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Toward a Walkable Seattle: Drawing on International Examples

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The Green Futures Lab at the University of Washington and the International Sustainability Institute invite you to:

GLOBAL GREEN: A lecture/panel series showcasing Sustainable Planning and Design in the Pacific Northwest and Denmark

SPRING 2009: TOWARD A WALKABLE SEATTLE: DRAWING ON INTERNATIONAL EXAMPLES
Guest Lecture by Helle Søholt, Architect, MAA Partner and Managing Director, Gehl Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
7:00–8:30 PM
Architecture Hall, Room 147
University of Washington, Seattle

Danish architect Helle Søholt will present a series of recommendations for improving the pedestrian experience within Seattle. Drawing from experience in cities around the globe, Ms. Søholt will illustrate the relationships between urban walkability and vibrant public life.

Helle Søholt is a founding partner at Gehl Architects, a firm renowned for its influence on urban life and public space. Gehl Architects’ unique methodology uses empirical survey and mapping methods to measure the human experience of urban space, and applies these lessons to their urban design solutions. Ms. Søholt has extensive experience consulting on international urban design projects. She has taught both Urban Design Theory and Studio Work, and is a frequent lecturer and keynote speaker. She received a MA in Architecture and Urban Design from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark as well as a March from the University of Washington.
For more information, visit www.be.washington.edu

The Green Futures Lab would like to thank our co-sponsors for this event: The Scan|Design Foundation; The Northwest Danish Foundation; International Sustainability Institute; UW College of Built Environments; UW Department of Landscape Architecture; and the UW Scandinavian Studies Department.

To request disability accommodations contact the UW Disability Services Office at least 10 days in advance of the event.

Phone – 206.543.6450
Fax – 206.685.7264
TTY – 206.543.6452
or contact: dso@u.washington.edu
This lecture is free and open to the public.
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* Ms. Søholt will also be speaking on improving the Seattle pedestrian experience on April 27th at 7 pm at the Nordic Heritage Museum. For more information on that event, please contact Charlotte Lehman at charlotte@nordicmuseum.org

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transit oriented neighborhoods: livable, walkable, sustainable

Seattle City Councilmember Sally Clark and the Seattle Planning Commission present

Helle Søholt
transit oriented neighborhoods
livable, walkable, sustainable

tuesday april 28, 2009 | 6 – 7.30 pm
bertha knight landes room at city hall
600 4th ave. seattle wa

What should we look for in neighborhood planning to create walkable and bikeable neighborhoods, especially around transit sites?
How do we transform auto-oriented communities to make pedestrian friendly communities?
Helle Soholt of Gehl Architects will discuss the vibrant mix needed for creating successful communities.
Copenhagen-based Gehl Architects is a world leader in urban design.

For more info please contact: barbara wilson
executive director | seattle planning commision
206.684.0431 | barb.wilson@seattle.gov

Lake City’s Rose Garden: Officially Closed

The Washington State Liquor Control Board has confirmed to both The Stranger and to the Seattle PI that Lake City’s Rose Garden is closed.

Planning a garage/yard sale?

(My kids get full credit for this idea.)

If you are planning a garage or yard sale, we are happy to post details here on the Pinehurst Blog.

1. E-mail me the text that you would like posted as far in advance as possible.

2. We will post details for all sales in one post each Thursday morning before the weekend of the sale. (I am assuming that most sales will be on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday and that few will be held on other days. If you fall outside of this, we can work through that.)

3. We are sending weekly e-mail updates to 300+ neighbors and will do our best to start sending those updates out on Friday nights (and including a link to the post that has sale listings) so that folks are reminded of the upcoming sales.

4. If you have thoughts or suggestions on this, please share them in the comments to this post or e-mail me.

Thornton Place on Hugeasscity

There is a good post about Northgate’s Thornton Place on the Hugeasscity blog here.

Community bike ride and lesson on how to use transit bike racks

From Cindy:

I’ll be running a seminar at the Metro Transit facility in Bellevue (contact cindyri@speakeasy.net for more info), April 25 at noon sharp. This event is strictly limited to 20 participants, who can sign up with me at cindyri@speakeasy.net.

A generous senior transportation planner will give a brief talk on the rules and how-tos of using the Metro bus bike-racks, and then we’ll have an unprecedented chance to load our bikes onto parked buses with assistance.

Following this event, those with a hankering for BBQ will head over to Dixie’s, real down-home Louisiana (I think) barbecue in a converted garage near the Bus Barn. BYO of course.

Thought you might like to know because the buses are particularly helpful to people who want to commute from up here. With our steep hills, sometimes taking a bus from, say, Sandpoint to Northgate and 15th Ave. NE is all it takes to get over the hump, so to speak.

Shred-a-thon at Group Health Credit Union’s Northgate Branch

Group Health Credit Union is hosting a Shred-a-thon at their Northgate branch (11023 8th Avenue NE) from 10 am to 2 pm on April 25. Bring up to two grocery bags of sensitive documents to be shredded, pulped and recycled.

Shredding is safer than throwing out and much greener than burning, and while supplies last, anyone who comes to the Shred-a-thon will receive a durable, reusable eco shopping bag! Learn more here.

Parks and Green Spaces Levy Meetings

Seattle voters overwhelmingly passed the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy on Nov. 4, 2008. Come hear about this new levy and learn about the park projects in your neighborhood. Parks is hosting four open houses throughout the city in May and we encourage you to come.

All meetings will be from 7 – 8:30 p.m.

* Monday, May 4 at Rainier Community Center
* Wednesday, May 6 at West Seattle Golf Course
* Tuesday, May 12 at Green Lake Community Center
* Wednesday May 13 at Parks Administration Building

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Dorsol Plants: Candidate for Seattle City Council Position 4

Note: In the interest of helping Pinehurst neighbors to learn about the candidates who are running for local office in 2009, I invited all candidates to submit information about them and their campaigns to post on the Pinehurst Blog. This is the second post in the series.

Hello to my neighbors and fellow Seattlelites,

My name is Dorsol Plants and I am running for Seattle City Council position 4. Before I get into the ‘why’ I am running let me first start by telling you a little about myself. I have been in community service my whole life, thanks in large part to the values my family taught me, particularly those of responsibility, compassion, and the firm belief that average people working together can make a difference in this world. I took those values to heart, and after graduating from high school I joined the United States Army. I proudly served my country in that capacity for five years, during which I completed two combat tours in Iraq.

After serving in the Army I chose to make my home in Seattle. As I established myself in the city, I discovered that the number and dedication of my fellow Seattlelites who shared my same convictions of building just and equitable communities inspired me, and I quickly became involved in working to strengthen my own neighborhood. I am presently an elected Precinct Control Officer for my home district’s Democratic Party and I served on the 34th District’s Executive Board for some time. I was also elected to chair the Highland Park Action Committee, which was known during my tenure for mobilizing not just our neighborhood but neighborhoods around the city against building a new jail. I also dedicate my time to strengthening Seattle by serving as a case manager at one of Seattle’s day-time drop in homeless shelters, using my experiences in and out of the Army to help homeless veterans secure jobs, housing and other basic needs.

These shared experiences as a case manager for homeless individuals and as a neighborhood community organizer have led me to run for City Council. In these positions I have come face-to-face with many of the challenges that Seattle has and will continue to face in the near future. These problems include a growing number of homeless men, women and children on our streets, neighborhoods that are becoming less and less friendly to middle and working class people, a transportation infrastructure that is congested and inadequately served by an overcrowded Metro system, and a City Hall that fails to communicate openly.

I have always believed in a strong local government that relies heavily on the wisdom of the people it serves. For me open, honest communication is the key to effective government. It is essential that the City Council and the Mayor’s office can have a free and open dialog between each other and the people of Seattle if we are to overcome many of the problems we face. It is my honest belief that together, united, we can overcome these challenges and it is my desire to serve the people of Seattle in this capacity.

Together we can create Neighborhood Plans with neighborhood leaders whose voices are heard and respected in City Hall. By opening lines of communication between residents, neighborhoods, and government leaders we can provide each of our diverse neighborhoods the opportunity to thrive and leave its own distinct mark on Seattle. Together we can review the city’s 10 year plan to end homelessness. By coordinating resources and enhancing basic shelter, we can revise our approach to homelessness to create a more efficient system that actually gets people into housing rather than passed from shelter to shelter. Together we can solve Seattle’s heavy transportation issue by bringing fresh perspectives and open communication between commuters, City Hall, and the many transit agencies that service Seattle. Together we can shape Seattle’s government to create an ongoing and open discussion between the Mayor’s office, the City Council, and the King County Council to solve problems rather than just pass them back and forth, and ultimately we can ensure that our public servants are held openly accountable to the people they work for: the people of Seattle.

Together we can and will do this, but to do it I will need your support. Please just take a moment to visit my website, www.dorsolplants.com or email me personally at Dorsol.Plants@gmail.com. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you!

Be Safe,

Dorsol Plants
Candidate Seattle City Council Position 4
www.dorsolplants.com

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