Wallingford-based nonprofit Balo USA is hosting its second annual Balo Bash fundraiser tonight, Friday October 20 from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm at OmCulture, and there are still tickets available. You can read more about Balo’s mission, working to support impoverished women and children, in last year’s Wallyhood.

Balo Bash 2022 was a hit, and now it’s time for another festive evening—including dinner, drinks, silent auction, dessert derby, wine raffle and—new this year—a boutique featuring specialty items made by Balo participants.

You can preview and bid on silent auction items here. And there are exciting new items that will be …

News from our neighbor, Dance Fremont… 

Dance Fremont needs your help! Since 1996, Dance Fremont has been a part of our
community at 4015 Stone Way N. While their permanent studio is being renovated,
they’ve moved to a temporary location at 8420 Greenwood Ave N.

Dance Fremont is working hard to inspire a lifelong love of dance in each student in an
inclusive atmosphere full of joy and creativity. They’re in danger of not being able to
provide meaningful scholarships to students with financial need. With an important goal
of $30,000 by Giving Tuesday, Dance Fremont is rallying our community …

Historic Seattle, the city’s top preservation advocacy and education organization, has awarded Historic Wallingford its 2023 Community Advocacy Award!

Each year, Historic Seattle hosts the Preservation Celebration to support its mission to save meaningful places that foster lively communities. At the event, honorees are also recognized with awards for their achievements in historic preservation in categories such as Best Preservation Project or Outstanding Stewardship.

Here’s what they had to say about our neighborhood champion:

Historic Wallingford has been instrumental in creating a historic district, organizing walking tours, hosting educational events, and advocating for the protection of historic buildings and …

We posted The End of Wallyhood? on September 20, 2023 and received responses from many of you imploring us to keep the blog alive and a number of RSVPs to our meeting next week. Thank you! We are glad to know the blog has been a meaningful part of your Wallingford community experience. We are also grateful for the suggestions for change and ideas for improvement.

Now, back to those RSVPs…without your help, we cannot create a new vision and carry it forward. Without more writers and creators, we cannot keep it alive. As a reminder, none of us four …

Have you ever thought of writing a post for the Wallyhood blog? Or, maybe you have had an idea and wanted to get the word out to the community? Or, perhaps you have questions about strange happenings in the neighborhood that you’d like to see investigated?

Why are we asking these questions?

We editors feel we are at a critical juncture and are debating if the blog should continue. If you glance over the past several months of stories, you will see that the vast majority of stories have been written by a very small number of writers – primarily …

3 Days Away: The Great Wallingford Wurst Festival! 16 bands, 14 vendors with booths, TVs in the beer garden (ages 21+) showing the UW and WSU football games on Saturday morning, games, fun, and the return of the used book room! Friday, September 15, 2022, 4 p.m. – 10 p.m. and Saturday, September 16, 2022, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.

The Wurst Festival is a community event, hosted by St. Benedict School, to raise money for our school by bringing together the school’s families and the surrounding neighborhoods, for a fun, entertaining fall festival. 

The vision for the festival …