Current Issues
We are constantly advocating for our vision of progressive urbanism. To that end, we choose to work on the issues where we can be effective and add a unique perspective. We lobby elected officials, cooperate with other civic groups, and endorse ballot measures. How can you join the action? Join, take a Job, or come to an Event.
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New Parks Levy
Friends of Seattle, as a member of the Green Legacy Coalition, strongly supports the parks levy package in 2008. (See our op-ed in the Seattle Times). The Pro Parks Levy, which expires at the end of this year, brought us neighborhood gems such as Cal Anderson Park, Ballard Commons Park, Greenwood Park, the Central Area's Homer Harris Park, Greenwood Park, and Northgate Park, as well as many other new green spaces and natural area restoration projects - over 40 acres in all. With a rapidly growing city, Seattle needs a fresh round of investments in green infrastructure - parks, sports facilities, walking trails, creek corridors, and natural drainage systems. Green infrastructure isn't a luxury; it's essential to meet our human needs and environmental responsibilities.
What's happening now: The Seattle City Council has approved a parks levy package for the fall ballot. For a list of the projects that will be financed, click here (PDF). In passing this package, the Council showed great leadership and strength to withstand the ambivalence of the Mayor and the criticism of the blustering Seattle Times editorial page's criticism. Thanks, Council!
How to take action: First, join the parks levy social network on Ning. Second, if you want to help with the campaign this fall, email Gary Manca.
Redevelopment of Goodwill Site on Dearborn and Rainier
The Friends of Seattle steering committee approved FoS's formal membership in the Dearborn Street Coalition for a Livable Neighborhood (PDF) ("DSCLN"). The DSCLN has been working to make the proposed mixed-use development on Rainier Ave and Dearborn St (present site of a Goodill store and parking lot) more friendly to the residents of surrounding neighborhoods such as Little Saigon. To read more, visit here
Seattle Climate Action Now
Visit Seattle Climate Action Now to learn how YOU can reduce your carbon footprint and help the city of Seattle meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals. Friends of Seattle is proud to be one of SeattleCAN's Community-Based Partners.
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Announcements
» Join us at the KCCV's Green Activists Summer BBQ on Saturday, Aug. 23 from 12-3:00PM at Lincoln Park in W Seattle. Come talk to your elected officials, and learn about the fall campaign season. Lunch is on the house!
» We are hosting a Sound Transit Expansion Plan: Q & A on Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 5:30PM at McLeod Residence (2209 2nd Ave), with Sound Transit's Executive Director of Policy, Planning and Public Administration, Ric Ilgenfritz.
