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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!
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By chas
Join Spokespeople Wallingford this coming weekend for a ride.
This Saturday, February 4, we’ll have great weather for a bike ride. We will leave Wallingford at 2 p.m. and ride to the Rose Garden in Woodland Park and Theo Chocolate in Fremont. Hope you can join us!
More information about this ride is on Facebook and at Cascade Bike Club Free Daily Rides.
As we do on the first Saturday of every month, the Wallingford Spokespeople begin at the south end of Wallingford Playfield at 42nd and Densmore at 2 p.m. ..continue reading
By chas
 Last November, Metro asked for public comment on suggested service changes related to the September 2012 start of the RapidRide C and D lines. Metro is incorporating that feedback into a revised service change proposal that will be ready for public review next week. Like the changes originally suggested last fall, this proposal will include changes to routing, frequency, and the times of day when routes will operate.
Metro will be hosting a number of public ..continue reading
By chas
 WSDOT has issued a “call for projects” for our Safe Routes to School program. The goals of the Safe Routes to School grants are to increase the number of children walking and biking to school where it is safe, and if it’s not safe, work to make it safer. The program supports pedestrian and bicycle safety projects such as walking to school buses, sidewalks, bike lanes, pedestrian safety education, bicycle safety skills classes, crossing guards, speed ..continue reading
By Patrick
 The next Sustainable West Seattle Community Forum is about Health. We’ll again be at the Senior Center of West Seattle, on SW Oregon St. right around the corner from California Ave. SW. We meet upstairs in the large community room.
Our health care system is both more expensive and has lower quality than other industrialized countries. Many describe this as a sick care system because significant is not spent until after you get sick. Communities are now developing alternatives that cost less and move people toward whole health. By focusing on prevention and early intervention we can also drop the costs of health care.
Our speaker is Dale Jarvis, a healthcare consultant and West Seattlite who has worked at fixing the healthcare system in 20 states since the federal healthcare law passed in 2010. Dale will describe healthcare reform ‘triples’ and ‘home runs’ that can fit Seattle’s neighborhoods. Join this discussion of a new healthcare ecosystem for West Seattle.
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The next Sustainable West Seattle Community Forum is about Health. We’ll again be at the Senior Center of West Seattle, on SW Oregon St. right around the corner from California Ave. SW. We meet upstairs in the large community room.
Our health care system is both more expensive and has lower quality than other industrialized countries. Many describe this as a sick care system because significant is not spent until after you get sick. Communities are now developing alternatives that cost ..continue reading
By chas
Once again DubSea Bikes will be hosting a free bicycle clinic. Sunday, February 12, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at 10029 8th Avenue SW (White Center Food Bank), the team will be taking bikes for repair and tune-up.
Our mission to increase cycling in White Center is gathering speed. Matthew Tilton’s beautiful metal bike racks along 16th Ave SW tell folks that White Center believes in the future of bike transport!
Now Rick Jump has offered the FREE use of the spacious, well-lit White Center Food ..continue reading
By Patrick
You may have recently heard the terms collaborative consumption, meshing, or the sharing economy. Basically, this is just a fancy new vocabulary for the time honored practice of sharing with your friends and neighbors.
But now local services are springing up everywhere to promote the practice and provide inexpensive or even free access to almost all the various things you might need in your everyday life. Through these services, it’s now more attractive and ..continue reading
By chas
 Seattle has a new web portal which promotes walking – in and around Seattle. For those of you whose New Year’s resolution includes more physical activity, www.seattle.gov/walking is your ticket to walk!
Aging and Disability Services, a division of the Seattle Human Services Department, collaborated with the city’s Department of Information Technology to promote walking organizations, events, and resources for older adults. The page includes links to local walks and hikes, neighborhood walking maps, and volunteer ..continue reading
By chas
You are invited to come talk with other people who are energized about biking in White Center.
This is the next meeting of the White Center Bike Work Group:
12 pm noon, Thursday, 19 January, 2012
Uncle Mike’s BBQ, 9640 16th Ave SW, 98106
The agenda will include a report back from the existing partners, DubSea Bikes and Full Tilt Ice Cream, and a discussion of working with new partners Sustainable West Seattle, and the White Center Food Bank.
Discussion will also include Next Steps, including possible school outreach?
2012 Calendar of Upcoming Events:
Cambodian ..continue reading
By chas
Last month’s closure of the Alaska Way Viaduct sparked a need for alternative transportation in White Center and West Seattle. Cycling is great cardio exercise, without adding to climate change. It is inexpensive and fun and gives you a chance to interact with the world around you. Cycling builds community and strengthens the retail core. Bicycling provides young people from diverse communities with the means to explore their neighborhoods – and the neighborhoods beyond. Cycling is an enjoyable option, inclusive across generations and ethnicities for exercise, recreation, and transportation.
White ..continue reading
By chas
 Introducing Apartment Search from Walk Score.
The local folks who created Walk Score have launched a new site that helps you find apartments by commute time. Whether you prefer driving, public transit, walking, or biking, Walk Score can help you find a commute that fits your lifestyle.
Visit walkscore.com/apartments and enter your work (or school) address, select your preferred mode of transportation, and set the time slider to how long you’re willing to commute.
Apartment listings from craigslist ..continue reading
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