All posts by Wendi Dunlap

Editor of the Beacon Hill Blog.
Recreation

Beacon Mountain to reopen soon

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Families enjoyed the Beacon Mountain playground when it was open last summer.
With the recent fine weather, a few neighbors have been wondering what’s up with the Beacon Mountain playground at Jefferson Park, and when it will reopen.

Andy Sheffer at Seattle Parks and Recreation says:

I have the fencing scheduled to be removed next Tuesday, May 14th. At that point the entire park will be open and the spray park will be in operation starting Memorial Day, 5/27/13 (Date when all spray parks open). The following work has been performed:

  1. Slope fortification
  2. Installation of curbs along pathways to prevent mulch from entering spray park system.
  3. Replacement of portions of concrete surfacing to enhance amt. of water re-circulated in the spray park.
  4. Mechanical enhancements to ensure smooth operation of spray park.
  5. Replacement of long open slide with a tubular slide.
  6. Installation of additional site furnishings.
  7. Installation of additional stepping stones in areas where desire paths appeared.

The following work is getting wrapped up this week.

  1. Installation of replacement safety surfacing associated with the installation of the new slide.
  2. Planting.
  3. General clean-up.

Please feel free to call me anytime at 206.423.1917 with any additional questions or concerns.

Meetings

Red Cross, El Centro, CenturyLink info at NBHC meeting 5/7

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The North Beacon Hill Community Council monthly meeting is this Tuesday, May 7, at 7 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library. All interested neighbors are invited. Here’s the announcement with agenda from the NBHC:

Please support our community council and enter to win fabulous prizes including gift cards at Victrola, El Centro parking pass, Tippe & Drague and many more local businesses. The grand prize will be one free permit (and insurance) to use Roberto Maestas Festival Street. Proceeds support NBHC overhead for the Beacon Hill Resource Center and Roberto Maestas Festival Street.

Tickets: $2 each/3 for $5 (Buy tickets from any board member in the neighborhood or at the NBHC meeting).

Raffle drawings will be held at our May NBHC meeting and June Beacon ROCKS for the grand prize.

North Beacon Hill Council Meeting (NBHC)
Tuesday, May 7th at 7:00 p.m.
Beacon Hill Library

  • Red Cross will be presenting preparedness training
  • NBHC Bylaws & board elections
  • El Centro Plaza Roberto Maestas update
  • Pilot project to allow CenturyLink to build boxes in our neighborhood
  • Other neighborhood updates

Please refer to our website at www.northbeaconhillcouncil.org for further updates.

Crime, Lost and Found

Can you help find these stolen tools?

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Neighbor Nick writes:

“Hi, we live on the corner of 15th and Hinds and recently (last night?) had two toolbags stolen, and some cordless drills. They are Veto Pro Pac XL toolbags. One is filled with wood and metal-working tools, the other is mostly electrical tools. There is a Makita 18v lithium ion cordless drill as well. If anyone tries to sell you tools with purple and silver paint on them or with a ‘Q’ written on them, please call Nick at 206-718-7358. Thanks!”

Clean and Green, Local Events

Beacon: A Hill of Beans at Cinco de Mayo Saturday

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“Dragon’s Tongue” is one of the heirloom bean varieties available for sale through Beacon: A Hill of Beans. Photo by Andrea Parrish-Geyer via Flickr/Creative Commons.
Christina Olson of the Beacon Hill Garden Club writes:

If you wander over to El Centro Saturday afternoon to enjoy Cinco de Mayo, be sure to stop by the Beacon: A Hill of Beans booth under the big tent. We’ll have free seeds (purple pod pole beans and green bush beans) along with some advice to get you started.

Chat about plans to plant the 24 planters around the parking lot with heritage beans and create Beacon’s first public U-Pick! We are looking for planting help later in the month. And let us tell you about the plans to bedeck the Beacon business district with pots of scarlet runner beans (beware of low flying hummingbirds in these locations)

Finally, shop local with our selection of heirloom seeds (see www.beaconahillofbeans.org for varieties). Mother’s Day is May 12, and Father’s Day is June 16 and everyone loves an unexpected token of friendship, beautifully packaged in envelopes designed by Maura Shapley of local Day Moon Press.

Join us in making Beacon: A Hill of Beans in 2013!

BH in the News, Food and Drink, Neighborhood Pride

Reacting to the Beacon Food Forest

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Raspberries photo by Chris Gladis via Flickr/Creative Commons.
On Monday, Dan Stone of National Geographic’s Change Reaction blog featured “Seattle’s Free Food Experiment,” the Beacon Food Forest:

“Can food be free, fresh and easily accessible? That’s the bold question that the city of Seattle is hoping to answer with a new experimental farm not far from the city’s downtown that will have fruits and vegetables for anyone to harvest this fall.”

Read more at NationalGeographic.com.

Local Events

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo this Saturday at El Centro de la Raza

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All Beacon Hill neighbors are invited to celebrate at El Centro de la Raza’s 8th Annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration this Saturday, May 4, from 1-5 p.m. at El Centro, 2524 16th Ave S., and on Roberto Maestas Festival Street next to Beacon Hill Station in North Beacon Hill. Admission and parking are free for this event celebrating Mexican heritage with music, prizes, children’s activities, craft and informational booths and traditional Mexican foods for sale.

This year’s live entertainment features performances by Ce Atl Tonalli Danza Azteca, Chief Sealth MEChLA Dance Group, the Seattle Fandango Project and a desfile cultural by the José Martí Child Development Center showcasing cultural attire.

See the event page on Facebook here.

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Lost and Found

Have you seen Raul?

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Have you seen Raul?
Have you seen Raul?
Neighbor Heather writes:

I am posting this for my neighbor Steve, who has lost his male cat Raul. He last saw him on April 21st at 13th and Stevens.

Cat Features:
Raul is a tabby cat, male, white paws and face. About 8 years old.

If you have seen him or have him, please call Steve at 206.999.9662! There are also some fliers up around Beacon Hill.

Thanks!

Can you help Raul get home?

Clean and Green, Local Events

Time to clean up at recycling/shredding event

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If your spring cleaning efforts have turned up some old computers, cell phones, refrigerators or the like, you might want to make your way to the Rainier Community Center’s northeast parking lot at 4600 38th Ave. S. on Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., for free electronic recycling and paper shredding.

Items accepted for recycling include appliances, electronics, lawn equipment, bikes (to be donated to BikeWorks), metals, batteries, and more. See the official flyer for details and a list of restricted items. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Windermere Foundation and the Rainier Community Center’s youth scholarship program. Donation receipts will be available.