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Fur Shear Fun – Seattle Humane Society, Coven Salon and Glam & Tonics Event – Aug 21st

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Montlake’s Glam & Tonics and Coven Salon are joining with Seattle Humane Society on August 21st to raise funds for Seattle Humane Society. MaxMobile, the Humane Society’s mobile adoption van, will be present for those interested in opening their home to a new family pet. In addition to gift card & gift bag raffles with items donated by Whole Foods, Aveda, Bumble and Bumble, all haircut proceeds will be donated to the Humane Society. Donations of wet/dry cat & dog food or treats will be accepted during the event. Call Coven salon at 206-323-9010 or via email at info@covensalon.com for more information.

Fur Shear
August 21, 2016
2306 24th Ave E
3-6pm

Fur Shear

October 1st All-Montlake Yard Sale – Registration is Open

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Yard Sale Home Page TileSign up today for the October 1st All-Montlake Yard Sale. Online registration is open now. Clear out your clutter and be part of what’s become a destination for yard sale aficionados.

Visit the new online registration form to submit your sale details and photos.

All-Montlake Yard Sale
October 1, 2016
9am – 3pm

Reminder: Obliteride is Sunday

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Neighorhood-outreach-signHey Montlake,

This is a friendly reminder that Fred Hutch’s 4th annual bike ride will be going through our neighborhood on Sunday, Aug. 14.

Please look out for cyclists and cheer for riders along Fuhrman and Boyer.

All routes start at the Fred Hutch campus in South Lake Union and end at Gas Works Park.

People interested in cheering riders on can find more info and maps of the routes here: www.obliteride.org/crew/course-spirit-teams

Thank you for welcoming Obliteride – the ride to end cancer – to our neighborhood.

Montlake Music Festival & Family Night – Friday, Aug 12th

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Montlake MusicMontlake Playfield will be filled music & laughter on Friday, August 12, 2016, when the Montlake Music Festival & Family Night kick-off at 5:30pm.

Pack a blanket, chairs and a picnic or purchase food by Kay Catering and enjoy the summer evening.

Friday, August 12th
5:30 – 8:30pm
1618 E Calhoun St

Event includes Music by Eli Rosenblatt, Mercy Mercy and Pompeii, Bounce Houses, Balloon Artist, Carnival Treats, Food by Kay Catering.

Montlake Business District Development Project: Community Meeting – Tues, July 26th

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Logo-Design-Concept-3Can you envision a better Montlake business district? Join your neighbors and give your input on exciting plans for the future of Montlake on Tuesday,  July 26 (6:30 pm) at the Montlake Community Center Tudor Building. At the meeting, Montlake Community Club leaders will introduce the KPG consultants who’ll explain the Business District Development project, funded by the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods.

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Liz Gibson

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KPG’s Project Lead, Paul Fuesel, and Liz Gibson will show and tell, answer your questions, and invite your ideas on what you’d like to see in the Montlake business district from Uptown (The Montlake Blvd Market at 520) and south through Downtown (to Boston St.). These folks are professionals in urban design, landscape, and architecture so they understand town visioning. (Check out their past projects at www.kpg.com)

Be there early next Tuesday (6:15) for a lively musical warm up by Montlake’s own Mother Pluckers Ukulele Band. Then join your neighbors in learning and contributing to this Business District Development planning. With all that’s happening in and around Montlake these days, we need to be actively influencing what gets done to and for our community. This planning project can help in coordination of the SDOT Phase 3 reconstruction on 24th Ave. E., the Neighborhood Greenways project, and maybe even the next phases of WSDOT 520 Bridge construction. Join your neighbors the 26th.

All Montlake Community Meeting
Tuesday, July 26, 6:30 p.m. Come early for music!
Tudor Building, Montlake Community Center
1618 E. Calhoun St.

Your Montlake Community Club Board working for you.

Mark your calendars for the Boyer Children’s Clinic| Magnuson Park Grand Opening!

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boyerBoyer Children’s Clinic is thrilled to announce the opening of a second location in the Magnuson Park neighborhood! Families are invited to celebrate on Thursday, July 14th from 5:30-7pm for a fun afternoon including:

  • Welcome remarks by Mayor Ed Murray
  • Tours of the New Office Space
  • Fun Children’s Activities, including exclusive use of Arena Sports’ Inflatable Playground for our guests
  • Musical performance by the “Not-Its!”
  • Complimentary Popsicle Cart
  • On-Site Food for Purchase

This milestone in Boyer’s long history would not be possible without the time, energy and philanthropic support of many incredible individuals, private foundations and corporations.

Join Boyer to tour the new space, as well as celebrate the summer with Boyer staff, families and community supporters! If you have questions, please email specialevents@boyercc.org

Address:
7821 62nd Ave NE #202
Seattle, WA 98115

WSDOT TO DEMOLISH MONTLAKE BLVD “HOP-IN” MARKET – SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

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Montlake Blvd Market - Hop-In Market

Montlake Blvd Market – Hop-In Market

Late breaking development ahead of tonight’s SR 520 west side corridor open house, WSDOT is proposing to acquire and demolish the Montlake Market/Hop-In. The area would be used for staging for the next 12 years. If this is a concern, please let WSDOT know at tonight’s open house and share your feedback on other design elements. If you can’t make the meeting you can make comments on the online version of the open house here  http://sr520.participate.online until July 8. 

  • When: 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 28
  • Where: St. Demetrios Hall – 2100 Boyer Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112

This will be the last major opportunity for community feedback, please attend the meeting or submit comments online.

Update:

WSDOT released the following information at 6:25pm on June 29, 2016:

The Montlake Market

One frequently raised topic at the open house was the status of the Montlake Boulevard Market. We’re preparing a Q&A on this and other topics discussed during the open house. We’ll post the Q&A and send you a link in an upcoming email update, but meantime, here’s a brief bit of background on the market and SR 520 construction.

The market and adjacent 76 gas station lie directly along the south edge of the SR 520/Montlake Boulevard interchange. Following the Legislature’s 2015 approval of funding for the Rest of the West improvements, WSDOT furthered the project design and preconstruction planning. Through this effort, we determined that we’d need to acquire the property where the market and gas station are located. In early 2018, we’ll begin constructing an improved interchange and landscaped highway lid from Montlake Boulevard to 24th Avenue Northeast.

Why do we need to acquire the property?

  • WSDOT needs the property to build some of the project’s planned improvements, such as retaining walls and fill, sidewalks, connections to shared-use trails, and utility relocations and modifications.  We also will use the property for construction staging and traffic shifts.
  • We determined in the 2011 environmental impact statement that we’d have to close three of the four driveway accesses into the gas station. The gas station and market are business tenants on the property. The change in driveway access will affect the operations of both tenants.
  • We are in discussions with the property owner regarding WSDOT’s purchase of the site and the operations of the businesses.

We know these businesses are important to many people in the Montlake area. We’ll keep the community updated as this process unfolds.

Construction project time line

A number of individuals at the open house wanted to know when we will start constructing our west side improvements, and when we will complete the work. The schedule for big construction projects can shift for a variety of reasons, but here is our current time line for the Rest of the West:

Phase 1

  • Montlake lid, West Approach Bridge South, land bridge over SR 520
  • Construction to begin by 2018
  • Estimated duration: 4-5 years

Phase 2

  • New Portage Bay Bridge with regional bike-pedestrian path, Roanoke lid, improved I-5 interchange, bike-pedestrian I-5 crossing
  • Estimated to begin as early as: 2020
  • Estimated duration: 6 years

Phase 3

  • Second bascule (drawbridge) over Montlake Cut
  • Estimated to begin as early as: 2024
  • Estimated duration: 3 years

 

Save The Date: Obliteride Is Rolling Through Montlake

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Jeff-Dossett-Why-I-RideFred Hutch’s 4th annual Obliteride will be rolling through Montlake on Sunday, Aug. 14.

Hop on your bike or cheer on riders as they come through Montlake. Obliteride has routes for everyone from rookies to road warriors. 

Riders are treated to a first-class event including fun parties, live entertainment and fantastic food from Tom Douglas Catering.

Montlake resident and cancer survivor Jeff Dossett has ridden in Obliteride every year since it started. He says he’s “lucky to be alive and grateful to participate in Obliteride each year to raise awareness and funds to end all cancers once and for all.” Read Jeff’s story here.

To be part of this exciting event, sign up to ride 10-165 miles or volunteer at obliteride.org.

SR 520 Open House on June 28 – Saint Demetrios Hall in Montlake

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Rest of the West WSDOTVia WSDOT:

Neighbors are invited to a public open house to learn more about the next phase of the SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Program in Seattle. All remaining elements of the SR 520 Program from Lake Washington to I-5 are now fully funded by the 2015 Connecting Washington package and will be constructed in phases.

The open house will focus primarily on the next phase of construction: the West Approach Bridge South (WABS) and Montlake lid and land bridge.

 The public meeting will be held:

  • Date: Tuesday, June 28
  • Time: 4:30 – 7:00 p.m.
  • Place: Saint Demetrios Hall in Seattle’s Montlake neighborhood
  • Address: 2100 Boyer Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112

 At this open house, we will share the following:

  1. Updated design renderings for the Montlake lid, land bridge and West Approach Bridge South
  2. The schedule for the next phase of construction (set to begin by 2018), and how to stay informed
  3. A look ahead to future phases of the Rest of the West
  4. Other topics such as an overview of design-build contracting and environmental enhancements as part of the SR 520 Program
  5. An update on current construction of the West Approach Bridge North (WABN)

 The open house will provide an opportunity for members of the public to hear the latest about the SR 520 Program, view updated design renderings of the Montlake area, chat one-on-one with project staff, ask questions, and share feedback.

In addition to the in-person open house, we are also hosting an Online Open House, which will be available Monday, June 20th through July 8. Please visit SR520.participate.online to view design information about the next phase of construction, which includes the Montlake area and WABS, and learn about the future steps for the remaining Rest of the West project elements. This Online Open House will include a summary of the project’s design history, and an overview and details of the design character of the Montlake area and WABS. It will also include an opportunity for visitors to share their feedback.

We hope you can join us for these events! We look forward to continuing to share information with you as we move forward with building a new, safer and more reliable SR 520 corridor in Seattle.

Join Us At The June MCC Board Meeting

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Your Montlake Community Club Board meets June 14, at 7:00 pm in the Boyer Children’s Clinic Conference Room (1850 Boyer Ave. East). The agenda includes two important items: Results of the recent MCC election with introduction of new board members; and Presentation by Paul Fuesel of Studio KPG about ideas for working with our community and businesses on the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods funded Business District Development Plan. You are all invited to attend this and any other monthly MCC Board meeting. To claim a good seat, come early to the lower level of the Boyer Clinic (Enter through the parking garage door on Howe Street).