Sean Keeley The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs is accepting applications for the 2012 CityArtist Projects program that supports Seattle-based individual artists working in the visual, literary and media arts. CityArtist Projects is an annual funding program that provides support to individual Seattle artists to develop and present new, in-progress or remounted works taken to the …
The 2011 Small and Simple Projects Fund, a program of the Neighborhood Matching Fund, will be open for applications beginning on Thursday, September 1 for the fall cycle. The fund is open to all eligible applicants and project types. In recognition of Emergency Preparedness Month this September, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods (DON) and Seattle Office …
Crisis averted. Changes to King County Metro service that could have cut up to 600,000 service hours of bus routes, heavily-affecting routes in Ballard will not happen. The Metropolitan King County Council will approve $20 car-tab fees to spare Metro bus service from deep cuts, according to our news partner the Seattle Times. From the …
Last week we talked briefly about SDOT’s Transit Master Plan, which included plans for a light rail that would connect Ballard and Fremont to downtown, amongst other neighborhoods. Yesterday, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn took to his blog and challenged the Seattle City Council to “be bold” and consider funding such a project. For the distances …
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Monday, July 11 is 7-Eleven’s birthday and to celebrate, it’s Free Slurpee Day at every store, including Fremont’s 7-Eleven at 304 North 36th Street. Stop by for a free 7.11 oz. (see what they did there?) Slurpee drink between now and 12:00 am. After that, it’s back to paying for your Slurpees, which just won’t …
Here’s a sight you don’t see everyday. Linda was kind enough to send these photos to our sister site FremontUniverse.com of a houseboat heading down the Ship Canal on Tuesday. It took two tugboats and a little bit of time but the house, previously moored on the west side of the Ballard Bridge finally went …
Metro riders will have to keep a little more change handy in the new year. King County Metro Transit is increasing fares starting in January 2011. Beginning Jan. 1, all adult Metro riders will see a 25 cent fare increase. Fares for other Metro products, such as passes and ticketbooks, will also increase. Youth fares …