Way).

For other recycling options in the Puget Sound area, visit the Take It Back Network at http://www.takeitbacknetwork.org/ 

Seattle Police Department Crime Prevention

Terrie Johnston and Fran Tello, Seattle Police Department Crime Prevention Coordinators, are available for commercial and residential public safety talks.

To schedule a new Block Watch meeting or a maintenance meeting for your block, contact Terrie Johnston at 684-4741. She offers free residential home security assessments and personal safety talks.  To schedule a business public safety talk, contact Francisco Tello at 684-4730.

It's Pothole Season!

Call 684-ROAD to report potholes. The City is committed to responding to these reports within 2 business days.

NSC Services

Passports Now Processed at Seven Neighborhood Service Centers in Seattle

Offering Saturday hours was a stunning success, so the Department of Neighborhoods has adding more hours and more places where you can apply for your passport.

Department of Neighborhoods Events Calendar

Now you can post your events and activities to the Department of Neighborhoods (DON) new events calendar on our website.  Just visit our events page at www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/calendar, hit the link for "Submit an Event" on the upper left-hand column, read the "How to Submit..." and policy guidelines, and complete the form.*  Once your  event is submitted, it takes two-four days to have the submission approved and then it is posted to the DON website.  Not only will it appear on our calendar, but will automatically appear on the citywide calendar which gets thousands of hits a week. 

*hint - when filling out the form, you can select more than one neighborhood and event type.

Neighborhood Bulletin Board

The NSC has a bulletin board with useful information about neighborhood activities.  If you would like to post something on the board, bring it by the main desk at the NSC and we will try to post it for you.

Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle Aquarium Passes

Passes for the Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle Aquarium are available at the NSC. These are available for low-income families with a limit of 4 per household.

Senior Discount Card Available

A discount card provided by the Seattle Mayor's Office for Senior Citizens (aged 60 or older) of businesses and organizations that give discounts and special offers to seniors.

Small Sparks Community Development Grant is Waiting!

Do you have ideas for building community that could use up to $1000 from the City's Small Sparks program? Small Sparks seeks to bring together new people. The goal is to get new people (e.g., recent immigrants, youth, seniors, and people with disabilities) involved in creative small-scale community building initiatives. For example, a Small Sparks project in the Beacon Hill neighborhood was done where people organized a paper airplane toss from a tower. If you have any ideas we would love to hear about them, and share information about the program with you! Email your ideas to Christa Dumpys at christa.dumpys@seattle.gov.

Passport Processing Available

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Ballard NSC

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

10am to 2pm

Lake City NSC

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

Closed

University NSC

10am to 5pm

10am to 5pm

10am to 5pm

10am to 5pm

10am to 2pm

Central NSC

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

9am to 5pm

Southeast NSC

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

10am to 2pm

Delridge NSC

10am to 5pm

10am to 5pm

10am to 5pm

10am to 5pm

Closed

West Seattle NSC

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

9am to 4pm

Closed

Other Community Resources

Neighborhood Blogs

Magnolia: http://www.magnoliavoice.com/

Queen Anne: http://www.queenanneveiw.com/  

Interbay: http://our-interbay.org/

Queen Anne News and Magnolia News

Published every Wednesday, it covers stories affecting our community. It also contains information on upcoming events in the area. For more information check out their website at http://www.queenannenews.com/ or email them at qanews@nwlink.com.