Happening today/tonight: From flowers to “frenzy”

Happening right now, the crew in the background of that photo is hard at work in The Junction — and has been since about 5:30 this morning! — hanging baskets of summer flowers (like the ones in the foreground). Here’s some of what else is happening today/tonight (in addition to the poetry slam and Pier 66 EPA hearing/rally we re-mentioned last night):

TODAY: Next step toward the Delridge Skatepark (most recent WSB coverage here)- its schematic design goes before the Seattle Design Commission at City Hall, 2 pm today.

TODAY: Great weather for a car wash, and SafeFutures Youth Center will clean yours in the U-Haul parking lot at the northwest corner of 35th/Morgan (map), 4-7 pm.

TONIGHT: At 5:30 pm, Seattle Public Schools is holding a public hearing at Gatewood Elementary about the proposed sale of part of the property it owns at Jefferson Square. The hearing has only been announced in a fine-print public notice, but we reported details of the proposed deal (which involved a legal fight) two weeks ago; if you have anything to say about it, be at tonight’s hearing.

TONIGHT: Also at 5:30, a potluck kicks off the rescheduled Pathfinder K-8 Multi-Cultural Night (full details here), with performances starting an hour later.

TONIGHT: 7 pm at Alki Community Center, the Alki Community Council meets with two big items on the agenda: Crime concerns in the wake of the May 1st shooting (and looking ahead to summer), and this Saturday’s Alki Community Wildlife Habitat celebration.

TONIGHT: Do a good deed while having a good time — at 7 pm, lend a hand (or two) for WestSide Baby‘s monthly “sorting frenzy”; details here (including how to RSVP).

5 Replies to "Happening today/tonight: From flowers to "frenzy""

  • tammyw May 21, 2009 (8:06 am)

    Tonight, from 6-8 PM is the Arbor Heights Elementary Young Author’s Night. The kids will show off books they authored and illustrated. There is also a Scholastic Book Fair in the Library.

  • WSB May 21, 2009 (8:35 am)

    Thanks – that one wasn’t on our calendar – good luck to the young authors! – TR

  • gordon May 21, 2009 (9:13 am)

    Those flowers are all nice and pretty, but how much does each basket cost to build and then maintain them, and how many are there? Is this a good allocation of resources? For the time being, maybe this could be cut back in favor of other important budget needs.

  • kittylove May 21, 2009 (12:07 pm)

    my parents were here last summer from the east coast and could not stop talking about how nice the flowers were….i think it’s great.

  • WSB May 21, 2009 (3:17 pm)

    Gordon, this is a West Seattle Junction Association project, not governmental, if that’s what you were wondering about … TR

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