Help Clean Up Capitol Hill Oct 13th

Seattle, WA – September, 26 2007 – Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce Announces the Fall Capitol Hill Street Sweep to take place on Saturday October 13, 2007

-- The Capitol Hill Street Sweep is a community clean-up by volunteers and CHCC members. The quarterly sweep will entail graffiti removal, removing outdated posters from light poles, sweeping up litter and window cleaning. The Jump Start Event kicked off the overall improvement of Broadway one year ago. This fall’s Sweep will expand the cleaning to the Pike/Pine corridor starting South of Cal Anderson park at 12^th avenue and continuing West down Pike and Pine until 12pm. The CHCC would eventually like to include all of Capitol Hill’s business districts in future sweeps. Join with our community volunteers and Capitol Hill merchants to sweep the sidewalks and clean Capitol Hill’s storefronts. Pre-registration is not required to volunteer.

“The Capitol Hill Chamber’s Street Sweep will be a great opportunity for neighbors and business owners to enjoy a morning of cleaning up Capitol Hill while having some fun and good food too. Just like the Clean Sweep and Jump Start events, everyone contributes to the improvement and vibrancy of Capitol Hill by volunteering a few hours.” – Denise Harnly, Associate Director, Seattle Neighborhood Group

WHEN: Saturday, October 13, 2007 • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
WHERE: Cal Anderson Park shelter house, 1635 11^th Ave.
WHAT: Welcome by special guests
Volunteers receive a Free t-shirt, coffee and pastries from Starbucks, and cleaning supplies

Start Sweeping: 9:30 AM
Finish: 12:00 PM, Cal Anderson Park
Reconvene for FREE lunch provided by Pagliacci Pizza and surprise entertainment.

From http://www.caphillchamber.org

Seattle is fifth-best U.S. city for walking

"Seattle has been named No. 5 in Prevention magazine's top 100 walking cities.

The magazine cited cities that had safe streets, beautiful places to walk, mild weather and good air quality."

From the Puget Sound Business Journal

Pictures & Videos from AIDS Walk 2007

LLAA AIDS Walk 2007 Seattle, Wa
Thanks to everyone who contributed I helped raise almost a $1000 dollars


LLAA AIDS Walk 2007 Seattle, Wa







Walking Down Broadway

Almost To The Finish Line

Finish Line

Support Proposition 1

Support Proposition 1 on Nov 9th.
Proposition 1 is an 18 billion dollar transit project that will add 50 miles of light rail to connect Bellevue, Redmond’s Overlake area, Mercer Island, Northgate, Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood,Alderwood, the 164th Street/Ash Way area, Des Moines, Federal Way and Tacoma. It will add 12,000 park and rides, and even replace the 520 bridge.

It is not a perfect plan but it is a good step forward for our aging transit system.

Italian Festival this Saturday & Sunday

This weekend it's a celebration of all things Italian

Festivities Include:
Good ol fashion grape stomp
Bocce Tournament
Italian Classic Vehicle show
Italian Film Festival
Arts & Craft show

More information can be found here

Seattle Receives Harvard Award for Leadership on Climate Protection

SEATTLE - Mayor Greg Nickels has accepted the prestigious 2007 Innovations in American Government Award for the city’s work to reduce global warming pollution in Seattle and across the country.

The mayor received the award at a ceremony last night in Washington, D.C. The award is sponsored by The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

The award recognizes Seattle as an exemplary model of innovative government programming for its groundbreaking work in halting the impact of global warming. The city will receive a $100,000 grant to further share its best practices with jurisdictions nationwide.

The award follows the successful launch last weekend of Seattle Climate Action Now (www.seattlecan.org) - a grassroots campaign to encourage everyone in Seattle to take steps today to reduce carbon emissions that are causing global warming.

In November, Seattle will host a summit of mayors from across the nation to help spur local action to prevent the dangerous and disruptive effects of global warming. Former President Bill Clinton and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are scheduled to deliver keynote addresses at the summit.

Nickels launched the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement in 2005, challenging mayors across the country to join with Seattle in pledging to reduce carbon emissions 7 percent below 1990. Today, 681 cities have signed the agreement, representing 74 million Americans who live in communities that have decided to make a difference for the future of our planet.

From a Seattle Press Release

Bachleor Auction to benefit the LLAA AIDS Walk

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