Tag: capitol hill
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Melrose Promenade kicks off new phase with community walk Wednesday
The Melrose Promenade Advisory Committee is getting ready to hold their first community visioning meeting with the project’s consultant team. The group is meeting Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Bauhaus Coffee at Melrose and Pine. The project aims to redesign Melrose Ave and the trail through Bellevue Place Park into a more inviting place to…
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Broadway streetcar extention will include cycle track, open house Dec 13
With funding for the planning phase of the First Hill Streetcar secured, the city is holding a Broadway Extension open house to discuss what such an extension could look like for the neighborhood. The meeting will be 4–6 p.m. December 13 at the Silver Cloud Hotel at Broadway and Madison. The $25 million project will…
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Nap Cantwell memorial scholarship fund raises over $32K for Bike Works
In the wake of 18-year-old Nap Cantwell’s tragic death following a May 29 collision at Pike and Boren, his family asked that donations in his honor be made to Bike Works. In the first week, $11,000 were donated to the organization, which put the money toward their youth programs. As of today, more than $32,000…
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New service hopes to fill long-term bike rental gap
There are several places in town where you can rent a bike to ride around town for the day. But at $30/day and up, bike rental fees add up quickly if you need a ride for a week or more. That’s where Lucas Nivon, founder of Seattle Monthly Bike Rental, comes in. “I did some research…
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Bike Master Plan: Central Seattle and downtown
This is the second post in a series analyzing Seattle’s draft Bicycle Master Plan update, which is currently taking public comments. This post will focus on the central neighborhoods south of the Ship Canal and north of I-90. Stay tuned for future posts looking at other parts of the city. Central Seattle is, not surprisingly,…
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People tracking a stolen bike help bring down alleged Capitol Hill theft operation
A bike theft victim, a responsible soul in Baltimore and a person with iPad tracking software all helped police bust an alleged stolen goods online sales operation at 12th and Mercer on Capitol Hill. The operation was busted last week when a stolen iPad was tracked to the building. But Capitol Hill Seattle reports that…
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