tag: community

Perfect blue skies to watch the banners get installed! Thirteen North City banners were put up today – part of our effort to enhance the cityscape in our little town. This project was funded by a mini-grant from the City of Shoreline.

Many thanks to the City of Shoreline Neighborhoods Coordinator, Constance Perenyi, for helping us navigate the city's requirements with a minimum of hassle and a maximum of speed and efficiency.

We will need to support ongoing maintenance and any future banner projects on our own and will be working on fundraising to that end. Stay tuned!

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The banner poles in North City have been looking a bit lonely lately. We're excited to announce that we qualified for a neighborhood grant from the City of Shoreline to have new banners created and installed! We will be posting updates as the work gets completed, which should be before the end of this year.

Join us Thursday, August 12 for a casual meetup outdoors at the Monka Brewing Co. There's no formal agenda – we simply want to meet with neighbors and catch up.

The North City Neighborhood Association has been using the COVID lockdown period as a time to re-focus our efforts. We've created a board structure, shored up our legal standing, and are looking forward to building a vibrant organization that can help build community in our growing neighborhood.

Stop by to say hello, support a local business, and learn about some of our plans for 2021 and beyond!

PS: The need for food remains great in our City, and Hopelink is serving more people than ever. The City of Shoreline is coordinating food drive efforts with a Can Castle Contest. We will accept any donations at the meetup event and bring them to the Food Drive at City Hall.

There used to be a fair amount of horsetail (equisetum) growing in the Gateway planters. Since we've replanted them, it doesn’t want to go away without a fight.

Horsetail

Digging or pulling the horsetail out is not practical. It is impossible to get all the roots — any bits left will continue to grow. The best approach is to keep snipping of any shoots it sends up. That depletes the roots of energy, eventually doing them in.

If you happen to be by the planter and see some horsetail, help us out and cut off any shoots!

Horsetail hiding under some grasses

Also, remember that we can use help watering, too!

Please help us water the new plantings at the North City Gateway (NE 175th and 15th NE)! They need to be watered twice a day through the summer hot season.

To volunteer to water the plants, sign up here.

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Instructions & Notes

There are 2 high planter boxes as well as the lower area beneath the North City sign.

Please bring your own water, 5 gallons at the minimum. Gallon jugs with caps work well. A watering can or a bucket in a box will prevent it from toppling over in your car.

As long as the Animal Medical Center parking lot is not full, we have permission to park there while watering since watering won't take much time.

Thank you!

The neighborhood association has started has been working to revamp/replant the landscaping in the North City Gateway planters at the corner of 15th and 170th.

Thanks to the efforts of many, but especially Karen Benson and Yoshiko Saheki new plantings are now in! Thanks also to Kevin Atkinson and the Ken and Victoria Adams family (as well as whoever else I've left out) for weeding and cleanup in preparation for the planting.

As the Summer heat continues, we will be seeking volunteers to help with watering. Stay tuned for more on that.

It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other! The last public event hosted by the NCNA was a social meetup at Monka Brewing in late Feb 2020, right on the eve of the pandemic. We’ve been quiet but not resting. Please join us in a public zoom meeting as we share current info and our plans for the future of the neighborhood association. We want to hear what you'd like to see in North City!

The link to the Zoom meeting is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86403779756?pwd=dGd4RFRRQ2xIWGo5cEVMWHRyL3M5dz09.

The meeting should not require a password. Just in case it does, here it is .

Check back here, or check the Facebook event page for the meeting for more details.

The Stride Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project on SR 522 and NE 145th is the result of a grassroots coalition that advocated for better transit for north Lake Washington communities.

The Stride S3 Line, or the SR 522/NE 145th BRT service, will connect north Lake Washington communities to the regional transit system with fast, frequent and reliable transit service. Riders will be able to transfer between the SR 522/NE 145th Stride S3 Line, I-405 North Stride S2 Line, Link light rail, and other transit services provided by Community Transit, King County Metro and Sound Transit.

Online open house now through August 23

Sound Transit is hosting an online open house at sr522brt.participate.online through Aug. 23.

Shoreline residents can visit this website to see design updates, sign up for the project email list, and share their input to inform the design and future community outreach.

This Thursday, the Planning Commission will be discussion proposed amendments to the City’s development code regarding Ground Floor Commercial requirements.

The meeting will be streamed live on-line (only — due to the current pandemic, the public is not allowed to attend the meeting in person), so you can participate without leaving your living room!

Please see the Planning Commission webpage for agenda materials, information on how to comment, and a link to the live stream.