The vacant building and former speakeasy next to Dixon’s Furniture on 12th Avenue will soon be home to an Irish pub called the Chieftain. The folks opening the Chieftain own McGilvra’s in Madison Park and Finn MacCool’s in the U District.
Expect pizza, games, quiz nights, an outdoor deck, and of course Guinness at the Chieftain. The owners hope to open the space by early summer.
Check out more info here.
The 12th Avenue Stewardship Committee will not be meeting in March. We’ll resume with the usual second Tuesday schedule on April 12th.
March 3: The public meeting for the James Court woonerf was tentatively scheduled for this date but has been postponed to April 12th.
March 8: Monthly 12th Avenue meeting has been canceled.
There’s a new mural in progress by the empty lot at the corner of 12th Avenue and E Fir Street. It is being painted by students from Pratt Fine Arts and should be finished (weather pending) this weekend. Special thanks to Umpqua Bank, owners of the lot, for helping to make it look better!
The Capitol Hill Health building folks are hosting a Health and Wellness Fair this weekend. From their calendar post over at the CHS blog:
Here’s your opportunity to explore some of the different health & wellness services available from the healthcare providers at the Capitol Hill Health Building. Strength & flexibility screenings by Central Physical Therapy & Fitness. Rolfing demos for shoulder & neck issues by Upright Rolfing. Foot clinics by Moon Rock Massage. Free – open to the public.
Saturday, February 26th
10am-noon
1820 12th Avenue
Below are meeting minutes from February’s 12th Avenue meeting. Included in the conversation was:
1313 E Columbia Street - meeting location
Interested in getting more involved in the community?
Do you live or work in or near the 12th Avenue Urban Village? (see map to the bottom)
Then the 12th Avenue Stewardship Committee is the community group for you!!
Please join us at the next meeting.
Tuesday, February 8th
5:30pm
Seattle University Facilities Building
1313 E Columbia Street (corner of 14th and E Columbia)
Here’s the agenda for the upcoming meeting:
Park Space
What’s happening at the King County Youth Detention Site
Future plans for Union Street between 12th and 13th
Future of 12th Avenue Stewardship Committee…bylaws? elected officers?
Please join us! Food and beverages will be provided.
The 12th Avenue Stewardship Committee meets monthly and is a great place to get engaged in neighborhood activities and issues. A couple things the group has been involved in include:
* Two new city parks for the neighborhood
* Traffic and street modifications
* Major institution development
* Seattle Housing Authority expansion
* New housing and retail development
* Big changes at the King County Youth Services site
* The future of the landmark Washington Hall
* Much, much, more!!
12th Avenue Urban Village boundary
A woonerf in Ashville, NC
There’s been a lot of talk about a woonerf in the neighborhood lately and I realized that maybe I need to do a post describing what a woonerf is!
Woonerf is a Dutch term for a street where bikes and pedestrians have equal share of the street as cars. Woonerven (plural of woonerf) create spaces in cities that give pedestrians a little more breathing room, slow down traffic, and provide gathering spaces. Most woonerven don’t have curbs and have a different paving pattern than a typical street. This alerts cars to slow down and blends the sidewalk with the street.
Why are we talking about a woonerf? The 12th Avenue Stewardship Committee applied for Opportunity Funds through the Seattle Parks Department and we are very close to getting the final word that we received funding to build a woonerf on James Court between 12th and 13th Avenues. A woonerf here would be adjacent to the planned James Court Park, and would make the park feel bigger, blending the park space with the new shared road space. The woonerf will also slow down traffic on James Court since at rush hour it can be a shortcut around the busy Cherry and 12th Avenue intersection. Seattle University’s new mixed-use building at 12th and Cherry will also be a great neighbor for the woonerf. Students coming and going from the building will activate the park and woonerf (and be all the more reason to slow down cars on James Court!)
We also have the opportunity to add some green infrastructure to the woonerf. This can cut down on stormwater runoff from the roadway and add some more green space along James Court.
Here’s a drawing showing how the park, new development, and woonerf will work together.
And some more information on a woonerf can be found here: Woonerf Info
Stay tuned here for information on upcoming public meetings!
Join Seattle’s Office of Economic Development staff at the next City Business Casual! It is an informal event held monthly where business owners can chat with City of Seattle leadership and other experts in the field. Come and share your concerns or ideas!
Guests:
Councilmember Bruce Harrell
Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Phil Bussey
Director of Dept. of Information Technology Bill Schrier
Thursday, February 10th
5:00 – 7:00pm
Polar Bar, 700 3rd Avenue
(in the Arctic Club Hotel)
As reported earlier, Capitol Hill Housing is planning to start construction on their mixed-use development at 12th and E Jefferson this spring.
There will be 5,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor, broken up into 5 spaces (although some can be combined to create larger spaces). The commercial space ranges from 550 sq ft to 2,500 sq ft.
What do you want to see at this location? We want to hear from you!
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If you are interested in leasing any of these spaces, or know someone that is, please contact Capitol Hill Housing’s Betsy Hunter at 206-204-3830 or bhunter (at) capitolhillhousing (dot) org.
Here’s more information on the building: 12th & Jefferson Information Sheet
The James Court Park, fully designed and awaiting construction, is looking for a name!
The Parks Department gives a few rules for the naming of parks but this leaves a lot of room for creativity!
Name suggestions must be made in writing by March 3rd and should include your reasons for choosing the name.
Send suggestions to:
Seattle Parks and Recreation
Naming Committee
100 Dexter Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109
or via email to paula.hoff (at) seattle (dot) gov
