Volunteers needed to help with making hot chocolate and luminaries for the Christmas Ship 2013 Event in OO DennyPark on December 22. The event starts at 4:00 this year. If you can help please contact Kurt@finnhillalliance.org...
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Excerpt from Kirkland Reporter’s update on Making Juanita Drive Safer: “After several months of conducting the Juanita Drive Corridor study, city officials, neighborhood leaders and members of the Kirkland community are working to outline key project recommendations designed to help make the regional thoroughfare safer… Many Kirklanders agree improvements to the nearly 4-mile-long Juanita Drive Corridor have been a longtime coming…. ” “The ‘quick hits’ would cost about $330,000 and include projects such as pedestrian and bicycle treatments, a lighting upgrade along Northeast 122nd Street, centerline rumble strips, left turn signals at the Northeast 141st Street intersection, and pedestrian...
Read MoreAnnual Report (November 2012 – November 2013) Finn Hill Neighborhood Alliance: Cohesive Community Connected by Woodlands & Waterways, Committed to Neighborhood Stewardship. Our Mission: “The mission of the Finn Hill Neighborhood Alliance is to coordinate our active community of residents and regional partners to preserve, protect, and restore Finn Hill’s extraordinary natural environment, and to promote the welfare of the Finn Hill community by engaging in civic issues.” View PDF of Annual Report, Click Here Highlights of 2012 – 2013 Policy and Planning Worked with the City of Kirkland to purchase and preserve 5 acres of open space in NE Finn Hill and 2.16 acres adjacent to Juanita Heights Park. Created a park and open space “hot sheet” of potential parcels of land on Finn Hill to preserve or develop as neighborhood pocket parks. Organized a tour of these with Parks, Planning, and Public Works staff from the City. Participated in Juanita Drive Corridor Study Advisory Committee. Participated in the County’s Park Levy Task Force. Endorsed and promoted both Kirkland and King County Park Levies. Organized and held a City Council Candidate Forum. Worked with the City to purchase and install school zone flashing beacons at Sandburg, FHMS, and Thoreau. Coordinated with the City on a variety of other parks, planning, transportation, and land use issues. Worked with the City to improve and update the Holmes Point Overlay...
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Gardeners and Friends of the Earth come help clear weeds at Thoreau Elementary School. Who: Weeding around Thoreau Elementary School What: Clearing Blackberries. General Weeding around the buldings Where: Thoreau Elementary School on the corner of 138th Street and 84th Avenue When: Each Wednesday from 1-3PM Drop in for as long as you can help. Contact: Natalie Washburn email at pulltogether@hotmail.com or call (425) 825-5732. Natalie is on the Thoreau School grounds working on Wednesdays from 1-3PM if you want to stop...
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Sign up to be a CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Disaster “Victim” on Nov 3, 2013 “Victims” participate all day, this role ends at 8:00pm. “Victims” should wear comfortable clothing that will become soiled with artificial blood and make up. “Victims” must be at least 14 years old, able to sit or lay still for long periods of time, and stay in character per their assigned dramatic role. Volunteers are needed for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) final simulation drill on Sunday, November 3, 2013 from 1:00pm to 8:00pm at the Peter Kirk Community Center in downtown Kirkland....
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