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The City of Kirkland is inviting you to "Map Your Neighborhood." A workshop showing how will be held Saturday, June 4, 2011 from 1–3pm at Kirkland City Hall, in the Peter Kirk Room. “Map Your Neighborhood” is a program designed to help neighborhoods prepare for...
Senior Services, a non-profit organization serving older adults in Washington State, is hosting a 4 hour event on Wednesday, May 18th 5:30-8:30 called “Aging Your Way: Conversations for Community Change.” At the session, participants will help create a vision for our...
You can be a part of creating a safe place for Sandburg/DCS students to play outdoors during school construction by coming to the Natural Playground Work Party from 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturday, May 14th. Volunteers will be clearing weeds, rocks, fallen branches, and...
Construction begins in June on the new Carl Sandburg/DCS school building, and the current school playground will no longer be accessible. The new playground, to be located on the site of the current school building, will be accessible in the fall of 2012. Until then,...
City of Kirkland urban forester Deb Powers and Green Team volunteer Nona Ganz praised Denny Creek Neighborhood Alliance's legacy in presentations before about 75 people at the DCNA annual meeting on April 28. Powers, who works in the Planning Department, lauded DCNA...
Since 2001, the Kirkland Alliance of Neighborhoods (KAN) has hosted an educational class called Neighborhood University (“Neighborhood U”) to help residents learn about their city government, receive leadership training, and discover ways to build community within...
Residents of the Finn Hill, north Juanita, and Kingsgate areas due to be annexed into Kirkland on June 1 are invited, along with city residents, to participate in several activities over a three day period in early June. Wednesday, June 1, Open House, Kirkland City...
The Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance is seeking volunteers on Saturday, May 21 (9:30am), to help restore a section of trail in Big Finn Hill Park. The trail section is located just north of NE 138th Place, where there is a crosswalk and the kiosk built by Evergreen...
Two Board positions on the Finn Hill Park & Recreation District Commission will be on the ballot for the November 2011 election. Positions #1 and #4 are currently held by incumbents Frank Radford and Chris Johnson. Johnson is stepping down from the Board so Position...
The Juanita Woodlands are one of the few remaining islands of forests amidst the rampant commercial and residential development overtaking the Kirkland-Juanita area. They are home to several species of birds, including Bald Eagle; Osprey; Great Horned Owl;...
