Tag: neighborhood greenways

April 10, 2013

Thursday open house will discuss Ballard’s NW 58th Street neighborhood greenway

The revised plans for a neighborhood greenway on NW 58th Street in Ballard will be on display at an open house Thursday, likely the final public meeting on the project before expected installation later this spring and summer. The meeting will be held in the Ballard High School Lunchroom from 6 – 7:30 p.m. (presentation…
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tagged: ballard, ballard chamber of commerce, neighborhood greenways, nw 58th st
February 18, 2013

Neighborhood greenways take root on the Eastside

Imagine a network of calm, mostly residential streets near your home, neighborhood school and local business district optimized for safe travel on foot and by bike for people of all ages. Interested? Of course you are! It’s an idea that has appeal extending far beyond the flimsy Seattle border, where groups in nearly all corners…
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tagged: kirkland, kirkland greenways, neighborhood greenways
January 29, 2013

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways to host wonky discussion about Dutch bike facilities + Video!

The video above is from a presentation to the Washington Institute of Transportation Engineers earlier this month. In it, University Greenways organizer and thinker Eli Goldberg and Seattle Neighborhood Greenways leader Cathy Tuttle make a strong case for how the conversation around bicycling is changing dramatically, and why traffic engineers need to change with it.…
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tagged: cathy tuttle, eli goldberg, neighborhood greenways, washington institute of transportation engineers
November 30, 2012

Matching fund will boost donations Seattle Neighborhood Greenways

It’s been a year of intense growth for Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, the umbrella group for the city’s 19 (and growing) semi-autonomous groups spread out in all corners of the map. To give the group a big boost going into 2013, a donor has pledged to match all donations made by the end of the year…
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November 16, 2012

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways wins Sustainable Seattle award

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, the parent group for the citywide network of semi-autonomous groups that have formed all across the city in the past year or so, has won a Sustainable Seattle award. The group was honored for its leadership in creating “Human & Livable Communities.” Indeed! Of all the things SNG leaders have accomplished since…
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November 14, 2012

Reminder: First Delridge neighborhood greenway open house is Wednesday

The city is hosting the first of two public meetings about the Delridge Neighborhood Greenway tonight (Wednesday) 6:30–8:30 p.m. at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. The meeting is also the first to utilize the city’s newly-designed outreach model, which is designed to give neighbors more say in the early stages of planning. The city has…
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tagged: delridge, events, neighborhood greenways, sdot, west seattle