Hamlet Avenue resident Erik Gunderson (top) organized fellow neighbors and with the help from a grant from the Department of Neighborhoods they are building planter boxes, to bring community together and slow down traffic on the block:
The street had an unused parking strip between the sidewalk and the street. Cars would park in this area which typically is grass or has a curb.
On our street, we built planter boxes in this area so that cars would park on the side of the street, narrowing the street to thru traffic. Instead of two lanes of traffic on this residential street (where 15 kids walk in the street because cars would park on the sidewalk), now there is one slow lane of traffic and the sidewalks are open for use.
Thank you Seattle Neighborhoods for helping us clean up our street!
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Are they putting planter boxes in the streets? Not sure how the traffic will slow down on this street.
The street had an unused parking strip between the sidewalk and the street. Cars would park in this area which typically is grass or has a curb. On our street, we built planter boxes in this area so that cars would park on the side of the street, narrowing the street to thru traffic. Instead of two lanes of traffic on this residential street (where 15 kids walk in the street because cars would park on the sidewalk), now there is one slow lane of traffic and the sidewalks are open for use. Thank you Seattle Neighborhoods for helping us clean up our street!
We need more people like Erik Gunderson. If every community had a leader, this world would be a better place!
Cheers to that! Thanks Southsider.
I for one wish my community had an Erik Gunderson. A whole family of Erik Gundersons.
Way to go Erik and Ashley. What a great idea and inspiration.
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