Earlier today Mayor Ed Murray presented his proposed 2015-16 budget to the City Council with an aim to bring more transparency, more innovation, better organization and better performance to City government in Seattle. Murray’s proposed budget contained several major reform proposals, starting with key reforms to the City’s budgeting process itself. “We will move toward a performance-based budgeting system and begin […]
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Mayor’s proposed budget to help Ballard centers
Mayor Mike McGinn announced today that his upcoming 2012 proposed budget will allocate funds toward the maintenance and improvement of city-owned facilities, including a few in Ballard. “Even in a time of constrained revenue, we are making an extra effort to invest in existing community infrastructure and assets, such as senior and community centers, parks […]
Public meeting on future of city’s community centers
Seattle Parks & Recreation is presenting possible models of operation for Seattle’s community centers, in the wake of budget cuts. The first public meeting is from 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Bitter Lake Community Center, 13035 Linden Ave. N., north of Greenwood. A second public meeting is from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Jefferson Community […]
Hours added back to Ballard Community Center
(11/12 update): The City Council voted to approve the additional hours. Original report: A plan to drastically cut drop-in hours at the Ballard Community Center (6020 28th Ave NW) may not happen after all. During budget discussions this morning, the Seattle City Council heard a proposal from its central staff to add back 15 hours of drop-in […]
Crime prevention coordinators face layoffs
Unless the budget changes, three of the seven crime prevention coordinators in Seattle will lose their jobs. As for the remaining four coordinators, including the one serving Ballard, no one is sure if they’ll be forced to cut back on their hours or cover larger areas to fill the holes. Crime prevention coordinators, civilian employees […]
Ballard Food Bank makes plea to City Council
A plan to cut funding to emergency food systems in Seattle was met with opposition Wednesday night at the first public hearing on the city’s budget. A representative from the Ballard Food Bank made a plea to the City Council. A crowd lines up to speak at Wednesday night’s budget hearing in Northgate “We feel this is […]
Mid-year budget cuts coming Monday
We’ll soon know the fate of the Ballard and Loyal Heights Community centers. The mayor’s mid-year budget cuts will be announced on Monday (6/14), including any cuts to the city’s Parks and Recreation department. Ballard residents turned out in force back in May to fight to keep the centers open. The cuts being announced for […]
Postcard campaign to save community centers
A group of Ballardites is starting a postcard campaign to let Mayor Mike McGinn know that they want both our community centers to remain open. A look at the front of the postcard. “The community centers are important to me as a way to connect with other families and to keep my family active,” organizer […]
Community center holds nighttime petition drive
The Loyal Heights Community Center held a vigil of sorts last night — and has planned another one for tonight — to attract neighbors to sign a petition urging the city not to cut the center’s funding. Organizers ringed the community center with paper bag lanterns. “We just wanted to symbolically protest the city’s impending […]
Community center at risk of being shut down
Seattle Parks and Recreation is facing a $2.5 million budget shortfall this year, which means at least one of our neighborhood community centers is at risk of being closed down. According to KING 5 News, either the Ballard Community Center (6020 28th Ave NW) or Loyal Heights Community Center (2101 NW 77th St) face the […]
Small Faces could see tax break if Gov signs bill
Updated: Both the Washington state Senate and the House have approved a bill, co-sponsored by 36th District senator Jeanne Kohls-Wells (D-Seattle), that would give some tax relief to centers that operate out of former school facilities like the Small Faces Child Development Center on Crown Hill. According to a release sent out by the Washington […]
Pool & community centers closed on Friday
Seattle Parks and Recreation is taking another furlough day this Friday, March 12 to help fill the budget gap. That means the Ballard Community Center, the Loyal Heights Community Center and the Ballard Pool will be closed. (Child care and late-night programs will still operate at the community centers.) On Monday, March 15, Park Department […]
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