Big Garage Sale Day Announcement: The Cha Cha Memorial Parking Lot is yours for one day

The lot on Pine between Belmont and Summit has been empty since the days in March 2008 when demolition crews knocked down a collection of eclectic but dilapidated neighborhood bars and storefronts to make way for planned redevelopment. The redevelopment never happened, stalled by challenges legal and economic. There is nothing in the lot. The legendary bars that were displaced grow more legendary in the absence.

For one day, this empty condition will change. The 2nd Annual Capitol Hill Community Garage Sale Day is excited to announce that in conjunction with Sustainable Capitol Hill, the Capitol Hill Community Council's Unpaving Paradise open space committee and, most importantly, the People's Parking Lot group, we have secured use of the lot at Pine at Belmont for the community garage sale space on June 13th.

REGISTER FOR CAPITOL HILL GARAGE SALE DAY HERE -- FREE -- FUN -- SUSTAINABLE

The property owner, Pine and Belmont LLC (Murray Franklyn of Bellevue), has granted CH Garage Sale Day permission to use the space as a public 'garage' to for all the apartment dwellers that want to participate on June 13th. It is free to to be part of the sale but registration is due by June 10th so we can organize the space and add all of the sales to the map on capitolhillgaragesale.com.

We hope neighbors will stop by to shop for bargains and enjoy putting the lot to good use. Bring a blanket if you want to enjoy some time in the open space. (Pretend the gravel is sand!). We will also be accepting cash donations to help cover the cost of insurance for the day.

By the way, in futher signs of progress, the sidewalk on Pine near the lot is torn up as the city makes pedestrian and bicycling improvements in the area so plan to enter the lot from Belmont or Summit.

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