Love Licton

Social Events:

• Sunday, November 3rd, Danish Holiday Bazaar, 11-3PM, Northwest Danish Association (1833 N 105th)
  Come eat and shop while you support the Northwest Danish Association! Open to the public.

• Saturday, November 9th, Better Books Sale, 9AM-5PM, North Seattle College
  This sale features hundreds of “like-new,” gift quality books of all genres starting at $3!

• Wednesday, November 13th, Seattle City Light Art Celebration, 1PM-2PM, Seattle City Light.
  

Community Engagement Events:

• November 3,6,8,10 & 13, RESMS Grounds Beautification, 1-4PM, Robert Eagle Staff Middle School
  Join us to help cleanup the Eagle Staff school grounds! The primary job is weeding and spreading mulch.

• Wednesday, November 6th @ 7-8:30PM, SPD North Precinct Advisory Council, Northaven Senior Housing, Harbor Room
  Informal networking with law enforcement and community members follows the Captain’s precinct update as time permits.

• Saturday, November 9th @ 10AM-2PM, Friends of Licton Springs Park Clean Up, Licton Springs Park
  Join FRIENDS OF LICTON SPRINGS for our monthly work party.

• Thursday, November 14th @ 7PM, ALUV Monthly Meeting, Epic Life Church 10510 Stone Ave N
  Joining ALUV this month is Robin Amadon from LIHI and Jesus Aguirre, the Parks and Recreation Superintendent.

• Wednesday, November 20th @ 6:30-8PM, Licton Springs Community Council Meeting, Cascadia Elementary School
  Licton Springs Community Council represents the interests of the residents and the owners of commercial and professional businesses in the Licton Springs Neighborhood of the City of Seattle, Washington, to improve community welfare and happiness, and to promote a quality of life consonant with an urban, residential community.

To stay up to date on other activities coming up, check out LoveLicton's calendar.

Hope to see you at an upcoming event! Did we miss something? Let us know in the comments below or by emailing us at [email protected]

As mentioned earlier this year, Licton Springs Park was nominated as a historic site. A copy of the nomination is posted on Seattle Department of Neighborhoods website here.

On October 16, 2019 the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board approved the designation of Licton Springs Park as an official historic site with final approval expected in early 2020. LoveLicton and the Licton Springs Community Council were pleased to support the proposal and congratulate the First People of the Pacific Northwest and Urban Native Education Alliance.

This approval marks Seattle's first Indigenous landmark. You can read more about the park and the history in the Crosscut article from Oct 29th.

We wrote about the need for an Aurora-Licton Urban Village community center earlier this year. Now, we could use your help in letting the city council know about the need for funding for a feasibility study in the 2020 budget. The Licton Springs Community Council voted in support of this initiative.

You can find a sample letter from ALUV here.

If you support the idea of a neighborhood community center, reach out to your elected representatives, and those running to represent you, and let them know! You can reach the city council at [email protected].

Also, if you are available, please attend and voice support at the Budget Hearing on Tuesday, October 22nd starting at 5:30 pm at City Hall (600 4th Ave). Sign-in begins at 3:00.

We received some questions from neighbors about the public hours for the Cascadia Elementary playground. We learned from the Licton Springs Community Council that the playground is expected to be open to the public in the evenings after school lets out (2:30PM) during the week and on weekends. Occasionally, there may be times when it's closed to the public for school based events. The playground gate can be locked by accident but if it is locked you can call SPS Safety and Security at 206.252.0707 and request that they unlock it.

As a follow-up, we are looking into the public hours for the track. Do you know them? Let us know in the comments!

Cascadia Elementary School and Robert Eagle Staff Middle School are looking for volunteers to help with grounds beautification!

The next weeding session for Cascadia Elementary school is on Friday, October 18th. You can find more information here.

The next weeding session for Robert Eagle Staff Middle School is on Wednesday, October 16th from 1PM-4PM with future sessions occurring on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday afternoons in October and November. You can find more information about upcoming volunteer sessions and RSVP here.

No experience necessary!

This is a great opportunity to pitch in for the greater good, build some community, and help make the neighborhood schools beautiful!