Tag: ballard
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Ballard crossing guard struck by car Monday took the job after daughter was struck there in 2001
Desiderio de Castro went through hell when his daughter was struck by a car in a crosswalk in front of Ballard’s Salmon Bay School in 2001. DessaMonica spent three days in intensive care with a lacerated liver and many more weeks recovering. de Castro was not going to let that happen again, so he became a…
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Today: City will announce Missing Link safety improvements – UPDATED
Mayor McGinn and Councilmember Tom Rasmussen will announce safety improvements to the Burke-Gilman Missing Link in Ballard this afternoon, according to Cascade Bicycle Club. They will be underneath the Ballard Bridge on Shilshole at 2:30 p.m. For a brief recap: The Missing Link has been planned, designed, approved and funded. However, a group of supposed…
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Ballard brewery will have bike station, indoor bike parking (with your help)
A small brewery with a free public bike repair stand and parking for nine bikes INSIDE the tasting room? This magical business could become a reality in Ballard soon. The folks at Peddler Brewing Company (see our previous post) are working to get the bike-loving brewery up and running, and they need your help to…
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Bike Master Plan: Northwest Seattle – UPDATED
This is the third post in a series analyzing Seattle’s draft Bicycle Master Plan update, which is currently taking public comments. This post will focus on the northwest neighborhoods, north of the Ship Canal and west of Aurora. Stay tuned for future posts looking at other parts of the city. Following our post last week…
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Council adds neighborhood greenways, downtown cycle track to 2013-14 budget
The City Council Budget Committee voted Friday on a series of changes to Mayor McGinn’s proposed 2013-14 budget, electing to add funding to accelerate neighborhood greenways and the downtown cycle track network. The Council will vote on a final budget November 19. The Council added about $2.75 million to accelerate implementation of neighborhood greenways in…
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Bike-loving brewery opening soon in Ballard
Bikes and beer have been together since, well, since bikes were invented. I once started counting the number of bars and breweries that have some kind of prominent bike decor. I’ve since realized that it’s easier to just count the ones that don’t. Well, Ballard’s newest brewery loves bikes even more than your typical beer…
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