Get Ready for the 3rd Annual Wallingford Porchfest on Saturday, June 24th 12-8:30 PM!  A day of music, neighbors, food and fun.

Birthed during Covid, Porchfest was designed to be a safe way to get bands playing live for an audience without putting anyone at risk. In its third year, Porchfest has 9 neighbors hosting 17 Seattle area bands from their porches, yards and driveways over a walkable, three block section of Tangletown.

This year they are taking it up a notch with Dave Hernandez bringing his New Mexican Comfort Food, and with multiple business sponsors helping to make …

Neighbors, I have great news for you. There’s a new restaurant in the ‘hood and it is extraordinary. Anyone who enjoys eating great food or drinking amazing beverages should just figure out the soonest time they can get on down to Livbud at the corner of Stone Way and 34th. A culinary adventure awaits.

I was hot off reading How Not To Die which details the scientific value of a plant-based diet when I was invited to check out this new “plant-forward” restaurant. Livbud is the child of well-loved Heavy Restaurant Group which includes the iconic Purple Café and Wallingford’s …

This post comes to us from Tara Katz, Director of the Fremont Community School. 

In a world full of large corporate daycare centers, it is rare for small, independent centers to open these days. It is even rarer to find a childcare center gently nestled into one of Wallingford’s 100-year-old homes. Almost five years ago Fremont Community School (FCS), a small nonprofit preschool, was able to purchase a wonderful house located in lower Wallingford, kitty-corner to The Bouldering Project on N 36 Street and Interlake. Despite the challenges of COVID and its impact on the renovation of the building, FCS …

An update from the Seattle Department of Transportation

Hello neighbors,

Crews have returned to the project area and will begin signal installation, channelization, demolition, and restoration work in the following areas:

NE 45th and 8th Ave NE NW Market St and 11th and 14th Ave NW N 46th from Phinney Ave N to Green Lake Way N NE 45th and Brooklyn Ave NE

This work is expected to continue in the coming weeks. Please note that the schedule outlined below may shift. Thank you for your patience as we work to make Route 44 safe for all travelers.

NE 45th …

What’s for dinner? If you’re like us, you’re busy running the kids from one activity to the next.   Why not get some PIZZA from North Central Little League sponsor Tutta Bella?

This week, through Thursday April 27th, if you use our coupon code, you can order from Tutta Bella and 20% of your sales will be donated to North Central Little League.

Details:

Code is valid Sunday, April 23rd  – Thursday, April 27th for any location (Wallingford, University Village, South Lake Union, Kirkland, and others)  Dine-in or order delivery, takeout, or curbside from tuttabella.com Use the coupon code EasyAsPieNCLL at…

On Saturday, April 22^nd from 10am-1pm the Wallingford community will have the opportunity to help clean up the neighborhood at two locations. This activity is part of the City of Seattle Adopt A Street program. The Wallingford effort was initiated by Colleen Kurke and her organization Street Keepers inspired by cleanup efforts she has led in the past when involved with the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce.

Colleen will be joined by assistants, Rhonda Bush from Historic Wallingford, and Ted Hunter from the Wallingford Community Council and appreciate sponsorship from these organizations for this event. Thanks to community businesses …

Sofi, a student at Lincoln High school, invites all Wallingford neighbors to participate in the “One Step at a Time Contest”:

For my biology class, my group and I are creating a sustainability competition which will be a Wallingford-wide effort. This involves a list of tasks that help individuals have a smaller carbon footprint.

The website – http://www.zero2sustainability.com provides more detail on how to participate:

The One Step at a Time Contest is for anyone interested in reducing their carbon footprint. Climate change is a global issue that must be addressed. By preforming these tasks, you will reduce your personal …