Posts for May, 2009

The official start of summer

May 27th, 2009

Most people around here think that July 5 is the real start of summer in Seattle, but there is an earlier sign. Every year in late May an osprey returns to the Mount Baker Rowing & Sailing Center bay and makes it his or her breakfast feeding ground for a few months. [More]


Never think neighborhood planning is easy

May 11th, 2009

This past weekend's neighborhood plan update town meeting in the Othello/New Holly neighborhood illustrated that neighborhood planning can be difficult, uncomfortable work. Several participants had pointed questions about who was running the show, where the process was headed and whether the day was really a cover for a city rezone agenda. The [More]