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Free Race T-Shirts for Turkey Trot Volunteers

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Help organize the 2nd annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. Volunteering is a terrific way to meet Montlake neighbors, and help the University District Food Bank.
Last year, the Montlake 5K Turkey Trot & Kids Fun Run raised $10,000 for the Food Bank– we hope to more than double our donation this year!
  • All volunteers will receive a free Turkey Trot t-shirt!
  • As a special thanks to Turkey Trot volunteers, everyone who signs up to help with the race prior to Oct. 31 will receive a promo code valid for a 25% discount on race registration— for yourself (if volunteer schedule allows) and up to 4 friends and family members.

Opportunities abound! There are many ways to help: choose one or more shifts either on Thanksgiving morning (race day) or prior to the event. Assist with course signs and cones, water stations, course monitoring, garbage collection, or help with the Kids Fun Run.

This is a great opportunity for students who need service hours.

Volunteer Sign Up HERE

For Turkey Trot race information, visit Montlake.net
Questions? Email us at turkeytrot@montlake.net

We are grateful to our ever growing list of 2017 Turkey Trot Sponsors!

If you or your employer are interested in event sponsorship please Click here for more info.  Net proceeds benefit the University District Food Bank.

Gateway Parks Renovation Project

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We have applied for a Department of Neighborhoods (DoN) grant of $15,000 to finish renovation of the park with a gravel path and northwest native plantings.  We will know by mid-March if we have been successful.

DoN required that the grant be matched by volunteer hours, credited at $20/hr, and dollar contributions before the application can be accepted. We thank all who pledged the work hours and money that actually exceeded the amount required.  DoN emphasized wide community support for the project was essential, and that was amply demonstrated with 106 pledges amounting to 606 volunteer hours worth $12,120, in-kind contributions of goods and services amounting to $4,785, and $2120 in monetary pledges for a grand total of $19,025.  We would like to particularly thank the Montlake Community Club for their dollar pledge and Steve Worthy for donating 44 hours design time from his Landscape Architect Company.

The five members of the Steering Committee put in many hours to make this all come together. The grant is called “Small and Simple”; we found that it may have been small but it certainly wasn’t simple.

If you have any questions send an email to GatewayParks@Montlake.net or call 206-568-8382.

Thanks from your Gateway Parks Steering Committee:
Greg Ahmann
Anita Bowers
Janice Rabkin
Patricia Shannon-Garvey (Chair)
Colin Shannon-Garveyy

Seattle Design Commissioner sought

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Mayor Mike McGinn is looking for a new Seattle Design Commission member to fill the licensed engineer position. A transportation engineer is preferred. The term will start on March 1, 2011 and extend through February 2013, with the possibility of renewing for another two year term.

Design Commission members are appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the City Council for renewable, two‐year terms. The ten member commission is made up of architects, artists, urban designers, environmental designers, urban planners, landscape architects, engineers, members‐at‐large, and one member from Get Engaged, the YMCA Young Civic Leaders Program.

Established in 1968, the Seattle Design Commission advises city officials on the design and environmental effects of capital improvement projects. Members also help select consultants for City projects. The Commission meets all day on the first and third Thursdays of each month. In addition, members serve on project subcommittees and represent the commission on other advisory boards. Members work an average of 20 to 25 hours a month. Members cannot contract with the city on any capital improvement project reviewed by the commission.

For more information on the Design Commission please see:
www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Design_Commission

The position is open until filled. To be considered, please send a letter of interest and resume to Mayor Mike McGinn c/o:

Valerie Kinast, Design Commission Coordinator
Seattle Design Commission
Department of Planning and Development
City of Seattle
700 Fifth Ave., Ste. 2000
PO Box 34019
Seattle, WA 98124‐4019

The City of Seattle is committed to promoting diversity in the City’s boards and commissions. Women, persons with disabilities, sexual and gender minorities, persons of color, and immigrants are encouraged to apply.

For more information about this position and the commission, please contact Valerie Kinast, Design Commission Coordinator, at 206‐233‐7911 or via e‐mail at valerie.kinast@seattle.gov.

Visit the mayor’s web site at www.seattle.gov/mayor. Get the mayor’s inside view on efforts like the Youth and Families Initiative and the Walk Bike Ride initiative by signing up for The Mike McGinn Newsletter at www.seattle.gov/mayor/.

Pledge to Match Dept. of Neighborhood Grant for Montlake Gateway Park

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Please fill in the fields below and click at the bottom of the page to submit.   All information will be kept confidential and known only to the Montlake Community Club Gateway Park Steering Committe and the Seattle City Department of Neigborhoods, who require it to be submitted with the grant application.[formidable id=4]

Fall Clean – Adopt a Drain

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Friends of South Portage Bay – Volunteers Wanted

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Volunteers Needed

The mission of Friends of South Portage Bay is to reclaim an abandoned City of Seattle Property and create an urban habitat for wild life and a place the citizens of Seattle can enjoy nature. The site is 15th Street off Boyer Avenue and is at the dead end of that small street.

Next Group Work Party is Friday, September 24th at 10 am to 2 pm
Work Party volunteers will be supplied all tools and work gloves

We also welcome independent work and ask you and friends to adopt a Piece of the Park.

Volunteer could take 2 hours a month and weed the areas below. For more information contact Anne Preston @ 206-328-4135 or anne.preston@kerry.com

Adoption Area

Park Bench Mound
Rose Point
Tree and Snag Round Bed
Front Berm Outside
Front Berm Inside
Front Entrance Left
Front Entrance Right
Water Frontage by Gravel Path
Woodland Gravel Trail Right
Woodland Gravel Trail Left
Montlake Park Entrance to Woodland Trail