Looking for Youth Jam Contestants
Prepare Now for Winter Weather
Blood Drive - March 10
Front Desk / Reception Volunteer at Shoreline City Hall
Informal poll on Point Wells
Taking it to the streets - "No Urban Center at Point Wells"
Richmond Beach Community News wins award
2010 Annual Police Service Report Available Online
Planting in the Right-Of-Way Has Gotten Easier
Are you 50+? Classes Available at Shoreline Community College
Discover Shoreline's Community Cafe
Our Shoreline
Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Shuttle
Shoreline Fire Department is now on FaceBook and Twitter
Porch Parties
Shoreline Community Gardening Group
Register for Reverse 9-1-1
Sign Up for City E-News
The Power of One Senior Volunteer Program
"Shoreline Area News" Launches, Seeks Volunteer Writers and Photographers
Looking for Youth Jam Contestants
Shoreline's young musicians are invited to perform on stage and vie for prizes.
This year's event will take place Friday, April 6, 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Shoreline Community College PUB. Entrants to the Youth Jam are asked to submit information about their act, a recorded sample of their performance, and a $20 entrance fee (hardship exemption available) by February 16 to be considered for the show.
More info: Visit our page for the annual Shoreline Youth Jam
Prepare Now for Winter Weather
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) is predicting a colder and wetter than average winter for the Pacific Northwest.
This means more rain, wind, ice and snow in Shoreline. Throughout the year, the City prepares for winter weather. The City asks residents to do the same. Visit the City of Shoreline: Emergency Management Winter Weather page for more information on how to prepare your home and car for winter weather.
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Blood Drive - March 10
Saturday, March 10, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Fire Safety Center, corner of Richmond Beach Road and 20th Avenue NW
—Appointments can be made on the website, www.psbc.org, or by calling 800-398-7888. Walk-ups are welcome and appreciated.
The Richmond Beach neighborhood blood drives far exceeded the goal of registering at least two new donors per event in 2011. Half again as many gave blood for the first time last year. These generous souls combined with scores of neighbors to contribute nearly 20 gallons, saving lives around Puget Sound and in disaster areas elsewhere in the U.S.
For 2012, the goal is to have those beginning donors become regular donors. The local campaign will be for everyone to donate as many times as it takes to "Win a Pin"—one of the lapel pins given at each gallon (8 pint) threshold. A person who donated twice last year could reach a gallon if s/he makes it to all the Richmond Beach drives or otherwise gives six times in 2012.
The Season of Giving brought out 26 donors, including one first-timer, to the December 17th event. More would have been given, but the bloodmobile was short-staffed.
New Time
By popular request, Richmond Beach blood drives will start an hour earlier in 2012, at 9:00 a.m. Reservations are recommended, either via the web at www.psbc.org or by calling 800-398-7888. The drives will end at 3:00 p.m.
2012 Dates
The PSBC Mobile Unit will be in front of the Fire Safety Center at the corner of Richmond Beach Road and 20th Ave NW on the following Saturdays:
- March 10
- May 12 (Strawberry Festival Day)
- July 7
- September 8
- November 3
- December 29
More info: Tom Petersen, 546-4865 or thos.m.petersen@gmail.com
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Front Desk / Reception Volunteer at Shoreline City Hall
Would you like to greet people, answer phones and provide great customer service?
The City of Shoreline is looking for volunteers to assist with reception in our beautiful City Hall. The bright new building was designed with a central reception area, and the City is looking for friendly volunteers who can forward calls, answer questions and provide customer service to visitors and callers.
Volunteers would primarily provide reception duties in-person and on the phone to the general public and City staff. Depending on the volunteer's skills and the workload in the Clerk's Office, other minor duties may include computer data entry, issuance of pet licenses, and other office functions such as copying, faxing, filing and mailing.
The ideal volunteer will possess good interpersonal communication skills; a commitment to excellent customer service; an ability to work both independently and as part of the team; word processing skills and an interest in City government.
Volunteers must be willing to commit to at least one four-hour shift per week, 9-1 or 1-5 weekdays, for a period of one year.
For an application or more information, please contact Nora Smith, (206) 801-2253 or nsmith@shorelinewa.gov.
Informal poll on Point Wells
In an effort to gather public opinion on the proposed development of Point Wells, Richmond Beach resident Frank Kleyn has created an informal, objective, anonymous poll.
Take the two question survey, one time only please:
Share Your Opinion: Proposal to Develop Point Wells as an Urban Center
Check the on-going tallies:
Survey Results
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Taking it to the streets - "No Urban Center at Point Wells"
Update:
At this time, thanks to Judge Lum, there is NO URBAN CENTER at Point Wells. The vesting has been over-turned. The Growth Board invalidated the urban center designation and now Judge Lum has enjoined Snohomish County from processing the application.
We are requesting that community members take down their signs and store them somewhere safe as we will likely need them again as we move through this process.
We will be collecting the remaining signs from Richmond Beach and Woodway that got missed in the last sweep, but will leave it up to community members about whether they want to store or keep out the signs on their property.
Starting July 24, you likely saw some new signs out and about on the streets of Richmond Beach.
The signs, which read "No Urban Center at Point Wells", are intended to alert the developer and Snohomish County that residents will NOT accept an Urban Center at Point Wells.
Save Richmond Beach, the citizens' organization which has been steadily lobbying against a proposed development at Point Wells which would eventually house 3,000 new Snohomish County residents at the end of a dead-end Shoreline street, has started a public sign campaign.
If there is a sign in the easement in front of your residence and you just don't like it, we absolutely respect your wishes. Please alert us by email and let us know you would like us to remove the sign. Each sign has a "name" written in the corner, so please indicate which sign you would like us to retrieve.
Signs are up for adoption. For $10 a sign, say the organizers, you can help defray the costs of the campaign.
Organizers hope to have the streets full of signs for the August visit of Shraga Biran, the Israeli developer who is the majority owner of the development company which owns Point Wells.
Sponsored by Save Richmond Beach
More info: info@SaveRichmondBeach.org, www.SaveRichmondBeach.org
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Richmond Beach Community News wins award
Richmond Beach Community News, a publication of Richmond Beach Community Association, has been awarded Gold Level recognition in the 2011 Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA) Neighborhood Newsletter Competition at the organization's conference, held this year in Anchorage, Alaska.
The Newsletter Competition acknowledged excellence in neighborhood newsletters, which are a vital communication tool for neighborhood news and activities. The competition featured two categories: electronic format and printed format, with gold, silver and bronze level awards in each category. Entries were evaluated by a jury panel, which used a list of criteria that included content, layout, and overall appearance.
This is the first year that this competition was held by the NUSA. There were a total of 38 entries in the Newsletter Competition, with 11 entries in the electronic category and 27 in the printed category; entries came from all corners of the country.
The Richmond Beach Community Association publishes the newspaper to publicize its events and provide news and information of community interest to Richmond Beach residents. The newspaper is a monthly publication that is delivered free of charge to more than 2500 households in the neighborhood; an additional 500 papers are placed in local businesses. The paper is entirely volunteer-run, with a small staff of Editor, Marge Mueller; Copy Editor, Kay Brittain; Information Officer, Sheri Ashleman; Advertising Manager, Tony Flock; Billing Manager, Ted Mueller; Treasurer, Jack Malek; and Circulation Managers, John Durgin and John Thielke. More than a dozen contributors provide news articles, features, calendar items, humor and photos. It is financially supported by advertising.
Read electronic copies of the award-winning Richmond Beach Community News.
Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA) is a national non-profit organization committed to building and strengthening neighborhood organizations. Each year the NUSA Board of Directors recognizes the commitment and work of neighborhoods presenting awards in several categories, such as the Neighborhood of the Year, Best Neighborhood Program, Who's Who in America's Neighborhoods, Social Revitalization, and Physical Revitalization. The "Neighborhood of the Year" award has been presented since 1984 as a collective "thank you" for the hard work by neighborhoods, and is the only national award given on an ongoing basis to neighborhood organizations for their self-help initiatives. For more information about the NUSA "Neighborhood Newsletter" award contact Robert Gibbons by phone at (608) 886-7577 or via email at robert.gibbons1@charter.net.
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2010 Annual Police Service Report Available Online
This report serves as the "report card" and highlights crime trends, crime prevention efforts, and overall performance for Shoreline Police in 2010.
You can find information about what happened with crime trends in 2010 in the eleventh annual Police Service Report. The City of Shoreline experienced a slight decrease in serious crimes. This is the fourth consecutive year we have seen a decrease in Part I crimes, largely due to significant reductions in robbery, residential burglaries, arsons and larcenies, over $250. There was a noticeable increase in forcible rape, commercial burglaries and larcenies, under $250. We will continue to increase our public education and crime prevention to help reduce these trends. For more details, click on the link above.
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Planting in the Right-Of-Way Has Gotten Easier
Gardening is a very popular activity in Shoreline and one that the City supports.
Over the years, more and more residents have expressed their strong desire to plant flowers, vegetable gardens or other small plants in the City right-of-way that borders their property. Until now, residents had to pay a fee and obtain a permit to do so. Often such plantings can be accomplished without impacting the safety of our residents or the environment. However, the City needs to ensure that anything in the City's right-of-way does not impact a driver's vision, water drainage or pedestrian access.
In response to residents' requests to make planting in the right-of-way easier the City has streamlined the procedures, eliminating the fee and permit requirements. Now residents can follow the criteria outlined in a handout titled Planting in the Right-of-Way and fill out and submit a simple Notice of Planting form. The handout and form can be found on the City's website on the Planning Department's Development Handouts page or by the Permitting Desk at City Hall.
Residents may plant vegetables or small plants in the right-of-way as long as they meet setback and height guidelines and do not impede pedestrian traffic or impact drainage. Please note that this does not include planter boxes, trees of any kind, or other structures or hardscapes. To plant trees or construct in the right-of-way, residents must still obtain a permit. To learn more about planting in the right-of-way, visit Development Handouts, scroll down and open "Planting in the Right-of-Way" for Guidelines and Notification form.
For more information, contact Construction Inspection Services Supervisor Paul Laine at (206) 801-2470, plaine@shorelinewa.gov.
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Are you 50+? Classes Available at Shoreline Community College
The fastest growing segment of the labor market is the 50+ worker.
This program offers courses to those who are fifty years of age and older who want to or are being required to return to work or change careers. See Plus Fifty for more information.
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Discover Shoreline's Community Cafe
Check out the Blu Cafe! The cafe is a volunteer-run, donation-based coffee shop on Firlands Way North, across Aurora Avenue North from the new YMCA.
Want to get away from it all? Or find a cozy place to meet up with friends?
Blu Cafe is tucked away in the back of New Hope Seattle Church / Community Center. Open three days a week, Tuesday – Thursday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, the Cafe serves a full menu of hot and cold coffee and tea as well as assorted bagels and pastries.
The Cafe includes free wifi and plenty of tables and chairs for small business meetings or casual gatherings.
This community space is kid-friendly, with alcove of toddler toys. Check it out for a bright, warm place to get out of the house with kids in tow.
The Blu Cafe is a community project of New Hope Seattle Church, located at 19350 Firlands Way North. From Firlands Way North, look for the New Hope sign, turn east into the driveway and proceed to the back parking lot overlooking Aurora Avenue North.
For questions or information, contact: Steve Moll, Cafe Manager, (206) 595-5929
Our Shoreline
Here's your opportunity to photograph images of Shoreline and share them with the community.
Have you ever seen an image and wished you had a camera to capture it? Whether it's a person, wildlife, landscapes, or unique places, there are scenes that we wished we could've captured and shared with others.
We're looking for images that exemplify "Our Shoreline." Your "Our Shoreline" photos may fall into one or more categories including: People; Animals and Wildlife; Nature and Landscapes; and Places (examples include parks, trails, storefronts, etc.). Submitted photos may be featured in an issue of Currents (the City's monthly newsletter,) the Parks and Recreation Guide, the City's government access TV channel, or the City's website.
To share an image, go to www.ShorelineWA.gov/Photos and use the upload tool. Thank you!
For questions or comments, please contact Tavia Tan, Communications Program, at ttan@shorelinewa.gov or (206) 801-2226
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Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Shuttle
Need to buy groceries? Run an errand? Go to the doctor? The Shoreline Lake Forest Park Shuttle is a free door to door van service. Seniors 55 and older and people with disabilities or special needs can ride the van. There are no forms to fill out or special requirements.
The van is lift equipped for people who have difficulty using stairs or use a mobility aid, such as a wheelchair or scooter. The Shuttle operates Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Called the "Hyde Shuttles", in honor of Lillian May Hyde, whose bequest provides partial funding for the program, the service also helps connect residents with their loved ones in several communities in King County. A Shoreline rider describes the benefit to her of the program: "the Hyde Shuttle has been a real blessing to me – I'm able to visit my husband in the nursing home a few times week. This has really added to my life."
To book your ride or to find out how to become a volunteer driver, call (206) 727-6262.
Shoreline Fire Department is now on FaceBook and Twitter
Become a FaceBook fan by visiting Shoreline Fire page and hitting the "like" button...and for Twitter, search for ShorelineFire.
We will be using these forms of communication in the months to come and we plan on using them extensively in the event of a disaster in our area. Find out about what we're doing around town, important safety information and be the first to see our news releases!
Shoreline Fire Department's web site
Shoreline Fire Department at Facebook
Shoreline Fire Department at Twitter
For more information: Melanie Granfors, (206) 533-6500 or mgranfors@shorelinefire.com.
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Porch Parties
"Meet the Neighbors" from Parade.com
When Jodi Lee, a librarian, bought a home in 2004 near downtown Columbus, Ohio, neighbors told her about "Wednesdays on the Porch." From the first week after Memorial Day through early fall, residents take turns hosting a weekly porch party for their neighbors. It is a way to get to know one another, exchange information, and keep in touch. Jodi was encouraged to host one. She followed the advice and, a few weeks later, on her own front porch, met her neighbor Bill Sieloff. Four years later, he became her husband. "The wedding was almost like a Wednesday on the Porch," Jodi recalls, "so many neighbors were there."
Doug Motz, one of the founders, estimates that since these Wednesdays began eight years ago, about 75 different families have held more than 130 porch parties in the neighborhood. "It's a time for sharing—opinions on new restaurants, how to find good painters and home-repair people—but it's primarily social," Motz says. "And the nice thing is, the hosts don't have to worry about cleaning up inside." For the rest of the article, see Porch Parties.
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Shoreline Community Gardening Group
The Shoreline Community Gardening Group meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at City Hall in Room 301 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
All are welcome! Mission Statement: Foster the creation of a sustainable food system, environment, and community, by networking, educating, building community gardens, and sharing resources. Currently deciding how to structure their group. Seeking to connect with others in the community who would be interested in moving their mission forward.
More info: Meghan Peterka, 440-5730
Register for Reverse 9-1-1
Messages you don't want to miss!
You know to dial 9-1-1 in an emergency. But did you know that the 9-1-1 system can be used to call you in an emergency? It can. It's called Reverse 9-1-1.
The City of Shoreline encourages everyone to register their phone numbers with Reverse 9-1-1. It allows for residents and businesses to receive an alert in the event of hazardous materials spill, evacuations, severe weather conditions, flood, crime, boil water advisories and other critical notifications—messages you, your family and your business don't want to miss.
To register, go to www.NORCOM.org/reverse911.cfm to fill out a form online or call the Emergency 911 Dispatch Center-NORCOM during regular business hours at (425) 577-5700.
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Sign Up for City E-News
Get your City of Shoreline news delivered right to your inbox where you can read it at your leisure.
To join the City of Shoreline's mailing list, visit the website at www.ShorelineWA.gov. There on the home page--in the bottom right-hand corner--you can type your email address in the box and then click on the Submit button to sign up for City E-News.
The Power of One Senior Volunteer Program
This program recruits and matches people 55 and older as volunteers in Shoreline public schools.
Syre Elementary is currently looking for volunteers to help out in its kindergarten classes. They could use help every day of the week.
Highland Terrace Elementary is working on launching a lunchtime homework help center and needs tutors and mentors who can provide support and encouragement to students who need it. They are looking for people who can give an hour at least once a week.
This is a great opportunity to get involved with the local school community, while helping kids who really need the support.
Sponsored by the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Senior Center
More info: Karen Kessinger, Volunteer Coordinator, 365-1169 or karen.kessinger@shorelineschools.org
"Shoreline Area News" Launches, Seeks Volunteer Writers and Photographers
We have added a permanent link on our website to the Shoreline Area News under Community Tips.
From their website:
"The Shoreline Area News officially launched its website, Thursday, November 5, 2009, in response to the demise of the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Enterprise edition. The News is located at www.ShorelineAreaNews.com and covers the cities of Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. Created by artist and designer Sonya Reasor, community activist Diane Hettrick, and Enterprise politics writer Evan Smith, the News hopes to be a central location for information for and about the two cities. Volunteer writers and photographers are welcome and residents are encouraged to send information about events and activities to: Editor@ShorelineAreaNews.com"
And more details from Diane Hettrick:
"We are posting new information every day. The newest article goes to the front page, and to the appropriate tab. Remember to Refresh or Reload your web page each time you look or you won't see the newest articles. We are very excited about the News and see more possibilities for it every day. We want to thoroughly cover Shoreline and Lake Forest Park, but include things in surrounding areas that residents would want to participate in. Our art and technical editor is fabulous - take a look at the fair trade flyer - she did that.
We are looking for people to cover more sports. We have a couple of volunteers but there are a lot of sports in the area.
We will take articles from you - human interest stuff, things about Shoreline or LFP, an enthusiastic review of your favorite shop or restaurant. Here are things we would like to see: meeting notices for PTA's, meeting notices for neighborhood associations, personal reports from sporting events (with a picture of your kid - we don't care if s/he is the star or not!), church events open to the public, school activities (with a photo of whatever group with your kid front and center), wedding notices, engagements, baby announcements, anniversaries, military milestones and obituaries. Of course all of these with pictures - and yes, it's absolutely fair for obits to have a picture of the person when they were young and good-looking.
Send information for the News to Editor@ShorelineAreaNews.com.
Please send photos, if you can. They don't have to be professional-grade - cell-phone photos look good. If you can turn it into a jpg it's good.
And it would be very good to have information after the event, with photos. Look at
the Day of Caring from Meridian Park neighborhood - perfect example. Just make sure that people are ok with having their photo on the web, and get names of people in the photo as well as the person who took the photo."
More info: Visit www.ShorelineAreaNews.com
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