Pet Parade and Costume Contest
Pet Costume Party and Parade at Crown Hill Park in NW Seattle Registration opens at 1:00. Parade and judging begins at 1:30 Crown Hill-O-Ween Pet Costume Spooktacular is back for our fifth season. Come enjoy some old favorites and some new things too! Pet Parade: Pets line up on their best party costumes. Our expert panel of judges will decide who wins in four categories: Spookiest Funniest Most Creative Best Group Photo Booth: The Great Pumpkin is back to terrify the village. Take a photo with him if you dare! This [...]
Summer Breeze at Labateyah
Summer Breeze at Labateyah Youth Home Our neighbors at Labateyah Youth Home are doing incredible work in the community. If you’ve ever walked by the big white building with the beautiful garden and wondered what happened there, the answer is: a whole lot. As their name suggests, they offer a bridge housing program. They are a part of United Indians of All Tribes Foundations and they also provide support to a wide range of ages through five different programs. You can support their work by helping them keep things cool this summer. Join the drive for box fans now [...]
Rest in Peas, Fred
Fred Miller: peace activist, gardener, sailor, avid bicyclist, and storyteller. Fred was a leader of the Seattle Peace movement. Maybe you caught his street performance as Major Warren D. Struction back in the day. Fred was a long time member of From Hiroshima to Hope and helped make the annual Aug 6 lantern floating ceremony happen. On Sundays, you would find Fred on the water with the Center for Wooden Boats. The rest of the week, Fred led the Crown Hill Community Garden to grow and donate thousands of pounds of food to [...]
What the Fence?
The project to update the Soundview fields is finally under way. The project signs were up for years with no sign of movement until eventually the signs were removed and the project forgotten. Until Monday afternoon when neighbors were surprised by the entire (enormous) field being fenced off. The parking lots and the upper field are all still open and accessible, but the access is very limited. The tennis courts are open and the playground is accessible. According to the city wading pool schedule this will not affect our wading pool opening the end of June. The upgrades [...]
Oz In Crown Hill
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Crown Hill Get ready for a sprinkle of Emerald City magic right here in Crown Hill! Our incredibly creative neighbor, Cristie — the imaginative force behind the beloved “Little Free Peep Show” — has conjured up another fun new experience: the Over the Rainbow House – a Wizard of Oz-themed vacation rental nestled right in our community. The adventure begins outside where you’ll find a grand mural of the Emerald City (complete with an emerald green Space Needle) upon arrival. Next, walk through the gate [...]
Neighbor brings nature to the village
Neighbor Brings Nature to the Village What are you called to do when it feels like the world is coming apart? Crown Hill neighbor Elizabeth felt down about the state of the planet and found herself asking this question. She wanted to live in a wild place and was grieving her city life. Then the WA Native Plant Society’s newsletter introduced her to Douglas Tallamy’s book Nature’s Best Hope. We belong to nature and it belongs to all of us, right here in our homes and yards. Elizabeth started planting native species in her own yard [...]