Shortly after announcing the event, the Community Center notified us that the event will be postponed. We’ll share as soon as there are updates!
Guess what Montlake? The Community Center is reopening soon and there is an event on October 26th from 12-3pm to kick things off!
We’ve all waited patiently, and a pillar of our community is now back.
Come for carnival games, cider, candy, and arts and crafts!
As custodians of such a big bright & airy gathering space, we want to make sure it can serve the community beyond the 7am-5pm timeframe.
The Oxbow space is open in the evenings for private events and community gatherings 7 days a week from 5pm – 9pm. Head to oxbowmontlake.com/events to fill out an event request or email events@oxbowmontlake.com.
The Montlake Park and Habitat Restoration Area, located along South Portage Bay just west of the Montlake Community Center, is a critically important habitat as the last and only substantial natural area on the Ship Canal between the Ballard Locks and the Montlake Cut.
The Park dates back to 2004, when Seattle Parks cleared several acres west of the parking lot. Seizing on the opportunity to make this portion accessible to the neighborhood, volunteers spent many weeks clearing blackberries, broken concrete and invasive weeds. In 2010, several volunteers from Montlake and Portage Bay applied for and received a $100,000 Dept. of Neighborhoods grant to hire a landscape architect to create a park environment on the cleared land for habitat restoration, a sizable increase in accessible Montlake Park land.
A kayak launch and picnic area were donated during park construction and provide access to the protected waters of South Portage Bay. Sculptural rocks commemorate the original occupants of Portage Bay and Duwamish Chief Cheshiahud. A weekly birder’s group has identified over 80 species of resident and migratory birds, regularly seeing over 20 species each week. Recently, park volunteers participated in a year-long project with Beavers Northwest to monitor beaver activity in the park, to observe both the benefits they provide to habitat expansion as well as the need to protect vulnerable trees from beaver damage. The SR 520 contractor has committed to saving the large beaver lodge.
Current volunteers are seeking a new generation to help maintain and encourage use of the habitat restoration portion of Montlake Park. This includes an opportunity to participate in the Green Seattle Partnership’s (GSP) Forest Steward Program, to assure this portion of our neighborhood park remains a welcoming respite, especially throughout the SR 520 viaduct replacement project. The Steward works with friends, neighbors and local groups on various maintenance activities, including selecting and planting new native trees, to give back to the community by protecting a valuable asset for native plant and animal habitat. We hope a new Forest Steward will find it rewarding to protect and promote the habitat portion of Montlake Park.
To learn more about the habitat restoration area of Montlake Park and the position of Forest Steward please contact Anne Preston at annevpreston@gmail.com or Annie Stixrood at astixrood@comcast.net. For more about the Forest Steward program, training and application process at GSP, contact director Eric Sterner at eric.sterner2@seattle.gov
The registration for the Montlake Turkey Trot (November 28 – Thanksgiving Day 9AM) is now open. You can register from the LINK. Please join the race on Thanksgiving Day (0.5miles, 1k or 5K ) by running, jogging, or walking and help raise funds for University District Food Bank. You can also make donations or volunteer for the event.
Bread Salon : Small Business Bakers panel, October 3rd 6-8pm | $25, Oxbow Montlake
Have you ever dreamt of leaving your office job and opening a made-from-scratch cake shop? Are you a serious home baker thinking about cramming some ovens into your garage and selling bread at the local farmer’s market? Have you been working in restaurants or bakeries for years with the hope of someday opening your own business? Girl, we’ve been there.
Come and join us to hear a panel of Seattle bakers discuss their business’s origins, how they manage their day-to-day operations, and their creative processes. Topics to include: scaling up recipes and operations, equipment, business philosophy, and work-life balance.
Featuring panelists
Rachel Coyle – Coyle’s Bakeshop
Christina Wood – Temple Pastries
Charlie Dunmire – Deep Sea Sugar and Salt
Kit & Jesse Schumann – Sea Wolf / Oxbow
Ben Campbell – Ben’s Bread
Hi Neighbors,
The Montlake Community Club Board is looking for a volunteer to help with layout and design of the upcoming Montlake Flyer. Are you a passionate designer and have a few hours to spare over the next month helping out? Please email montlake.community.club@gmail.com
Thanks in advance!
Thank you for coming out to the 10th Annual Montlake Yard Sale this Sunday, September 8. We had over 80 sellers, and many people from within Montlake and outside visited as a buyer. Whether you were a seller or a buyer, please fill out our survey from the link below and give us feedback. Thank you!
2024 Yard Sale post-event survey link
If you are interested in getting involved in the activities of MCC (Montlake Community Club), please contact us montlake.community.club@gmail.com
Tomorrow, Sunday, September 8 between 9am and 3pm- come and enjoy strolling around Montlake neighborhood, visiting highly anticipated 10th Annual Montlake Yard Sale, with over 75 locations. Mr. Johnson’s Antiques, at 2315 24th Ave E, will remain open until 5pm.
The digital map of all of the locations are available from the link and the QR code below. (if you have a problem opening it, try using a different browser. The map is working.)
https://bit.ly/MontlakeYardSale
If you need help with this map, if you are interested in getting involved in Montlake Community Club (MCC) activities, or if you would like to find out about Montlake Gear, please stop by our table in front of Cafe Lago at 2305 24th Ave E (24th Ave E and E Lynn) between 9am and 2:45pm.
Wishing everyone a great yard sale experience!
Participating registered sellers: (1) Make sure to pick up or print / create a seller sign (as directed in the emails from MCC) to put in your yard. (2) Please take a look at the digital map from the link above and make sure that you are on it. (3) Enjoy being a seller!
Please NOTE: Our registration closed on Thursday, September 5 at 11:30pm. A new seller won’t be added to our map – thank you for your understanding.
Contact MCC at montlake.community.club@gmail.com if you have questions.
Join friends and neighbors for music on Friday afternoons from 4-6pm.
Starting on 9/6 and running through 11/2, each week there will be music, pizza, beer and wine.
Not-yet- registered SELLERS! It is still not too late to participate in the yard sale as a seller. Please register by tonight – Thursday, September 5 in the evening (by 11:30pm) to be included in our digital map. Please register here —>https://bit.ly/MontlakeYardSale.
Already-registered sellers – We have sent you an email with an instruction on a sign pick-up for individual seller on Sept 6 or Sept 7 and tips for the sale, etc. If you registered for the yard sale as a seller, but have not yet received the email from MCC, please let us know – montlake.community.club@gmail.com.
EVERYONE! Highly anticipated yard sale is upon us. This Sunday, September 8 between 9am and 3pm, enjoy strolling around Montlake neighborhood and visiting our 10th Annual Yard Sale locations. All of the registered locations will be on our digital map, which will be available from our map link 2024 Montlake Yard Sale Map** from the night before the event (9/7). Although our Yard sale is until 3pm, Mr. Johnson’s Antiques, which is located in the heart of Montlake business district, at 2315 24th Ave E, will remain open until 5pm.
If you have any questions on the day of the event, or you are interested in Montlake Gear, please stop by our table in front of Cafe Lago (at 24th E / E Lynn ) between 9am -2:45pm.
Any questions? Please contact MCC at montlake.community.club@gmail.com
**Please note the Map is not yet ready. Please check back on Saturday, Sept 7 the night before. Thank you for your patience.
