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Community vision for the Denny school site will be discussed at the July 8 meeting of the Westwood Neighborhood Council, 7PM at the SW Community Center, 2801 Thistle. Group sues schools over plan for Denny Middle, Sealth High All Denny/Sealth articles/news (West Seattle Blog) |
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Westwood Neighborhood Council Meeting
The Westwood Neighborhood Council will be meeting on Tuesday, July 8 at 7PM at the SW Police Precinct Community Room, 2300 SW Webster Street (note change of location as Community Center is under remodel). Our agenda will include:
- Update on the Denny/Sealth School Project
Presentation by Robert Evans, Seattle School District, about the status and progress of moving the Denny Middle School to the Sealth High School site - Development Plans for Denny Site
Discussion of the concept plan that has been prepared by Westwood Neighborhood Council for the Denny site. The concept includes tennis courts, softball field, Skate Park, open space, Dog Park, parking, and room for future SW Community Center expansion. Off site improvements include traffic calming and street trees along Thistle Street, traffic calming along Trenton Street, terraced garden space along 29th Avenue SW, and connections to and through the Denny Athletic site.
Come and share your thoughts and ideas.
The proposed Seattle Municipal Jail sites near Westwood in West Seattle's South Park neighborhood were discussed at the last Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting, held Tuesday, June 10. Guest speakers from the Highland Park Action Commitee gave us information about the current status and concerns. Read more...
Unofficial "Used Car Lot" at Roxhill Park curtailed: The Westwood Neighborhood Council, with help from Ron Angeles at the City of Seattle Neighborhood Service Center, been working on getting the cars with the "For Sale" signs, perma-parked adjacent to Roxhill Park across from the mall, moved off of Barton Street. Our efforts have resulted in new limited hour parking and improvements to the crosswalk between the mall and the park.
Afterschool Spanish language literacy program: call for steering committee members & grant reviewers: We have received a request for participation from El Club de Lectura, an after-school Spanish language literacy program for children in Roxhill and Highland Park elementary schools.
Read the questions that we did not get a chance to ask the panel at our Feb 12 meeting. These questions are posted on the West Seattle Blog and have been sent on to the school district for them to answer. Should they answer, we'll link to the answers.
All Denny/Sealth articles/news (West Seattle Blog)
Denny Middle School/Chief Sealth High School construction project information
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For any breaking news on this, check the West Seattle Blog; they can generally receive and post news faster than our neighborhood council volunteers can manage.
Feb. 12, 2008 press release, meeting flyer, meeting summary (West Seattle Blog)
Read the questions that we did not get a chance to ask the panel at our Feb 12 meeting.
Una Combinación de Denny y Sealth? Que es Mejor para Nuestros Hijos? (pdf)
Feb. 4, 2008 Seattle School District meeting photo gallery (Westwood Neighborhood Council)
Feb. 4, 2008 Seattle School District presentation (West Seattle Blog)
Dec. 12th meeting summary (West Seattle Blog).
The Dec. 12 meeting was also attended and reported on here by contributors to
saveseattleschools.blogspot.com.
Dec. 12 meeting details, handouts, etc.
Our action and contact list gives contact information for the entities with whom public opinion might make a difference: the Seattle School board and the City of Seattle (who have to issue a Master Use Permit).
- Seattle Public Schools announced on October 6th an October 9th meeting at Chief Sealth HS Little Theater. Meeting summary...
- Westwood Neighborhood Council hosted a community meeting, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wed. June 27 at SW Community Center. Meeting summary...
- Read more about the project here
- Meeting summaries courtesy of the West Seattle Blog. (Thanks too to the West Seattle Blog and the West Seattle Herald for helping publicize the meetings.)
June 27 meeting photos are available here.
Westwhat
Who?
Westwood is the West Seattle neighborhood between SW Holden Street and SW Roxbury Street., SW 35th Ave. and Delridge Way SW. We are our own little "town", with a library, high school, middle school, two elementary schools, fire department station, medical services, P-patch garden, shopping center, U. S. Post Office, stores, restaurants, community center and swimming pool, and athletic facilities (Sealth/Denny Field).
The Council is an open group of neighbors working together to improve and maintain the quality of life in the Westwood community. Read our online brochure to learn more about the Westwood Neighborhood Council.
Westwood Neighborhood projects:
- Take the Westwood neighborhood needs assessment survey
- Westwood and Highland Park Neighborhood Plan: Summary
- Westwood and Highland Park Neighborhood Plan: Complete copy
- Volunteer to help with the Roxhill Park Wetlands Restoration
- Volunteer to help with the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail
- Longfellow Creek website (general information about the creek)
- Neighborhood Matching fund information, including the Tree Fund for small neighborhood plantings (10-40 trees), is available from the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/don/.
ROXHILL PARK WETLAND RESTORATION:
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Westwood community links:
- Chief Sealth High School
- Friends of Chief Sealth High School
- Denny Middle School
- E. C. Hughes Elementary
School
Our neighborhood is framed by its elementary schools; E. C. Hughes at our northern boundary and Roxhill at our southern boundary. The E. C. Hughes school building is currently empty, but it will house several schools over next few years while they are being remodeled. What will its future be? Artist studios? Theatre (it has a good stage & auditorium)? A new alternative school? Send us your thoughts at wncc@scn.org
- Delridge Neighborhood Service Center
- E. C. Hughes Park and Playfield
- Longfellow Creek restoration project
- Roxhill Elementary School
- Roxhill Park (headwaters for Longfellow Creek--yet another good thing that begins at Westwood)
- Southwest Community Center
- Southwest Library
- Friends of Southwest Library: supporters of the Southwest Branch of the Seattle Public Library
- White Center Community Development Association: building community and improving the quality of life for White Center (and parts of Westwood and Highland Park)
West Seattle Parks:
- Alki Beach Park
- Alki Playfield
- Don Armeni Park
- Fauntleroy Park
- High Point Playfield
- Highland Park Playfield
- Lincoln Park
- Longfellow Creek Greenspace
- Roxhill Park
| For more information about the Westwood Neighborhood Council, contact
our president, Steven Fischer, at wncc@scn.org This site is hosted by the Seattle Community Network, among the Neighborhood Pages. |
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