Thanks to the efforts of Mineral Springs Disc Golf Club, Mineral Springs Park's disc golf course just got a facelift with new tee pad signs installed. Check out some examples below!
Don't forget to check out the upcoming Mineral Springs Park events:
Monday, July 8th @ 5-8PM, 97th & Woodlawn Ave N Play Street, 97th-100th & Woodlawn Ave N
Woodlawn Ave N (between 97th & 100th) is having a play street on Monday July 8th from 5-8 pm. Play Streets are a great way to connect with your neighbors and for kids to have fun! We'll have bikes, nerf, squirt guns and more. Bring a dish to share if you're so inclined.
Saturday, July 20th @ 1-4PM, North Precinct Police Picnic, 10049 College Way N
Meet officers from Swat, Mounted Patrol, Canine, Bomb Squad, and more! Enjoy music, food, and entertainment. Learn how to get involved in preventing crime in your community!
Monday, July 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th @ 6PM-8:30PM, Robert Eagle Staff Middle School Grounds Beautification Effort,
Robert Eagle Staff Middle School
Please join Eagle Staff MS parents and community members to help pull weeds at Eagle Staff, specifically starting in/around the parking lot areas. Once finished out front, we will move to the west & back sides of the school. Compost bags, gloves, tools, ice cold beverages will be provided. If you prefer, you are welcome to BYO gloves, weeding tools, hat and a water bottle. Many hands make light work and this effort to care for our school grounds will instill pride for students, staff and families at your school, model environmental stewardship and ensures we are a good neighbor in our community. It will be great to see what we can accomplish together!!!
Tuesday, July 2nd @ 5PM-7PM, Mineral Springs Park Cleanup, Mineral Springs Park
Gather at southeast corner of park. Work will focus on weeding eastern side of park between walking path and fence with condominiums, though other areas may also be worked on.
Dress appropriately: sturdy shoes, clothes that can get dirty, recommend long-sleeve shirts and pants to protect from blackberry brambles. Tools and water provided.
Thursday, July 11th @ 7PM, ALUV Monthly Meeting, Epic Life Church 10510 Stone Ave N
ALUV stands for Aurora Licton Urban Village and seeks to build a pedestrian-safe, visually vibrant, economically sound, livable, and welcoming urban village using sustainable-growth principles.
Saturday, July 13th @ 10AM, Friends of Licton Springs Park Clean-Up,
Licton Springs Park
Join FRIENDS OF LICTON SPRINGS for our monthly work party.
Saturday, July 13th @ 10:30AM-Noon, District 5 Candidate Forum,
Taproot Theater
Hosted by Greenwood Community Council
Sunday, July 14th @ 9:30AM, Love Aurora Clean-Up, Epic Life Church
Neighborhood clean-up hosted by North Aurora (NORA) leadership committee and Epic Life Church. Meet at Epic Life/For North Seattle's facilities at 10510 Stone Ave N at 9:30am and head out the door after a brief training.
Email Kevin for more details @ [email protected]
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]
Thank you to all the North Seattle neighbors who came to North Seattle Community College last week to hear four of the candidates for City Council D5 seat: Debora Juarez, John Lombard, Ann Davison Sattler, and Mark Mendez discuss affordable housing, homelessness, locations of a North Seattle police precinct, Northgate redevelopment, transportation, climate change and other hot topic issues.
The D5 Candidate Forum was sponsored by Licton Springs Community Council, D5 Community Network and ReVisioning Northgate.
If you didn't get to attend, the video is posted on the D5 Community Network Youtube Channel:
For more information about the candidates, check out the KODX June 15th Analysis of Dist. 5 City Council Race starting at the 23 minute mark and Speak Out Seattle's May 9th Candidate Forum.
For another opportunity to hear the District 5 candidates, Greenwood Community Council is holding a D5 candidate forum on July 13th at Taproot Theater from 10:30am-Noon.
Friday, June 7th, @ 5:30PM-7PM, Robert Eagle Staff 2nd Annual Swing Dance
Open to the community, $5 Suggested Donation
Sunday, June 23rd, @ 2PM-6PM, Celebrate North Seattle, Oak Tree Village Parking Lot
Join your North Seattle neighbors for a fun-filled afternoon featuring local vendors, live music, carnival games, bounce houses, food trucks and great giveaways! Admission is FREE for the whole family.
Friday, June 28th, @ 5PM-8PM, Northgate Community Center 13th Anniversary, Northgate Community Center
Saturday, June 8th @ 10AM, Friends of Licton Springs Park Clean Up,
Licton Springs Park
Join FRIENDS OF LICTON SPRINGS for our monthly work party.
Thursday, June 13th @ 7PM, ALUV Monthly Meeting, Epic Life Church 10510 Stone Ave N
ALUV stands for Aurora Licton Urban Village and seeks to build a pedestrian-safe, visually vibrant, economically sound, livable, and welcoming urban village using sustainable-growth principles.
Wednesday, June 19th @ 6:30PM-8PM, Licton Springs Community Council Monthly Meeting, Licton Springs Park by the Playground, 9536 Ashworth Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103
Licton Springs Community Council Meetings are open to the public and represent 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
Saturday, June 22nd @ 9AM, Pilling’s Pond Work Party
Join your neighbors for a work party at the duck pond (Pilling's Pond) located at the 1700 block of 90th. Come pull a few weeds, move some bamboo, let's continue to love our returning ducks.
Thursday, June 27th @ 6:30PM-8PM, D5 Seattle City Council Candidate Forum, North Seattle College CC1161
Who are your City Council candidates, and what are their ideas? Candidates running for the District 5 City Council seat will be present at a public forum June 27, 6:30-8 p.m., at North Seattle College, Room CC1161. You are invited to attend and also to submit a question in advance! If you have a question for the candidates, please enter it at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GQWMRPB by June 17. We’ll choose questions from those submitted and give them to the candidates at the forum. This forum is sponsored by the D5 Community Network, Licton Springs Community Council, and ReVisioning Northgate.
Saturday, June 29th @ 9AM, Trees for Seattle: Care for a Neighborhood Greenspace in Licton Springs!, 85th & Meridian
Spend your Saturday with friends and neighbors to continue caring for a neighborhood greenspace with lots of potential! Volunteers have already removed lots of aggressive, invasive blackberry that threaten beautiful neighborhood trees - and we will continue to remove harmful weeds and spread mulch to prepare the site to plant new, beautiful native trees. RSVP here
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]
Want to help Seattle prioritize how to spend $2 million of the city’s budget on park and street improvements? Community project prioritization is now open for Your Voice, Your Choice: Parks & Streets. Anyone can participate in Project Development if they live, work, go to school, receive services, volunteer, or have a connection to the City of Seattle.
If you would like to attend a prioritization meeting in person, there are two upcoming events for District 5.
Monday, May 6th, 5:30PM-7:30PM at Lake City Library
Thursday, May 30th, 5:30PM-7:30PM at Broadview Branch Library
Alternatively, you can vote for projects online until May 31st.
In District 5, check out these Licton Springs Projects:
After project prioritization, community voting on the selected projects will begin in September 2019.