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Mayor to hold Ballard Town Hall

02/14/201202/15/2012 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn wants to hear from you. On Tuesday, February 28th from 5 to 6 p.m. he will hold a Neighborhood Town Hall at Ballard Landmark (5433 Leary […]

Mayor’s proposed budget to help Ballard centers

09/21/201109/21/2011 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

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 […]

Mayor McGinn responds to Norway tragedy

07/23/201107/23/2011 Geeky Swedes Leave a comment

Mayor Mike McGinn sent out this statement regarding the tragedy in Norway: “Our thoughts are with our neighbors in Ballard and across Seattle who have family and friends in Norway. […]

Mayor McGinn’s Town Hall Meeting

04/07/201104/07/2011 Meghan Walker 14 Comments

Mayor Mike McGinn and a panel of city officials held a Town Hall meeting at Ballard High School on Wednesday night. McGinn opened the forum with statements about the Ballard’s […]

City seeks green ‘tree stewards’

04/07/201104/07/2011 Thea Chard 6 Comments

Preserving Seattle’s tree canopy is a goal of the city’s (Mayor Mike McGinn spoke about it here) that can sometimes be controversial. The city is actively looking for tree ambassadors. […]

Mayor Town Hall tonight at Ballard High School

04/06/201104/07/2011 Geeky Swedes 6 Comments

Mayor Mike McGinn, city departments and community groups will be at Ballard High School (1416 NW 65th St) tonight for the Mayor’s Town Hall. From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. – […]

Mayor’s ‘Ballard Town Hall’ next week

03/31/201103/31/2011 Geeky Swedes 3 Comments

Mayor Mike McGinn is holding a Town Hall at Ballard High School next Wednesday, April 6th to check in with the community on issues in the neighborhood. 5:30-6:30 pm: Tabling […]

Mayor responds after Crown Hill walking tour

02/09/201102/09/2011 Geeky Swedes 17 Comments

Last fall Mayor Mike McGinn took a walking tour of Crown Hill. Along the way, residents brought up concerns and today the mayor responded to those concerns. “I appreciated the […]

Mayor releases proposed 2011 budget

09/27/201009/27/2010 Geeky Swedes 17 Comments

Update 12:45: In today’s 2011 City of Seattle Budget Address, Mayor Mike McGinn has spelled out the finance proposal for next year. Under the proposal, the Ballard Community Center will […]

What does Seattle want? How about a nude beach?

05/27/201005/27/2010 Geeky Swedes 18 Comments

Mayor Mike McGinn is asking citizens what Seattle needs. In the “Ideas for Seattle” forum, people are allowed to submit ideas or vote on ideas submitted by others. Taking the […]

Citizens weigh-in on issues affecting our kids at mayor’s caucus

05/05/201005/05/2010 Steven Byeon 9 Comments

On Monday evening, May 3, more than 40 people gathered at Ballard High School to talk about violence prevention, improving education — both during and after school — and minority empowerment.

The event was a community caucus, one of 75 put on by Mayor Mike McGinn’s office in partnership with the League of Education Voters around the city since March.

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn speaks to caucus participants at Ballard High School during a community caucus Monday evening.

Dawn Bennett and Kerry Cooley-Stroum, community organizers for the League of Education Voters, are heading up the caucuses.

“Disenfranchised communities, communities of color, he (McGinn) wants to hear from all,” said Bennett at the Ballard caucus. “He’s been focused on that and he’s also speaking to the whole. So he’s not taking one away from one and giving to the other.”

Participants of the community caucus at Ballard High School discuss key issues and solutions to issues that Seattle youth and family face today

Joe Olsen, father of a preschooler who attended the Ballard caucus, said: “I thought it was great to find out so many people were thinking the same thing. So many people have the same concerns. From what the facilitator said it’s pretty much the same throughout the city and that’s reassuring.”