Late last year, a group of neighborhood volunteers announced the formation of the Friends of Meridian Park (FOMP), an officially sanctioned “Friends of” of the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department. They’ve been meeting and pulling together a set of recommendations and are hoping to get some public input on priorities. Would you mind taking this short, five question survey for them?

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From what I can tell, the big challenge with Meridian Park is the same one facing open spaces around Seattle: a growing homeless population, many of whom have mental and substance abuse problems, with nowhere …

Add to the list of local businesses going out of business (Sunday’s New Business Roundup mentioned Alphabet Soup, Paper Delights, Crackerjack Contemporary Crafts and The Grizzled Wizard), The Red Door in Fremont has announced today they’ll be locking up for good soon, too:

Friends,
It is with great sadness that we share that we will be closing the Red Door at the end of our current lease, and our last day of business will be Sunday, March 8th.

We take our stewardship of this historic building and business seriously, but we just aren’t able to make it work financially. We …

Reverand Tiare Mathison of the Wallingford Presbyterian Church (1414 N. 42nd Street) invites everyone to an hour or singing Christmas carols and other holiday songs, “favorites both sacred and not”, Thursday, December 19th at 7 pm.

Which reminds me, when I was growing up in New Haven, I remember a few times Christmas Carolers would go from house to house singing songs from the sidewalk. I’m pretty sure we shut off the porch light, leaving only our menorah lit in the window, but in my adulthood, the notion of people ambling from house to house throughout the neighborhood singing seems …

Evie Allen! Thanks to everyone who donated to FamilyWorks as part of our Seahawks vs Cardinals ticket giveaway. Evie was were the lucky winner and will be heading to the game! The bookmakers have Arizona winning at +9.5 -105, but they also had Tampa Bay at +4 -115 against Seattle in November (Seattle took the game 40-34) and Minnesota at +3 -114 over Seattle in December (Seattle won 37-30), so it should be a lively time.

Also winning are the hundreds and hundreds of people who get help from FamilyWorks, through their food bank, parenting classes, and advocacy, information, and …

Our neighborhood has some amazing artists and craftspeople. Shop local this season! (And no, Amazon doesn’t count as “local”, even in this city.)

This past Saturday, Mosaic Coffeehouse hosted a dozen or so local artists and craftspeople, selling their work just in time for the holidays. In case you missed it but would like to give something unique, original and truly locally made, I gathered their contact info for you here. Some have online shops, but you might reach out about local perusing and pick-up if you see something you like.

Update: there is another local art and craft market …

The tempestuous story of the Northlake Tiny House Village has taken an unexpected but happy turn.

In October, the Human Services Department (HSD) announced that it would be cutting off funding for the village and closing it as of December 31st (Northlake Tiny House Village To Close). This deadline was then moved back to December 9th (Northlake Tiny House Village Gets A New Deadline), and the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) informed residents that anyone remaining onsite as of this coming Monday, December 9th would be subject to arrest.

Jami Fecher, the pastor of Wallingford’s Gift of Grace Church and …

Friendly reminder, if you’re interested in a pair of free tickets to the Seahawks vs Cardinals home game on December 22nd, we’ll be drawing a winner this Sunday evening, December 8th from amongst the people who have donated to FamilyWorks Family Resource Center and Food Bank using the form below.

If you’re wondering what your odds are, Joey Ashenbrenner from FamilyWorks tells me that you still have a better chance of winning this than of being called down as a contestant on The Price Is Right (assuming you’re in the audience.)

Fill out my LGL form!

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