Category Archives: Community Council

Jan. 17 Broadview Community Council Meeting CANCELLED

Due to the hazardous weather conditions the January 17th Broadview Community Council has been cancelled.  

Short on Cash?…. Creative Ways to Save Is The Broadiew Community Council January Meeting Topic

Join us Tuesday  January 17th for the Broadview Community Council Meeting as we discuss creative ways to cut back on daily expenses and save money.  We will look at everything from home energy audits to composting to recycling to refinancing.  Bring your ideas to share! Kristin Kinder from Waste Management will review ways to save…

How to Prevent Burglaries and Car Prowls

The topic at the November 15 Broadview Community Council Meeting will be “How to Prevent Burdglaries and Car Prowls.” Although overall crime rates are down in Seattle, this year burglaries and car prowls have been on the increase in our neighborhood.  Especially disturbing are the daytime forced entry burglaries that have happened.  Car prowls (breaking into…

Oct. 18 Broadview Community Council Meeting : Funding Better, Safer Streets

Would you like better street pavement, sidewalks, and transit and bicycle facilities?  That’s what Seattle’s Proposition 1 is about.  At the next Broadview Community Council meeting on October 18 we will discuss the opportunity you have to bring them about via Proposition 1. A couple years ago the State Legislature allowed local jurisdictions to create…

Mayor Mike McGinn Is Our September Meeting Speaker and the Families & Education Levy is our Focus…

Be sure to attend the Tuesday, September 20, meeting of the Broadview Community Council to hear our Mayor talk about the successes experienced through the current Families & Education Levy. Not only does this funding assist with academic programs for low income students but also it provides school-based health clinics, early learning programs, and college…

Transit Master Plan Vision for Transit

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is conducting an update to the Transit Master Plan.  Recently SDOT released a map showing some possible transit corridors and possible options for transit along them.  For the whole article click on this link — Transit Map. The Broadview Community Council is planning to devote its October 18, 2011 meeting…

Broadview Night Out Block Parties Everywhere…

A few of Broadview Community Council Board member  headed out Tuesday evening to “meet and greet” among some of the neighborhood block parties in progress. We enjoyed meeting neighbors in our Broadview service area and thanks to all for the food and drinks so generously provided to us.   We had a great time and…

Our City Wants Us to Participate in Major Review of Its Comprehensive Plan

Here’s some news about the City’s Comprehensive Plan and what it means for you. This information below comes directly from the Seattle Department of Community Development’s site to ours for our community’s potential use and involvement.   The City is kicking off a Major Review of the Seattle Comprehensive Plan. Specific questions and issues are…

Broadview Community Council Sponsors “Meet and Greet” for Viewlands Elementary Reopening…

  Over one hundred community parents, children, and preschool directors visited our sponsored event welcoming the new Principal, Lisa Escobar, her community Design Team members, and her newly hired teachers and staff members at the Luther Memorial Church’s Fellowship Room on Thursday, June 30. Our Community Council holds all of its meetings at this venue…

Will We Lose Our Bitter Lake Community Center? Community Center Operations Analysis Underway…

Community members from many neighborhoods in the City congregated last night at the Bitter Lake Community Center for the first of two meetings about Community Center Operations. The room was packed and I’ve already seen a clip on TV this morning. There’s a duplicate meeting tonight at the Jefferson Community Center.  Christopher Williams, the Acting…