Development Update April 3: More subdivisions

Three applications make up today’s update from the City of Seattle’s Department of Construction and Inspections as posted in the Land Use Information Bulletin. Applications: 1523 NW 61st St A Land Use Application to subdivide one development site into two unit lots. The construction of residential units is under Project #6560117.. This subdivision of property …

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KAVU to give back to local PTAs this April

The team at KAVU (5419 Ballard Ave NW) is launching a special give back program during the month of April and are encouraging the local community to participate. Each week of April KAVU will be giving 5% of all sales (at both retail locations) to a local PTA. The schedule is as follows: North beach Elementary …

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Development Update March 30: Subdivisions and townhouses

Here is today’s update from the City of Seattle’s Department of Construction and Inspections as posted in the Land Use Information Bulletin. Application: 7058 15th Ave NW A Land Use Application has been submitted to subdivide one development site into four parcels of land. Project also includes unit lot subdivision of Parcel D into two unit lots. …

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What’s on this weekend

Have a fantastic weekend in Ballard! FRIDAY, March 24 Live Music An evening of Jazz with Overton Berry at Leif Erikson Lodge (2245 NW 57th Street) from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Tickets $10. Seattle’s March is Cabaret Month Festival at Egan’s Ballard Jam House (1707 NW Market St) at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets from $15. …

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Peddler to celebrate 4th anniversary

Peddler Brewing is turning four and is inviting locals to join the celebration this Saturday, March 25, from 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. For $10 attendees will get two beers and a commemorative pint glass (limited to first 150 customers). The team will have three of their special aged sour beers on tap, with a very limited …

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Lost dog near Fred Meyer

My Ballard reader Jennifer contacted us to report that her male red husky mix went missing near Fred Meyer on Thursday (March 23). Thai is 16 years old and has one blue and one brown eye. He hates rain but loves people and kids. Jennifer lives near Fred Meyer off of Leary Way right by Hales Ales. …

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Chabad of Ballard to host Passover celebrations

Chabad of Ballard is inviting locals to attend their Passover celebrations! This Sunday, March 26, Chabad of Ballard will host The Model Matzah Bakery which is the ultimate hands-on, Passover educational expirence! The exhibit recreates a functional model of the hand-made Matzah factories used by Jews for thousands of years. The participants “relive” the exodus from Egypt …

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Seattle Audubon seeks volunteers for elementary school program

Seattle Audubon Society is currently looking for volunteers for the Spring session of their Finding Urban Nature (FUN) program. The program introduces 3rd and 4th graders to the interconnections between producers, consumers, and decomposers in the schoolyard habitat. Volunteers lead small groups of students through hands-on outdoor lessons. The lessons in the spring give students a chance to fully explore the …

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BHS Filmmakers win national competition

Three shorts by twelve students in Ballard High School’s Digital Filmmaking Program have won honors at the Dominique Dunne Film Competition in Colorado Springs. Maya Konz, Nolan Baker, Bailey Wall and Kajsa Woolford won 1st Prize in the Documentary category for 9066 (https://vimeo.com/190324486), a film about the interment of citizens of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Also …

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Secret Garden Books to celebrate 40 years in Ballard

Secret Garden Books is celebrating its 40th Anniversary on April 1 and everyone is invited to participate in the festivities. The Ballard store is celebrating the milestone of 40 years in business as an independent, brick-and-mortar bookstore owned its entire duration by women. The community at large is cordially invited to come to the celebration of this momentous …

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Seattle Public Library launches second round of local music collection

In 2016, The Seattle Public Library launched an online Seattle music collection called PlayBack that enabled Seattleites to download free local music. Now, 50 more local artists have been added to playback.spl.org, including NAVVI, Fysah, Golden Gardens, Raz Simone and more. Anyone can stream the albums for free, and Library cardholders can download and keep any music in …

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