Wallingford Urban Villager

Wallingford Playfield

We collected over 350 pledged hours of volunteer labor at the Ice Cream Social in August, and at Seattle Tilth Harvest Fair and What's Cookin' Wallingford. But we know that there are more of you out there who want to get dirty and help make a great place even better! The city's Matching Grant program pays $12 for every hour of volunteer labor pledged. So, please send us an email (fowp@wallingford.org), or call Friends of Wallingford Playfield Volunteer Coordinator, Christie Rodgers at 548-9588.

In the coming months, volunteers are needed for the following projects:

• Attend public meetings this fall and spring 2001, as we fine tune elements of the design. (10 hour pledge over six months).
• SE Picnic Area - Help out during one or more weekend work parties next Spring as we begin landscaping work in the area formerly known as the Horseshoe Pit. (5 hour pledge per weekend work party).
• Sunken Garden - Next summer we will prepare the area for planting in the Fall of 2001. Volunteers are needed for planning, prep and planting work parties. (5 hour pledge per weekend work party).

Meridian Playground

We will begin making our donor stones in the next month or so. We will need people to help prepare the "masks" or stencils we will use for the sandblasting of the words. Folks can probably do this at home and it involves punching out the letters of the stencils. Please let me know if you can help with this easy, yet very important part of the project. Your volunteer hours are matched by the city.

We need some people to enter the text for the donor stones and arrange the text on "blocks" or life size representations of the text on the stone. This would be done with a CAD program and we need to produce the files in DXF. So, if you can do this computer wizardry for us, we can start making the "stencils" and get going on the sandblasting. Please let me know soon if you can help with this part. Also, if there are more folks who can help with preparing the stencils, probably around the end of October or November, let me add your name to the list.

This is a great way to meet your neighbors and make a difference in your community! We look forward to hearing from you!

You can buy stones probably up until November, the sooner the better. Forms are available in many Wallingford businesses (Wally's Scoop, Zoka), the Good Shepherd Center, and the neighborhood office. We will be making between 200 and 250 stones. We need a place to store the 20 four gallon buckets that will hold the stones. We will need to store them October through January or February. The buckets have lids so they can stack. Please let me know if you have some space! Thanks Lisa ( eskuh@uswest.net).

Crosstown Traffic Study

During the month of August, 38 neighborhood volunteers delivered 2,400 surveys with questions about neighborhood traffic to all homes and businesses within one block of 40th, 45th, and 50th Streets. A remarkable 7-plus percent return will provide helpful guidance to the consultants as they prepare the first draft.

Survey results are posted on the WEaving Wallingford web site at http://www.wallingford.org/ctw.htm.

Dennis Tate, Urban Designer, and Marni Heffron, Transportation Engineer, have been hired to create drawings illustrating the priorities and preferences as outlined in the Neighborhood Plan. See first draft of the drawings at the Neighborhood Office on September 25th and in the window at Bagley Avenue North and North 45th Street (Fleury CPA offices) after October 3.

For more info contact Billie Hess, Project Outreach Coordinator, at 675-0406 or ctw@wallingford.org if you can help with the deliveries (Just drop off--no doorbelling.)

Meet with the consultants at the Public Workshops on Wednesdays, October 11 and November 15. 7 - 9 p.m. in Room 202 at the Good Shepherd Center.

Calling All Artists

New Wallingford Artist Directory: The Wallingford Neighborhood Office would like to list you in its resource directory. The office gets many requests and likes to make referrals to you--our Wallingford artists. There is no cost to you. Contact Billie Hess at 632-3165 or weavers@wallingford.org.

25 cent sale

FamilyWorks is having a 25 cent sale on children's clothing, toys and books on October 14, from 10-2. We are currently accepting donations, please bring quality used items to 1501 N 45th. Also looking for volunteers! Call 694-6727.

Longest Traffic Light in the City

North 50th Street and Greenlake Way North: It's difficult to navigate by car, and practically impossible for bikes and pedestrians. And...it's a key intersection in cross-town corridor planning. SEATRAN wants to know how you feel about their current plan to improve the intersection which includes upgrading "the existing signal system to include mast arms, video detection and closed circuit TV cameras for traffic monitoring; new channelization, and signing improvements; repaving and some drainage and lighting upgrades. Call 684-0800 or e-mail to uata.projects@ci.seattle.wa.us. Deadline: September 22, 2000.

Wallingford Home Tour

Have you restored a room--or your whole home? The first annual Wallingford Home tour is scheduled for October 7th and 8th. This is a wonderful opportunity for neighbors to get to know one-another; discover the numerous home-improvement businesses located in the Wallingford neighborhood; and to see how others have restored their home.

We are looking for bungalows and craftsman style homes to be a part of this exciting tour. It is not necessary to tour the entire home, but rather if the living room, or even a fireplace is an excellent example of a bungalow or craftsman-style home we would love to have you participate in the tour! Contact Weaving Wallingford at 632-3165 or weavers@wallingford.org.

Become a WEaving Wallingford Volunteer

Work a few hours at the Neighborhood Office helping with projects; work a regular 3-hour shift; or coordinate a project and make a huge difference!

With Robert as our new Office Director in June, we've gotten really good at volunteer projects! Have fun, develop new skills and connections, meet your neighbors, time-consuming or not--your choice. Organizing, networking, marketing--no matter what you want to do or learn, if you're committed to making Wallingford a nicer place to live, we have a place for you! Contact WEaving Wallingford at the Neighborhood Office: 632-3165 or weavers@wallingford.org.

Thanks to WEaving Wallingford. Most of this information first appeared on their web site.

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