From SDOT’s blog…. Perhaps you’ve heard of the term “neighborhood greenway”…maybe you have not. This is a new concept here in Seattle. A neighborhood greenway offers a safer and more comfortable place to walk and ride a bike. Making small changes to sidewalks and residential streets and making busy intersections… [ Keep reading ]
Shaping Seattle Neighborhoods: subject of Seattle Speaks, April 16 What goes into making a neighborhood great and keeping it that way? With a proposed upzone in Seattle’s South Lake Union and other neighborhoods and lingering debate over past growth decisions, land-use issues are a popular and a sometimes polarizing topic…. [ Keep reading ]
From the New York Times Scientists have known for some time that the human brain’s ability to stay calm and focused is limited and can be overwhelmed by the constant noise and hectic, jangling demands of city living, sometimes resulting in a condition informally known as brain fatigue. With brain… [ Keep reading ]
Jill Simmons, Director of the Office of Sustainability & Environment and Denis Hayes, co-chair of the Green Ribbon Commission are among the panel of featured guests at the next City Business Casual on April 11. The theme for the event is What’s Next for Green Business? Entire line-up and more… [ Keep reading ]
A civic conversation with a twist, Civic Cocktail occurs the first Wednesday of every month. A panel of pros discusses a range of topics and then the audience poses questions. What Moves You: Transportation & Arts Join us on April 3 when our topics will include transportation, the arts and more. April’s panel… [ Keep reading ]
Hundreds of millions of gallons of polluted water from rain storms (“stormwater”) flow into Seattle’s creeks, lakes, and Puget Sound every year – runoff that contains bacteria from sewage overflows and toxins like petro-chemicals, pesticides, and heavy metals from our yards and cars. “Green stormwater infrastructure” (GSI) helps prevent this… [ Keep reading ]
