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Park(ing) Day on Delridge at Boren STEM K-8 School

We worked with the school and PTSA to celebrate Park(ing) Day!

First graders having a blast in the demonstration “protected bike lane”.

Kids and parents came over to see the demonstration protected bike lane and play games.  Thanks to Bell Helmets, we had 50 helmets to give to excited kids who need them. Teacher Adrianne brought over her whole first grade class and their “fence” of wishes and goals.

Thank you to all participants!

Doug Ollerenshaw led the effort. Michael Oxman, arborist, brought the plants that protected the bike lane. Kathy Dunn brought a great library of children’s books featuring bike riding.   Bob Winship led the helmet fitting. Kate Wells, Joe Laubach and Don Brubeck helped with games and helmets and info for parents. SDOT and Seattle Neighborhood Greenways provided the bike lane supplies.

Kathy Dunn, 1st grade teacher Adrianne, Micheal Oxman, and Parking Day leader Doug Ollerenshaw.
Joe Laubach and passengers on the new cargo bike.

North Delridge Action Plan

Seattle OPCD has released the final version of the North Delridge Action Plan. As we focus on the Delridge Multi-modal Corridor, this plan gives wider context from several years of community involvement for north Delridge neighborhoods, including from a number of people in our group.  Worth a good look.

The “active transportation” section starting on page 39 has goal that align with ours for safe, efficient bike and pedestrian transportation and for good access to transit. There are some good new items about improving the greenways and east-west connections, and improving stairways and un-opened streets, too.  Let’s talk at our next meeting about what our role can be to help the neighborhoods realize this vision.

WSBC September 4 meeting

Our monthly meeting is coming up. You are invited!
Tuesday, September 4, 6:30 to 8:00 pm.
Neighborhood House
6400 Sylvan Way SW
in High Point. North side entry.

Come join us to discuss and plan

  • Parking Day planning for 9/21 at Boren School.
  • Updates on Avalon repaving; Spokane/Avalon/Harbor; East Marginal Way
  • Update on Move Seattle Levy “reset”
  • Race and social justice – our group and our communities
  • Next steps for Delridge corridor
  • [your item here]

Renewing our website and blog

Thank you, Sustainable West Seattle, for hosting our website for our first six years of work on safe streets and sustainable transportation for everyone in West Seattle.

SWS is turning us loose, and our old WordPress theme is not working anymore on some web browsers, so we are re-building our website. We’ll be back soon!