Tag: seattle neighborhood greenways

May 26, 2017

Padelford named next Director of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, now hiring 2 staffers

With Founder and Executive Director Cathy Tuttle retiring, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways staffer Gordon Padelford is getting ready to take the organization’s helm. He will be the first ED of the organization other than Tuttle, who founded it in 2011 and led its formation into a 501(c)(3) non-profit the next year. “I’m incredibly grateful to have her…
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tagged: cathy tuttle, gordon padelford, seattle neighborhood greenways
May 19, 2017

Rainier Ave ride demos huge potential for bike lanes + City leaders support bike network at rally

I biked on Rainier Ave from Columbia City to downtown during rush hour this morning, and it was peaceful, easy and fast. As part of the Bike Everywhere Day celebration, Cascade Bicycle Club and Bike Works partnered to host a group ride to City Hall that travelled down the notoriously stressful and dangerous street. With…
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tagged: bike everywhere day 2017, cascade bicycle club, ed murray, gordon padelford, kelsey mesher, rainier ave, rob johnson, sally bagshaw, scott kubly, seattle neighborhood greenways, tina bechler
March 28, 2017

Capitol Hill groups come together to host hyperlocal Transportation Action Day

Several Capitol Hill community groups are working together to host a free training for anyone who wants to learn how to advocate and organize for safer streets Sunday. Afterwards, attendees will immediately put their new knowledge into action by heading out to businesses in the neighborhood to help gather support for safer streets and connected bike…
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tagged: alex brennan, capitol hill, capitol hill eco district, capitol hill renters initiative, capitol hill seattle, cascade bicycle club, marley blonsky, seattle neighborhood greenways
January 31, 2017

‘Our crumbling streets can be rebuilt later, our humanity cannot’

As advocates for safe streets, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has spent a lot of its efforts lobbying, campaigning and building support for infrastructure investments. So with lots of local transportation funding at risk if the Trump administration succeeds in its threat to pull federal funding from so-called “sanctuary cities,” where does Seattle Neighborhood Greenways stand? “Our…
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tagged: cathy tuttle, kshama sawant, one america, resist, rich stolz, ronacin, seattle neighborhood greenways
January 6, 2017

Memorial for Nellie Yelli Saturday + Treza Hafzalla charged with Vehicular Homicide, Hit & Run

Friends, family and neighbors will gather tomorrow (Saturday) morning to remember Nellie Yelli, 62, who was killed Sunday while walking in a Green Lake crosswalk. The memorial, organized by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, begins 11 a.m. at 82nd and Wallingford Ave N, the intersection where she was killed. More details are available on the event page.…
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tagged: deaths, green lake, memorial walks, n 82nd street, nellie yelli, seattle neighborhood greenways, treza hafzalla, wallingford ave n
November 15, 2016

Neighbors for safe streets unite at City Hall for World Day of Remembrance Thursday

Two hundred forty people have been killed in Seattle traffic in the past decade. Ten times that many have been seriously injured. Thursday, in solidarity with similar events across the world, neighbors from all over Seattle will converge on City Hall to remember those who have been killed or injured and call for transportation leaders…
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tagged: cathy tuttle, seattle neighborhood greenways, world day of remembrance