Tag: central district

September 30, 2015

CHS: Two bicycle cafés opening soon in central Seattle

Sounds like the Capitol Hill bike shop vacuum is finally getting filled. And in true Hill fashion, it’s coming with coffee and beer. Our friends at Capitol Hill Seattle report that two very different bike shop cafés are opening soon on Capitol Hill and the Central District. One has bike polo champs at the helm…
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tagged: aaron grant, bike polo, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, central district, david richter, dustin riggs, herriott sports performance, justin carder, mckenzie hart, métier racing and coffee, paul dano, peloton, todd herriott
September 11, 2015

Bring the whole family! Bring your friends! The first ever Summer Parkways fills streets in the CD Saturday

It’s really happening. Summer Parkways is headed to the Central District, turning three miles of neighborhood streets into a long car-free, people-filled park. The weather report for Saturday is looking great. So grab your bike or put on your walking shoes and get ready to spend the afternoon in the sun meeting people and smiling.…
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tagged: central district, summer parkways
August 26, 2015

Join Rainier Riders for all-ages bike fun to raise money for UNCF Saturday

There’s still time to register for Saturday’s 22K bike ride or 5K family bike ride to raise money for UNCF. Rainier Riders have partnered to help organize bike fun for people of all ages, including a kids bike rodeo at Pratt Park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration is free, but obviously you are…
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tagged: central district, pratt park, rainier riders, uncf
August 7, 2015

Community members paint Pan-African flag crosswalk. Rather than fight it, city makes it official

Around the time of the annual Umoja Fest Africatown Heritage Parade earlier this month, some folks including the United Hood Movement went out and painted several crosswalks in the Central District red, black and green, the colors of the Pan-African flag. The action calls attention to what many people who grew up in the Central…
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tagged: africatown, capitol hill seattle, central district, king 5, pan-african flag, pete holmes, scott kubly, sdot, umoja fest, united hood movement
July 16, 2015

Check out the ten miles of car-free Summer Parkways in the Central District and Ballard

Seattle is stepping up its open streets game in 2015, remaking the old Summer Streets program into the bigger and more active Summer Parkways. Basically, the events will smash together Summer Streets (neighborhood street fairs) with the car-free family fun of the city’s long-running Bicycle Sunday events on Lake Washington Boulevard. Bike, scooter, stroll, skateboard…
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tagged: ballard, central district, summer parkways
May 8, 2015

Madison BRT project could also build better Union St bike lanes

Union Street could get a major bike lane update as part of the Madison Bus Rapid Transit project, according to city plans presented at an open house earlier this week. The bike route upgrades are part of an attempt to make the Madison Street BRT project a “complete street” by building a nearby “parallel” bike…
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tagged: capitol hill, central district, downtown, first hill, jean tinnea, madison, madison brt, positively union, seneca, spring, union street