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A beautiful metal sign is now installed at the entrance to Greenwood Park‘s Community Garden. “Greenwood Station” refers to the former Interurban-Railway line that ran through the neighborhood at the beginning of the last century.
The fence was created by local metal artist Kim Hall, with design input from volunteers from Vision Greenwood Park and neighbors.
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Volunteer group Vision Greenwood Park is celebrating the completion of the new sport court at Greenwood Park, 602 N. 87th St., by throwing a party from 3-6 p.m. Sunday. There’ll be live music, Santi’s Kitchen food truck, and Bluebird Microcreamery ice cream.
Mayor Michael McGinn and King County Councilman Larry Phillips will cut the ceremonial ribbon. Games will be ongoing – basketball, soccer, and a yoga class led by Whole Life Yoga instructors.
The new play space at Greenwood Park is nearly complete. The asphalt court has been poured and the goals were installed this week. The innovative ‘freegame goals’ incorporate a basketball hoop above a soccer goal, so the court can be used both sports as well as street hockey. Side walls on the goals prevent missed shots from sailing out of the courtyard. The intent of the design is to create a flexible play space that can be used for different games to make it appealing to many different kids.
The volunteer group Vision Greenwood Park has been working hard all winter to finalize the design for the new multi-sport courtyard, which will be installed in the empty lot next to the park along Fremont Avenue and North 87th Street. Construction will begin in June.
Contractors will pave a courtyard and install two “free game goals,” which are basketball hoops with soccer/hockey goals beneath them.
An example of “free game goals” that will be installed in Greenwood Park.
The 4th annual Party in the Park is set for 3-6 p.m. on Sunday, July 22. Neighbors are invited to celebrate the grand opening of the sport courtyard, eat, listen to live music, and bid on donated items to help pay for artwork in the park. If you can help out, please email VGP or see their website for more info.
Volunteers from Vision Greenwood Park are hosting a work party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday at the park’s new Community Garden at Fremont Avenue North and North 89th Street.
The work party will happen rain or shine. Bring any of the following tools if you can:
Chuck’s Hop Shop, also known as Chuck’s 85th St. Market, is hosting a special beer tasting on Wednesday evening to raise money for a new multi-sports court in Greenwood Park.
The beer samples are free, but donations are welcome. The event is from 5-8 p.m. at 656 NW 85th St.
Meet great people, learn more about the project and try awesome beer from American Brewing Co. in Edmonds including Breakaway IPA, American Blonde, Brave American Brown and Caboose Oatmeal Stout.
Vision Greenwood Park (VGP) is a volunteer group of neighbors and representatives of local groups. In 2009, the group developed the “Greenwood Park Master Plan” with input from the community. The master plan called for the construction of a community garden and multi-sports court for basketball, hockey and soccer uses. Thanks to a Seattle Department of Neighborhoods (DON) Neighborhood Matching Fund, local donations and tons of volunteer hours the community garden has been successfully built. Now we are off to finalize design of the sports court and get it built in 2012. Once again DON is helping to make this endeavor possible by awarding us a Matching Fund Grant, that coupled with a grant from by King County has gone a long way. Despite the two grants, VPG is finding it necessary to trim the design of the sports court to match our available budget. Every cent raised at events like the one being held at Chuck’s helps us maintain the important elements to make the sports court a fun useable space for the older kids in the neighborhood.
Come out and learn more about the project this Wednesday while getting to know a local business as well.
For more information on Vision Greenwood Park find us on Facebook or visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VisionGreenwoodPark/. Learn more about Chuck’s at http://chucks85th.com/.
The volunteer group Vision Greenwood Park has just won a Seattle Parks and Recreation Denny Award for Outstanding Volunteer Stewardship.
The group has spent several years working to improve Greenwood Park. Their latest project is the new Community Garden, which is almost completed. VGP won the Community Stewardship Award.
“It is always difficult for us to choose winners,” Acting Superintendent Christopher Williams said in a press release. “All of our volunteers make valuable contributions for which we are deeply grateful. Our intention is to single out those who whose work builds community, inspires others, and improves lives.”
From the press release:
Vision Greenwood came together in 2008 with the idea to develop and expand Greenwood Park. Since that time, they have energetically pursued a vision of Greenwood Park that serves more of the community. In addition to putting in more than 1,000 hours of volunteer service, they have applied for and received more than $180,000 in grants; and have raised $18,000 through community fundraising and events. With the monies raised so far, they have designed and constructed a 40-plot P-Patch, and installed an art wall featuring sculptures along the street in a creative move that links the historical Interurban trolley line with the current bike route.
Winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony on Nov. 29. Congratulations to Vision Greenwood Park!
Members of the volunteer group Vision Greenwood Park have put in more than 1,000 hours of labor to create a Community Garden at Greenwood Park. They’re almost done, but they still need a little more money to finish building the raised garden beds and fill them with garden soil.
The site looked like this one year ago:
And now looks like this:
Photos courtesy of Vision Greenwood Park.
The support of neighbors has truly made this a community garden. We have stretched our grant funds with discounts from Dunn Lumber, Pacific Topsoil, and the Dirt Exchange, but we still need $2,200 more to build out the raised garden beds with additional soil and taller borders.
Please help us complete the community garden in time for late season planting this year.
Donations of any amount can be made securely on the Phinney Neighborhood Association website. Checks are also welcome and can be made out to Vision Greenwood Park and sent to PO Box 30105, Seattle, WA 98113. All donations are tax deductible.*
We thank you in advance for your support!
*The Phinney Neighborhood Association is a 501(c)3 organization and is the fiscal sponsor of VGP, which makes donations to the project tax deductible. The Federal Identification Number is 91-1112780.
Vision Greenwood Park volunteers have worked hard for years to transform Greenwood Park, 602 N. 87th St., into a safer, more welcoming park for everyone. The new Community Garden is almost done, but VGP needs about $2,000 more to finish the project.
Raised garden beds and wood chip path. Photos Jay Boynton.
From VGP member Cassandra Allen:
We have made significant progess building the raised beds. The accessible beds are complete! The rest of the beds though need one more level of boards – for which we are doing some additional fundraising. We hope to raise another $2,200 to be able to buy: the rest of the boards, soil for the beds and the remaining materials for the tool shed.
VGP and community volunteers have been working with local metal artist Kim Hall on the fence artwork that’s along Fremont Avenue. Several pieces are complete, but we will continue working on this through the fall to bring the theme of the evolution of Seattle transportation (spinning off of the Interurban’s route through Greenwood) to life.
If you’d like to donate to the project, visit the online donation page.
Volunteers at Greenwood Park have put in massive amounts of hours creating a new Community Garden in the northeast corner of the park. The work is nearly done, but more help is needed at a work party starting at 11 a.m. this Saturday.
Greenwood Park’s Community Garden as of today.
Volunteers with Vision Greenwood Park will install and stain the rest of the siding, roof and doors on the garden tool shed. They’ll also bring in another load of soil for the garden beds. And please bring a saw and cordless drill if you have one to help with cutting installing boards for the garden edges.
Greenwood Park is at 602 N. 87th St.
The volunteer group Vision Greenwood Park is hosting the 3rd annual Party in the Park from 12-4 p.m. on Sunday at Greenwood Park, (on North 87th Street between Fremont and Evanston avenues).
Bring a picnic and enjoy live music by Pickled Okra and The River Rust. Help celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Community Garden. Mayor Mike McGinn, who lives near the park, will be there at 1:30 p.m. for the official opening of the Community Garden.
VGP needs volunteers to show up an hour early to help set up tents and tables and post signage. If you can help, email visiongreenwood@gmail.com.
There’s also another work party for the Community Garden this Saturday, from 12-4 p.m., and from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, and Sept. 10.
One project in Phinney Ridge and another in Greenwood were awarded money from the city’s Neighborhood Matching Fund 2011 Large Projects Fund.
The Phinney Neighborhood Center received $98,250 for a concrete stairway and a small community plaza carved out of the current parking lot. The project is part of the Phinney Center’s Capital Campaign to renovate the campus. The Phinney Center must provide a match of $162,103, which can be in the form of money or work hours from the community.
Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N.
Volunteer group Vision Greenwood Park received $48,500 to construct a multi-sport courtyard in Greenwood Park. The court will provide recreation for older children, teens and adults. Vision Greenwood Park must provide a match of $48,500.
Once contractors are done working on the new Community Garden in Greenwood Park, volunteers will be needed at three work parties to build the raised garden beds, fill them with dirt and compost, and build a tool shed and compost bins.
The contractors are grading the garden, building a concrete wall and fence plus benches, crushed gravel pathways, and stairs connecting the garden with the park. They are expected to be done by Aug. 11.
You can check the progress of the garden and work parties on Vision Greenwood Park’s Facebook page.
Vision Greenwood Park, the volunteer group spearheading the work, still needs about $1,000 to pay for all the garden materials. You can donate online.
