COUNTDOWN: 3 days until Alki Community Summer Celebration!

Along with everything else they’ve taken on, the new leadership of the Alki Community Council has organized a summer mini-festival – and it’s now just three days away!

Thursday night (June 20), 5-8 pm, be at Whale Tail Park/Alki Playfield (58th/Lander) for the first-ever ACC-presented Alki Community Summer Celebration. Free fun, plus food for sale. The plan (updated) includes:

Performances from:

Mixed Meta4
Billy from Billy and the Dreamboats
Dylan Yuste
Michael Pearsall
Abbigale
Hayward Sun

Food for sale from Fire Tacos & Cantina

Also present will be:

Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
Seattle Parks and Rec
A Cleaner Alki
Alki History Project
West Seattle Arcade
Seal Sitters
Alki Beach Pride
Starbucks free cold brew
SPD’s Courageous Lions and Community Service Officer program
Alki Community Council
Poogooder
Schmitz Park Preserve
Alki Elementary PTA

And you’ll have the chance to see and comment on the in-progress plans for the Alki play area between the playfield and the past-and-present school site. We’re expecting real summer weather that night, so set your calendar for a fun evening.

Why June 18, 2024 (9:04 am)

The flyer that was sent to neighbors, announcing this event, implies that the large grassy area adjacent to the proposed school site is a playfield for the school. Let’s be clear about this. The Alki School site is the smallest in the city, and the school district does not own any property outside the four walls of the proposed school. OK someone will come online and respond this is not true…. Meh. Technically, OK, SPS does own a few feet, especially in the rear of the proposed building. But for all intents and purposes the site does NOT have any playground whatsoever.The adjacent field, and the Whale’s Tail Playground far beyond, and the beach too, of course, all belong to the Parks Department. These areas are public property, available to everyone.