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The Golden Gate Restaurant is gone, but Setsuna Japanese Restaurant and Bar will be opening soon

It’s Oktoberfest at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church – October 3rd

Thanks to Elizabeth for the heads up on this!

There’ll be brats, potato salad, and sauerkraut; a beer garden; cider & cider press demonstrations; family friendly entertainment & music; kids’ activities such as pumpkin decorating, caramel apple making and more. They will also have live polka music from the Smilin’ Scandinavians. Proceeds will go to the funding of a new Community Plaza.

Saturday, October 3rd
2 to 5 PM

Maple Leaf Lutheran Church
10005 32nd Ave. N.E.
Seattle, WA 98125

Learn more at www.reachoutchurch.org.

Anyone been to the new Roosevelt Ale House in Maple Leaf?

Northeast Seattle Trails (NEST) Walking Map Debut – September 29th

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A Call for Candidates for President and Vice President of the Pinehurst Community Council

from Garth Ferber:

In the late 1990’s I felt that I wanted to Pinehurst residents to be able to have a synergistic positive effect our neighborhood. Richard Lewis was President of the PCC at the time and he was interested to see the position filled by a someone with new energy and ideas. So I was voted to be the new president of the PCC. I am not sure of the exact year but the first PCC meeting minutes that I have are from June 1997.

Now I have memories of many people and many events and many accomplishments here in Pinehurst. Changes in the past few years include traffic islands, crosswalks, sidewalks, playfield upgrades and a new park. Lorna Mrachek (current PCC Vice President) is managing the current project to upgrade the shelter house at the Pinehurst Playfield. The new Safeway should be a catalyst for more positive change in the Pinehurst business district. Pinehurst is now on the radar of city officials and employees and our neighborhood remains a prime place for positive change in Seattle.

It is time for a change in the leadership of the PCC. The PCC bylaws state that at the last regular meeting of the calendar year, nominations shall be accepted and that the President and Vice President shall be elected for the following year by a majority vote. The bylaws also state that it is the duty of the President to publicize and fairly administer the meeting of the PCC. It is also been helpful for the President to coordinate with our representatives to the North Police Precinct and North District Council, and the representatives of other projects in Pinehurst.

I suggest that anyone that is interested in either the position of President of Vice President of the PCC submit an up to 100 word statement to Renee by 13 October of why they would like to take on the role. Renee can publish these on the blog and they can also be read at the meeting, and questions can be answered as well at the meeting.

I hope to see you at the election and meeting at Amante Pizza on 26 October at 7 PM (tentative – the blog will be updated as the meeting is finalized).

Cheers,

Garth Ferber
President Pinehurst Community Council

Meet Michele, owner of Treehouse Coffee in Pinehurst

Last week, I posted about the opening of Treehouse Coffee on 15th across from Safeway. This week, I was finally able to stop in and meet Michele, Treehouse Coffee’s owner. Michele is excited to be open for business and to have been warmly welcomed by so many neighbors.

One exciting aspect to Treehouse that Michele is planning is weekend breakfast specials. I know that many folks in Pinehurst have often said that they wish we had a neighborhood breakfast place and coffee shop. It looks like your wishes may have come true.

Stay tuned for more details on Treehouse as they are available!

Pinehurst Safeway rezone delay?

I just spoke with Michael Jenkins at Seattle City Council Central Staff regarding the status of the Pinehurst Safeway rezone discussions. I had expected to see it on the City Council Planning Land Use and Neighborhoods (PLUNC) agenda for this Wednesday, September 23rd. Unfortunately, there are some delays in the preparation of the ordinance for the actual rezone and the Property Use and Development Agreement (PUDA) due to the high volume of land use issues being discussed by Council.

Michael hopes to have the findings, conclusion and decision ready for this Wednesday’s PLUNC meeting. If they are not ready by then, the Pinehurst Safeway rezone may be discussed at the October 8th PLUNC meeting (which is already scheduled to be extremely full). If not the October 8th meeting, then the Pinehurst Safeway rezone may not be discussed until December, after the Council budget sessions.

I will update this post as I know more.

UPDATE:
The Pinehurst Safeway rezone is scheduled as the first item for discussion at Wednesday’s PLUNC meeting, September 23 at 9 AM in Council chambers at Seattle City Hall. It sounds like PLUNC may vote on a recommendation to full Council this week. However, the full Council vote will likely not occur until October 19th.

Seattle Times article about school assignment areas

There is a brief Seattle Times article about new Seattle Public School assignment boundaries.

The draft maps should be available October 6th and I will post them here when they are on-line.

Beautiful Day at Jackson Park P-Patch

Jillian Graham Band at Egan’s Jam House/Ballard – October 29th

The Jillian Graham Band (a big hit at Pinehurstfest this year) will be playing at Egan’s Jam House in Ballard Thursday, October 29th at 7 – 8:45pm. Egan’s is located at 1707 NW Market Street Seattle, WA 98107 in historic Ballard on Market Street. They host a nice dinner menu and bar. The cover for the event is $5.00 at the door. All guests will receive a free CD.

The Jillian Graham Band is excited to be playing at Egan’s which is well known for local music. They hope you will join them for an evening of original songs and familiar covers.

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