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Yesterday morning several neighbors came together at 85th and Meridian to clear away invasive weeds (looking at you blackberries!) and make way for an urban forest.

The work party was the second such event at the site and made significant progress:

Planting trees in the area, which borders an I5 off-ramp, will have a large positive impact on the neighborhood as highways and their ramps are a major source of pollution and noise. Trees have been shown to reduce highway noise while cutting pollution by half. The trees will work in tandem with the noise wall put in place in 2009 along I5 itself, to make Licton Springs a quieter and healthier neighborhood for all of us.

Hope to see you at the next work party!

Goblins, Witches, and Ghosts, OH MY! October is here! Check out some of the upcoming Licton Springs events this month.

Social & Networking Events:

• Thursday, October 4th, @ 4:30PM, Lantern Brewing Business Social, Lantern Brewing

Learn about the brewing industry and meet other local businesses!

• Saturday, October 13th @ 4PM-10PM, Asian Street Food Night Market, Northgate Mall

($7 for 1 ticket, $25 for 4 tickets, and $45 for 8 tickets).

20+ local Asian Vendors will be cooking and serving over 100 different types of Asian dishes and snacks, including Chinese Crepes, dumplings, bobas, skewers, fruit teas, dessert and so many more!!

Our vendors lineup include the popular Vong's Kitchen, Spicy City, Happy Lemon, Tokyo Trendy, Mee Sum, Peony, Yummy Duck, Kungfu Jianbing, Banana Kingdom, and more to be added! There will also live performances and fun games on site for your enjoyment!

• Sunday, October 14th @ 8:30AM, Cascade Orienteering Club: Choose Your Adventure, North Seattle College

The Choose Your Adventure series is designed to be extra fun, social, and friendly for beginners, yet interesting for seasoned veterans.

At Choose Your Adventure events, everyone gets the same map with 24 checkpoints marked all over it. Then, after a mass start, you can find as many checkpoints as you want, in whichever order you want! Just be sure to mind the time, since there’s also a time limit. Return to the finish on-time, or lose precious points for every minute you’re late.

• Monday, October 15th @ 6PM, Security Considerations in Software Design & Implementation North Seattle Tech Talks, North Seattle College, Room CC1161

Seattle technology enthusiasts, students, and professionals are invited to join us for North Seattle Tech Talks. We'll gather for informative, insightful, inspiring, and inclusive talks on topics in web development, mobile apps, cloud computing technologies, and professional development. Follow up each Meetup with a chance to ask questions, socialize, and meet folks interested in the Seattle tech scene.

• Saturday, October 27 @ 4:00PM, Doom Zoom - Zoom Room Halloween Party, Zoom Room Dog Training

($15)

It's time for our annual Halloween Party! Cheryl will be busting out her homemade chili and there will food and drink for man and beast! Contest and prizes for Best Costume, Best Team Costume and Best Trick! So start planning early! Boo Boo's Boosters will be sponsoring the trick contest and the winner goes home with a stash of Boosters!

• Saturday & Sunday, October 27th and 28th, 55th Annual Wild Mushroom Show, North Seattle Community College, Old Cafeteria

The Wild Mushroom Show is one of the largest and most complete exhibits of mushrooms in the United States. Over 200 varieties of wild mushrooms will be displayed, identified, and classified as edible, poisonous, or valueless as food.

$10 Adults, $5 students, 12 & under are free.

• Wednesday, October 31st @ 4:30PM, Licton Springs Halloween, Licton Springs Park

Walk the park path and meet the Friends of the Forest while collecting treats and treasures. Hot cider and music at the playground!

Community Engagement Events:

• Wednesday, October 3rd @ 6PM, Seattle Public Utilities Sharps Training, Epic Life Church

All are welcome, including those not affiliated with the neighborhood. No RSVP required. If you have questions, contact Alison Steinbacher at [email protected]

• Wednesday, October 3rd, @ 7PM, Seattle North Precinct Advisory Council, Cascadia Elementary School

The North Precinct Advisory Council is a community organization devoted to promoting partnership between residents, schools, businesses, and the Seattle Police Department to effectively address public safety issues.

• Saturday, October 6th, @ 9AM, Trees for Seattle Licton Springs Work Party, 85th & Meridian

Help neighbors clean up the gateway to the community! Volunteers will be removing the invasive weeds that threaten the area's beautiful trees. This is a great opportunity to make your mark on a landscape that needs some love while connecting with friends and neighbors.

• Tuesday, October 9th @ 6PM, Mineral Springs Park Community Meeting, Neighborcare Health at Meridian

Discuss Mineral Springs Park events, work parties, and community engagement.

• Thursday, October 11th @ 7PM, ALUV Monthly Meeting, Epic Life Church

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, October 13th @ 10AM, Friends of Licton Springs Park Clean Up

Join FRIENDS OF LICTON SPRINGS for our monthly work parties

• Wednesday, October 17th @ 6:30PM, Licton Springs Community Council Meeting

Join Licton Springs Community Council for our monthly meeting

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!

As we reported back in May, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) added Licton Springs along Aurora Ave. to its pilot list of twice-weekly cleanup locations. Now SPU is asking residents and businesses in the area for their thoughts on the effectiveness of the Litter Abatement Pilot Program and the additional 2x/week litter cleanup it has provided. The survey seeks community thoughts on how they feel about cleanliness in their neighborhoods to determine next steps on the Litter Pilot Program.

Take the survey here.

Additionally, if you live, work, or travel through Nesbit Ave. N. between N 88th to N 90th streets:

then Seattle Neighborhood Group would like to know about any safety concerns you have, via this survey.

We learned today that the controversial Aurora Ave. tiny house village within Licton Springs will be closing for good March of next year. While many members of the local community have voiced their support for helping the least fortunate among us and have diligently donated food to the village, there has been disagreement that the village as designed is the best route to solve the problem. Since its creation there have been many complaints of crime that have been attributed to the village as well as a general concern around having an official policy of allowing illicit drug use just blocks from 3 schools, 2 of which are for elementary aged children.

On the city's homeless response blog, they identify finding permanent houses for the remaining residents as the top priority of the site ahead of its closure, with additional case management and partner agencies brought in to expedite the process.

Perspectives from around the web on the closure:

• SeattleTimes: Controversial tiny house village for homelessness in North Seattle to close
• KUOW: Tiny house village on Aurora Ave set to close
• KIRO: Seattle to close controversial tiny house encampment
• King 5: Controversial tiny house village for Seattle homeless to close
• The Stranger/SLOG: NIMBYs get their way, tiny house village closes

Today after extensive community feedback (at least 100 proponents of the moratorium and five against it) Seattle City Council unanimously passed a 6-month extension of its moratorium for new non-pedestrian-oriented developments within the Aurora Licton Urban Village:

The extension represents a victory for the ALUV group and associated members of the community who want to see Aurora transform into the center of a pedestrian friendly neighborhood that does its part to help soften our ongoing housing crises.