Get Ballard events and deals in your email
Just in time for summer, we’ve launched a new addition here at My Ballard: an email newsletter with a preview of weekend events, both here in Ballard and in surrounding …
My Ballard
Welcome our new neighborhood blogs
We’re happy to officially announce the launch of three new neighborhood news sites in our community network here in North Seattle: Maple Leaf Life, Wedgwood View and My Wallingford. This …
My Ballard undergoing web maintenance
Update: We switched My Ballard to “the cloud” overnight, which is a techy way to say we’ve upgraded to a bigger web host that can handle more traffic. Our switch …
My Ballard wins national journalism award
We’re excited to announce that My Ballard has just won an Online Journalism Award for community collaboration, edging out the LA Times and Miami Herald. This is an incredible and …
My Ballard nominated for journalism award
We just learned that My Ballard has been nominated for a national Online Journalism Award for community collaboration. Again, further proof that the neighborhood is powering My Ballard, not us. …
My Ballard, Seattle Times form partnership
We’re excited to announce an editorial partnership with the Seattle Times that encompasses My Ballard and the rest of Next Door Media’s sites, PhinneyWood, Queen Anne View, Magnolia Voice and Fremont Universe. The partnership originated with a grant by American University’s J-Lab, which aims to explore how established media companies can work together with promising neighborhood news sites.
You may have noticed over the last several weeks that SeattleTimes.com and MyBallard.com have been linking each other on stories, and that’s a component of the partnership. We’ll be exploring other ways to work together in coming weeks and months. Our friends at West Seattle Blog, Capitol Hill Seattle and Rainier Valley Post are also part of the partnership.
This is a testament to all of you — our readers, contributors and advertisers — who have helped make My Ballard a part of the neighborhood. My Ballard is powered by the neighorhood, not us. The vast majority of stories originate from our readers, and now some of the best stories will be linked from Seattle’s largest news site. We’re very pleased that the Times has chosen to work together with organic, neighborhood-grown news sites instead of creating competing efforts designed to draw advertising dollars away from the neighborhood.
And, of course, we’d also like to thank the editors of Next Door Media sites in our nearby neighborhoods: Doree Armstrong and Dale Steinke at PhinneyWood.com, John and Loree Schoonover at MagnoliaVoice.com, and Thea Chard and Judy at QueenAnneView.com.
The press release from the Seattle Times follows below…
Come say hello at Bergen Place this evening
Just a reminder that we’re holding our first-ever My Ballard meetup at Bergen Place (map) today from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dante will be there selling his Inferno Dogs, and …
My Ballard’s first community event this Tuesday
Next Tuesday evening, we (The Geeky Swedes) invite you to come say hello at Bergen Place Park. From 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., we’ll be enjoying the summer evening with …
Clip some coupons on My Ballard
The economy has turned many of us into coupon-clippers, so we’ve created a coupon page with discounts and freebies at a few Ballard-area businesses. Just print and clip. We’ll be …
My Ballard’s new approach to comments
Updated: Late Saturday night, we launched a new comments system here on My Ballard. If you’re like us, you’ve noticed the tone of My Ballard’s comments has gradually deteriorated over …
Sign up for our Ballard events newsletter
You can always visit the Ballard events section here on My Ballard, but some of our readers have asked if they can receive a list of events via email. So …
Most popular Ballard stories of 2008
It’s been a very big year for Ballard. A year of change led by tremendous growth in a red-hot real estate market followed by an economic recession. A year pitting …