Here come the bands, the drill teams, and cute kids in costume and much more! Summer is fast approaching and soon a long time Wallingford tradition will be here. The Wallingford Parade, a Seafair event, will be held on Saturday, July 13th starting at 11 a.m. and will start at N. 45th and Bagley, head west to Interlake, then south. This event harks to the beginning of Seafair in the early 1950s and is now in its 7th decade. The theme for 2024 is “Be a Hero” offering lots of inspiration for dressing up.

Parades are an American tradition, …

Let’s Keep Wallingford Livable and Fun

Public art enriches our lives without us even knowing it and becomes part of our experiences, says sculptor Toby Mendez. Wallingford is full of outdoor art—from the whimsical mosaics of the Boys and Girls Club to the Animal Storm sculpture outside Wallingford Center, to the eye-catching murals found throughout the North 45th Street business district.

With this as inspiration, a collaborative neighborhood group, Wallingford Beautification, is working on plans to add to Wallingford’s artistic landscape, to enhance visual interest, and raise community pride in Wallingford.

Two surveys are being offered by this group to …

You can share the vintage charm of Wallingford with your friends and family with Wallingford-themed Holiday Cards Offered Exclusively by Historic Wallingford.

Historic Wallingford is offering holiday cards designed by local artists Linda Sewell and Heidi Favour, which feature the historic ambiance of our neighborhood. Linda’s image, in Ho Ho Holidays of Santa flying over historic homes in his sleigh that is featured as a seaplane, is so Wallingford! Likewise, Heidi captures the cherished Wallingford bungalow and plentiful wildlife in Bungalow and Chickadee. She also has produced a series of five cards using images produced by renowned Arts and …

Does the seemingly ceaseless litter on the sidewalks and curbside along 45^th and side streets bother you? On Saturday, October 14^th from 10am -1pm, you have the opportunity to lend a hand to clean up the neighborhood. Colleen Kurke, operating as Street Keepers, adopted N 45^th from I-5 to Stone Way via City of Seattle Adopt- A- Street program to tend. This program supports community member’s efforts to improve the appearance of their neighborhood by supplying basic tools such as gloves, litter pickers, bags for trash and brooms, liability insurance, and pick up for the gathered …

If you see someone in a chartreuse vest carrying a clipboard in the neighborhood, it may well be a volunteer supporting the non-profit organization Historic Wallingford. Volunteers are recording styles and architectural details of homes in the part of Wallingford now being studied as a potential Historic District to be included in the National Register of Historic Places, an activity of the National Park Service.

The Wallingford community, as well as the city of Seattle, have benefited greatly from past historic preservation designations of key buildings and structures in our neighborhood. Notable are the Good Shepherd Center, The …