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Celebrate Seattle Summer Streets

Filed Under Streets For People 

Back by popular demand. Bigger and better. The city has put out a schedule for this year’s Summer Streets Parties! Check out the schedule:

Friday, April 10 (6-9pm): Greenwood/Phinney Summer Streets with Art Up/Open Up

Friday, May 15 (4-7pm): Ballard Summer Streets Party on Bike to Work Day

Sunday, May 31 (9am-6pm): Alki Summer Streets after WSHS PTSA 5k Fundraiser Run

Saturday, July 11 (10am-4pm): U-District Summer Streets with U-District Farmer’s Market

Sunday, July 26 (10am-4pm): Pike Place Summer Streets with Fresh Fruit Festival

Satruday, August 8 (11am-3pm): Rainer Valley Summer Streets with Heritage Parade

Join the Seattle Summer Streets group on the Seattle Network to share and discuss your ideas about how to enjoy a car-free street.

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3 Responses to “Celebrate Seattle Summer Streets”

  1. bedlamite23 on February 25th, 2009 10:54 am

    you know, the next time someone get’s shot in belltown, blame your mayor, not one single thing in all these projects does anything for Belltown…everyone complains and complains, and the city just ignores Belltown…

    LAME, gesture politics at it’s best, who cares what difference any of these programs actually have, so long as people in govt can put it on their resumes

  2. Josh on February 25th, 2009 12:14 pm

    bedlamite: I am very sorry that people have been hurt in Belltown but it is not the only neighborhood that has had violence in recent years (ie. Capitol Hill, CD, Rainer Valley). I also think that whether or not the neighborhood had a summer streets day has little to no relationship with the violence problems.

    Now, I don’t live in Belltown, but I do have some friends there, and what I have gathered it seems to be a neighborhood going through some serious growing pains. The neighborhood has dramatically changed in the past 25 years and currently has one of the most significant class ranges anywhere. To add to the complications, it has become one of the premier nightclub locations in the region (always something difficult to deal with). Since the neighborhood is young its BA and Community Council’s aren’t as established and don’t have as much influence as, say, the U-District Chamber of Commerce (an incredibly well funded, well organized body). The transient population of the neighborhood (due to significant apartments) also adds to the difficulty in creating a cohesive neighborhood body. But I believe it will come in time.

    That being said, perhaps some kind of festival or parade specifically for and by Belltowners would be a very productive thing. I would recommend volunteering this year in another neighborhood, learning the process and then working with your BA and CC to come up with a practical guide to a Summer Streets Festival in your neighborhood.

  3. Nate Cole-Daum on February 25th, 2009 11:10 pm

    Reclaiming our streets is a great way to make them safer…

    I remain astounded we didn’t have to FIGHT with anyone to get this to happen here.

    In Bogota, they call it the “Ciclovia” http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/ciclovia/
    One participant, in the video above, calls it: “the best thing that has come to Colombia”

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