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West Seattle Tool Library
We Need Your Help!

Ever borrow a tool from your neighbor? Ever wish they had a better selection? Sustainable West Seattle has won a grant from the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and has set up a tool lending library. You can find out more information or check out our inventory!

Seattle Art Museum Free Day – First Thursday

September 2, 2010
10:00 amto9:00 pm

The Seattle Art Museum is open 10:00 am to 9:00 pm Thursdays.  The first Thursday of the month is a free day for SAM visitors.  

SAM has other free days, too:

First Thursdays: Free to all First Friday: Free to seniors (age 62+) Second Fridays, 5:00 – 9:00 pm: Free to teens (ages 13–19) with ID

First Thursday is, coincidentally, the monthly Art Walk in Pioneer Square.

Community Solar Workshop @ Miller Community Center

September 18, 2010
10:30 amto12:30 pm

City Light and Northwest Seed are hosting an information session at Miller Community Center, Saturday, September 18, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, on a new program City Light is working called Community Solar.

Would you like to have your own solar photovoltaic system, but you live in an apartment or a house with no good sun exposure. Or maybe you want to invest in a system, but ...continue reading

Sustainable Design Stormwater Management Course

September 8, 2010
9:00 amto5:00 pm

The Northwest Environmental Training Center is offering a course on Low Impact Development: Stormwater Management for Sustainable Design and Water Efficiency,” Wednesday, September 8, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, at Antioch University near Seattle Center.

This course provides an overview of low-impact development approaches and resources for building industry professionals. Low Impact Development (LID) is an alternative, systems-level approach to conventional stormwater management. Critical for the Pacific Northwest where water quality and salmon habitat protection are key issues, LID offers opportunities ...continue reading

West Seattle Reservoir Design on Parks Board Agenda

September 9, 2010
7:00 pmto10:01 pm

Seattle Board of Park Commissioners will hold its next meeting at 7:00 pm, Thursday, September 9, in the Park Board Room at 100 Dexter Ave. N at the corner of Dexter and Denny.

The meeting agenda includes:

Board discussion and recommendation to the Superintendent on the use of the Atlantic City Nursery site.  Parks and Recreation operated the Atlantic City Nursery at 5513 S Cloverdale St. from the 1940s until January 2010, when it was closed as a budget reduction. The ...continue reading

Guided Tour of Georgetown Power Plant

September 11, 2010
10:00 amto2:00 pm

6605 13th Avenue S

Steam meets, free and open to the public, are held on the 2nd Saturday of each month, from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. Steam meets include operating hot gas, gasoline, air, and steam engines, beverages, snacks, and guided plant tours including oral history and dynamic display of plant engines. Cited below are some links to videos and photos of this local but ...continue reading

SWS Sponsors Permaculture Convergence Scholarships

Sustainable West Seattle is offering two $50 scholarships (good towards reserved $65 admissions) to the 2010 Northwest Permaculture convergence held at South Seattle Community College from September 17-19.

Applicants are must live within the SWS neighborhood (all of West Seattle and unincorporated King County West of the Duwamish river, and North of Burien), and submit the following information via email to brian@sustainablewestseattle.org before 5:00 pm on September 1, to be considered for the scholarships:

Full Name, Street ...continue reading

Know a good idea when you see it?

The Neighborhoods working group for the City’s carbon neutrality initaitve needs to rapidly sort through almost 100 ideas on how to improve Seattle neighborhoods while kick-starting us down the path toward carbon neutrality. Would you like to see more local mom & pop shops within walking distance?  How about better infrastructure for electric bicycles and other vehicles?  Perhaps you’d like to save money by ensuring our homes and schools use less energy and water, while also reducing waste?  Or ...continue reading

Turn Your Street into a Park – Park(ing) Day Fast Approaches

August 27, 2010
9:00 amto5:00 pm

PARK(ing) Day 2010 is coming up fast! Permit deadline is Friday, August 27.

Scheduled this year for Friday, September 17th, PARK(ing) Day is an annual, one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens independently and simultaneously temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks.

PARK(ing) Day was created in 2005 by Rebar – a San Francisco art collective – and ...continue reading

Free Saturday August Outdoor Movies in South Park

South Park Community Center is presenting free outdoor movies every Saturday night in August.

The office of Mayor Mike McGinn, the South Park community, and Seattle Parks and Recreation present family-friendly outdoor movies every Saturday night in August at the parking lot at Napoli’s Pizza, 8600 14th Ave. S (the corner of 14th S and S Cloverdale St.).

Along with the movie, families can enjoy games, prizes, music, a film short, and concessions.

Here’s the lineup for the rest of August:

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Neighborhood Service Centers Closed (furlough)

September 7, 2010

Due to citywide budget cuts, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods (DON) and its Neighborhood Service Centers are required to close offices for 10 furlough days in 2010.

The two DON West Seattle Service centers are the Southwest District Service Center at 4205 SW Alaska Street (next to Rocksport in the Junction), the Delridge Neighborhoods District Service Center at 5405 Delridge Way SW.

The schedule is as follows:

2010 Closure Dates for Furlough:

Tuesday, September 7 Monday, October 11 Monday, December 2