Thank you to site sponsor Michael Cornell, Realtor® for sponsoring this post.

Having a garage sale or hosting an open house in Green Lake? Let us know and we’ll add you to the weekly map.

Heart Zones Running Clinic

March 14th at noon – Green Lake

• Learn how to train in your heart rate zones!
• Discover how cardiovascular training can help you achieve success!
• Increase your fitness level and lose the extra weight!
• Free Hammer Gel, Water bottle and t-shirt included!

Space is limited so please RSVP today!
Clinic cost is $35 per person or $25 per person if you sign up with a friend/spouse!

The event provides both information and a workout. RSVP to Melissa Newbury, Owner & Director of TriFREAKS and Heart Zones Certified Personal Trainer: (714) 329-0520 or melissa[at]trifreaks.com

The Green Lake Bathhouse

Back in January, several of you (nineteen in total!) indicated your support for the restoration of the Green Lake Bathhouse, located on the west side of the lake at 7312 West Green Lake Dr N.

Aided by your support, a group of concerned neighbors is proposing to the city that much-need repairs and security upgrades be made to the building.  Specifically, this group is hoping to receive funding from the Parks and Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Fund.

Last night at the Green Lake Community Council meeting, we received an update from Gayle Garman and Mary Muller on their work to secure this funding.

Gayle and Mary toured the bathhouse and saw the effects of vandalism, damage caused by a leaky roof, and the outdated restrooms.  They identified three priorities:

1. Repair the roof and the associated damage.
2. Improve security.  This would include installing security cameras and removing a tree which has provided vandals with access to the roof.
3. Improve the restroom facilities.

The application to the Parks and Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Fund has made it through the first round.  The final application is due April 2nd.

How can you help?

Add your statement of general support to the original post about the restoration project.

Volunteer to help with site plans, restoration estimates, and general paperwork relating to the grant.

Work with Sustainable Green Lake to include green infrastructure in the restoration planning.

Assist with an application to secure historic landmark status for the bathhouse.

Attend an upcoming Seattle Neighborhood Coalition meeting with Councilmember Sally Bagshaw, chair of the Parks and Seattle Center Committee.  At the meeting, express your support for the Green Lake Bathhouse and consider asking Ms. Bagshaw why the bathhouse does not receive routine maintenance from the Parks Department. The meeting is at 9 a.m. this Saturday, March 13th, at Ballard’s Salmon Bay Cafe (5109 Shilshole Ave NW).

If you would like more information about the effort to secure funding for the restoration of the bathhouse, drop me a line at amy@mygreenlake.com and I’ll connect you with Gayle and Mary.

Read more about:

The effort to restore the bathhouse.

A violent fight that took place near the bathhouse last summer.

Dying City, an upcoming production of the Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse.

The date of the Community Preparedness Week is still to be determined.   We’ll be sure to keep you in the loop as the event takes shape.

Green Lake Community Council, in partnership with the Seattle Office of Emergency Management, is planning a Preparedness Week. We’re just starting the planning and welcome volunteers.

Communication Hubs are being identified as emergency community gathering sites in case a major disaster occurs that makes it impossible to get information and help in the usual ways.

Our goal is to build individual capacity, connect block level efforts, and respond as a self reliant community during the period when limited resources may be un-available.

If we can prepare and respond together, ultimately our community will be more resilient and able to recover more quickly.

Useful Links:

West Seattle Be Prepared

American Red Cross

3 Days, 3 Ways

Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division

Contact: Paul Kostek: pkostek@aol.com or 206-915-6645

Revolutions Espresso and Bakery, a local independent coffee shop owned by three sweet brothers, is offering My Green Lake readers 25% off.

Yep, 25% off all the espresso drinks and baked treats you can consume, all served up by that cute and flirty barista (you know the one!).  Just mention that you saw this offer on My Green Lake, and you’re good to go.

Revolutions is located at 7012 Woodlawn Ave NE, in the building shared by Title Nine, Lifestyle Chiropractic, and Road Runner Sports.

(Ed. note: Revolutions is My Green Lake’s newest advertiser.  Welcome, Revolutions brothers, and thank you for your support!)

Bike/Run clinic
March 15, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Road Runner Sports (7020 Woodlawn Ave NE)

Join Seattle City Councilmember Sally J. Clark for a special Committee on the Built Environment meeting on:

Rowhouses, Apartments & Townhomes – New Rules for the Road [flier pdf]

Saturday, March 20, 10 a.m. – noon

Taproot Theatre in Greenwood (204 N 85^th St)

It’s time to change the way we design and shape new lowrise buildings in Seattle.  City Council will change the code to make quality, sustainable, well-designed multifamily housing that synchs with the neighborhoods where they are built – and we need your help!  This is a prime opportunity for Councilmembers to hear your feedback.

Meeting Format:

• Council Staff will highlight some of the hot-button issues.
• Councilmembers will then work through some of the topics
• Substantial time will be dedicated to hearing from you, the attendees
• Coffee and doughnuts will fuel the creativity

Highlighted topics will include parking requirements, building heights, density limits, code simplification, and design review requirements.

Parking is available in the lot behind the theatre.  You can plan your bus trip here. Translation services available upon advance request.  Meeting space generously donated by Taproot Theatre.

Lean more about the Multifamily Code Update at Councilmember Sally J. Clark’s website.  Questions about the event?  Contact her office at (206) 684-8802 or sally.clark@seattle.gov

See you tonight (Wednesday), 7:00 p.m., at The Hearthstone (6720 E. Green Lake Way N).  The meeting will be held in the chapel on the main floor.

Green Lake Community Council Meeting

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Agenda

( If you were expecting to be on the agenda but do not see your item listed please see chairman Michael Cornell )

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Seattle Electric Trolley System Replacement, Jonathan Dong, Transit Planner for Seattle Department of Transportation

3. WSDOT Smarter Highways, Jennifer Charlebois

4. Sustainable 520 coalition, Ted Lane, Portage Bay/Roanoke Park CC ted@thomaslaneassoc.com

5. Repairs/proposal for the Historic Bathhouse Theater at Green Lake, Gayle Garman/Marry Muller

6. Update on Friends of Green Lake, Gayle Garman

7. Sensory Garden Project, Steve Little

8. Green Lake Neighborhood Cleanup. Paul Kravets, Mars Hill Church

9. Upcoming Meeting with Council Member Sally Clark RE: Rowhouse, Townhouse & Apartment Building Rules Revisions Taproot Theater, 204 N 85th St, Saturday, Mar 20, 10 am – Noon Questions about the event: Call Sally Clark’s office (206) 684-8802 or Email sally.clark@seattle.gov

10. Announcements from Friends of McDonald School, Kathleen Ellsbury

11. Update on the Northwest District Council, Amy Duncan

12. Update on our neighborhood blog, www.MyGreenLake.com, Amy Duncan

13. Current Events at Sustainable Green Lake, Pennie O’Grady

14. New Media and Technology ideas for the future of GLCC, Forest Corbett

15. Update from Seattle Police Dept North Precinct and East Green Lake Block Watch, Bernie Kay

Copyright Little Red Hen | Used with permission

Nine years ago, Seattle’s lone honky-tonk, the Little Red Hen, decided to give karaoke a second chance. They’d tried it before in the mid-’90s, but it attracted “mostly an older crowd, and they didn’t come out to drink and party,” says the Hen’s entertainment manager, Connie Robertson, whose bar normally hosts live country-music acts.

But their redoubled effort proved different. Robertson plastered area colleges with flyers, and youngsters flocked. Before long, Wednesday-night karaoke at the Greenlake bar became “an institution,” says Robertson, and lines to get in stretched down the block.

“It’s been an extremely good thing for business,” says Robertson, who adds that some karaoke regulars have taken a shine to the venue’s more traditional live offerings as well. “As far as weeknights, Wednesday nights have basically been the bread and butter for a long time.”

In 2009, the Hen shattered its annual Wednesday-night revenue records, and added Monday-night karaoke to further capitalize on the success. The Hen also holds line-dancing lessons every Monday night, and there’s been considerable crossover between the two crowds. Lead bartender Sunny Echeverria loves the confluence of clients, calling Monday her “favorite night in 20 years of bartending.”

[Seattle Weekly]

More about the Little Red Hen:

Last September’s brawl at the Little Red Hen

The bomb shelter located under the Little Red Hen

A review of karaoke at the Little Red Hen from Seattle Weekly’s Karaoke Korrespondent

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