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promote active living. Designs that that Designs living. active promote Meets: the 1st Thursday of the month at 7pm at month the of Thursday 1st the Meets:

advocate specific projects that that projects specific advocate www.northbeacon.net Lewis and Rizal Parks, helping complete the the complete helping Parks, Rizal and Lewis

Beacon Beacon Council Hill Beacon North

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North North www.cityofseattle.net/commnty/Beacon/groups/jpa

restoration projects will transform the greenbelt greenbelt the transform will projects restoration

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concerns. Find a meeting near you... near meeting a Find concerns. as walking to school, work, or to shop. Walking just 30 minutes a day day a minutes 30 just Walking shop. to or work, school, to walking as The Beacon Alliance of Neighbors is taking taking is Neighbors of Alliance Beacon The

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Making the Parking System Work North Beacon Hill Unfolding A Plaza for North Beacon Hill? This edition of Neighborhoods on Foot was made possible with funding from the Seattle The history of North Beacon Hill is intertwined with the history of transportation. From the streetcars in the The Plaza would be the commercial and transportation hub of Beacon Department of Transportation's "Making the early 1900s, to "the Jungle" created during the construction of I-5, to the light rail stop arriving in 2009, the Hill, built around a large, pedestrian-friendly public space. Parking System Work" program. 206.684.4208 neighborhood is continually on the forefront of, and shaped by, Seattle transportation innovation. www.seattle.gov/transportation/parking/ neighborhoodparking.htm The Beacon Hill community is proposing safe public space. The Plaza would give the to create a pedestrian plaza and new town community a place to hold farmers' markets, Seattle Department A Walk through History center in the block of Lander between 16th festivals, concerts, and informal gatherings. of Transportation Pro Parks Levy passes. Includes support for the & 17th Avenues. The coming light rail stop Native Americans lived and hunted in the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trail connection lush forests long before settlers arrived Chicano activists peacefully occupy abandoned to SR-519. This bike/ped trail from the Cascades will be located adjacent to the proposed For more information on the Plaza: Beacon Hill School and establish El Centro currently ends ends at I-90 and the Jose Rizal contact Jodie Vice at [email protected] Canal project to link Lake Wash. and Elliott Bay de la Raza. This social service and civil bridge, but will eventually run all the way to Plaza, and new shops and restaurants will Active Living by Design begun but eventually halted, in a ridge where rights organization provides child care, job the Sound. Levy also includes $8 million for Jefferson Park projects. For information on the light rail project: Funded in part by Active Living by Design, today's Columbian Way highway exit lies and housing assistance, a meal program, Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the 6th largest park in Seattle boasts be encouraged to locate here. A pedestrian language and financial training, and programs for all ages. many walking paths with magnificent views of the mountains and city. www.soundtransit.org a program of the Robert Wood Johnson 12th Ave Bridge (now José Rizal Bridge) www.elcentrodelaraza.com − 206-329-9442 The Park houses a community center and an array of sports facilities, plaza could allow continued access to service Foundation. www.activelivingbydesign.org from basketball to lawn bowling. The Jefferson Park Alliance maintains 24-hour Station Construction Hotline: built, providing Streetcar links to downton and paratransit vehicles while making a Seattle creates its first native gardens, and volunteers clean up litter weekly on Cheasty Blvd. and 888-298-2395 Katie Black turns down the opportunity to take Comprehensive Bicycle Plan Beacon Ave. www.seattle.gov/parks/parkspaces/jefferso.htm a "Grand Tour" of Europe, builds a Japanese strolling garden instead, at 12th and Atlantic. "Libraries for All" bond passes, "Bridging the Gap" Purchased for the Seattle Parks system in 1992 I-5 built, creating "the Pacific Medical Center funding new Beacon Hill Branch levy passes, promising Jungle" area in the highway's Plaza designated Library. Opened in May 2004, the funds to non-motorized Amy Yee is local tennis champion, shadow. See Turning "the Historical Landmark new building is three times the size Photo:The Seattle Public Library transportation projects. Citizens' Proposal eventual coach. Today, you can play Jungle" into "the Forest" of the old library, a converted storefront that served Funds will help implement One example of the community's at Amy Yee Tennis Center City designates the neighborhood for four decades. The building is a upcoming Bicycle and Beacon Hill First model of sustainability - the roof fills the library with Pedestrian Master Plans proposed Plaza improvements City begins removing tracks, replacing Baptist Church natural light, and the area is surrounded by gardens streetcars with electric trolley buses. Salvaged Feet First as Historical www.spl.org − 684-4711 Beacon light rail track concrete and rails are used to build Feet First is a hub of creative, passionate people Landmark station to open public staircases through the 1960s Neighborhood Planning begins who can help your community in big ways. We build walkable communities, using an effective combination of community engagement, Pre-1850 1901 1912 1914 1940s 1941 1962 1972 1981 1992 1997 1998 2000 2006 2009 advocacy, research, and education. 2019 Third Avenue, Suite 110 Seattle, WA 98121 e-mail: [email protected] telephone: 206.652.2310 www.feetfirst.info

Historical information courtesy of SDOT, historylink.org, and "Seattle's Beacon Hill" by Mira Latoszek and Frederica Merrell