Not Enough Trees in Rainier Valley: According to the city, the Rainier Valley neighborhoods of New Holly, Columbia City, Seward Park and Rainier Beach have some of the lowest percentage of tree canopy coverage in the city, which has leaders so concerned that they are offering free trees to homeowners in those neighborhoods. More.
Libraries Closed Next Week Due To Budget Cuts: All Seattle libraries will close Mon., Aug. 30 through Sun., Sept. 5 due to citywide budget cuts. Please note Mon., Sept. 6 is the Labor Day holiday and all libraries will be closed. Regular Library operations will resume Tues., Sept. 7. More.
Council Approves Urban Farm Legislation: Seattle now allows “urban farms” and “community gardens” in all zones, with some limitations in industrial zones. Also, residents will now be able to sell food grown on their property. This legislation formally recognizes Farmer’s markets allowing them in more areas of Seattle. The ordinance also allows dedicated food production on rooftop greenhouses. More.
Help Improve Usability at Seattle.gov: Have you ever been frustrated at how difficult government web sites are to use? Here’s your chance to help them improve (and make a little something-something for yourself while you’re at it). Knowledge as Power, a non-profit based in Seattle, is running a Usability Study on Seattle.gov, and needs participants like you to sit in a room and let them takes notes as you browse for information on Seattle.gov. More.
Track Streetlight Repairs Online: A new online system enables customers to track streetlight repairs for reported outages. To see the map, report streetlight outages and to track their repair, go here.
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I could see the tree issue along rainier, but I’ve always thought the 98118 was far more green than the rest of the city… go figure
Ah, the old we’ll give you trees but no new officers trick. (slightly sarcastic)
We can hide from aggressors in the trees!
Just kidding – I ordered my trees and am pretty happy about it
If the city is really serious about the trees, they might consider a public education campaign for our non-English speaking neighbors who move in, cut down their mature trees, and pave over their entire yards for parking.
We’re doing our best to remove literally tons of asphalt and add trees to our one-stumpy-cherry-tree (I hate that tree) yard. I just heard back that our application for a dogwood was accepted. Hopefully its bigger than a twig!
“If the city is really serious about the trees, they might consider a public education campaign for our non-English speaking neighbors who move in, cut down their mature trees, and pave over their entire yards for parking. ”
There is a house in the 7600 block of Rainier Ave. So. that asphalted the whole yard a few months ago and then they just broke all of it out and just cemented over the yard.
Mark B. I live by that house and want to scream at them. They actually put asphalt down twice (having f’d it up the first time), before the final removal and cement addition. There is now a big pile of asphalt behind the house. After months of renovations, this house will no doubt become another rundown rental along Rainier. The upside is the occupants will be able to park multiple cars on the property without creating a mud bog.
I love the free trees, and plan to apply for one.
@Whitney
I knew you would know which house I was talking about, I remember you told me you lived in the area. I did not pay enough attention to know they actually did it twice, I just remember it being F’d up within a day or two. I’m wondering if I should look into asphalt recycling and give him some info.
The city just removed quite a few trees from their power line right of way. Did they all need to be removed?
Mark B, that would be very neighborly of you, but don’t let that sway you.
Funny!
Yes, love of trees seems to be very much culture-bound.
A near-neighbor (now deceased) who was otherwise a lovely Filipino gentleman would regularly rage at his next-door neighbor about the neighbor’s trees ‘sh*tting’ all over the Filipino gentleman’s yard. Another family (also Filipino) who live across the street from these same trees are absolutely certain that the next wind- or snowstorm will bring the trees crashing down on the family’s roof, and constantly urge the owner of the trees to cut them down.
Yet, these supposedly messy and dangerously fragile trees are the glory of our block: tall, majestic old cedars that have withstood decades of winter storms and other insults, yet remain green, stately and strong.
Did he ever actually witness the tree sh*tting in his yard?
Trees provide excellent cover during gun fights. Clearly this is a social justice issue that SE Seattle is losing more trees and losing cover for our kids!
And what about all of the professional “gardeners” out there who destroy the trees by topping them every spring. My neighbor once had glorious trees until hooking up with one such gardner about 7 years ago who is trying to force their numerous fruit trees into “weeping” versions by cutting off EVERYTHING that grows up. The poor thing
s are reduced to nubs with a few leaves. They look terrible. Provide no canopy and eventually die.
I guess trees are http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com
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