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If you have ideas about where Capitol Hill's next park should be located, you might want to make time to attend tonight's October meeting of the Capitol Hill Community Council. Chip Nevins, acquisitions planner for Seattle Parks will be on hand to discuss finding space for a new park on Capitol Hill. CHS wrote about the process here. Assume the council will also spend some time discussing last minute preparations for Saturday's mayoral candidates forum at Seattle University. Here is tonight's complete agenda:
Here are two chances to have your voice heard. Or you can sway the masses online with a CHS comment. Or do both. CHS prefers the latter.
Today's equality march had quite the turnout. There were speakers, performers, and more importantly a march/protest. There were many local campaigns that took part. The only actual political candidate that GayCapHill saw was Mike McGinn. For more pictures of the event, visit GayCapHill! 
I live in Ballard, but I wanted to let you know about this great event I'm volunteering for...on Capitol Hill. Seattle’s newest dance company hosts its first-ever event, on Capitol Hill, on October 16, at the Sole Repair Shop. And the name of this new company? Whim W’Him. The “Him” is PNB principal Olivier Wevers and the “Whim” is whatever artistic, collaborative innovation he and his nine dancers are in the mood to concoct. Four of the dancers are PNB folks (and will continue to be), four are dancers from Spectrum (ditto), and one—Jim Kent—is an independent dancer who lives on Capitol Hill and trained at Cornish College for the Arts. If Wevers’ past work is anything to go by, whatever they create for us will be interesting. The 20 pieces he has choreographed so far include “X Stasis,” part of which was performed in 2006 at the “Men in Dance” festival at Velocity. Tickets to this hang-with-the-artists dance party are $25...
These two found something to talk about under the art of Joey Veltkamp at Cupcake Royale.  SUPER CORN! Originally uploaded by JamesH. This article about corn maze season over at our favorite Seattle online magazine, The SunBreak, and a sudden uptick in searches for "seattle corn mazes" sending visitors to the site (somebody mentioned a corn maze in an old event listing) gave us a brilliant idea for how to use the empty lot at Broadway and John. Capitol Hill corn maze. Instead, CHS is talking to Sound Transit about a plan they're more likely to go for. It's too early to get into specifics but we think it would be a shame to pass up the opportunity to open up those fences even once. Capitol Hill should have a sunny 2nd Thursday October art walk. Around 50 venues are now participating in the monthly walk including the Frye Art Museum for the first time. Sound Mental Health, by the way, will not be participating. CHS, however, will be. We've signed on to help sponsor the event so you'll see the crow out and about Thursday night and many of our partners and advertisers throwing their doors open for the crowd. CHS advertiser HEALEO is out of crow buttons, however, so you'll need to drop by nearby Poco Wine Room to get yours. You also might want to stop by CHS partner Office Nomads' 2nd birthday bash. They'll be serving up drinks and snacks to celebrate their second anniversary in business on Capitol Hill on Boylston just off Pine. And/Or swing by 12th Ave's Retrofit Home for TackySmack vinyl wall art. They're promising champagne and DJs galore. Here's a complete list of venues and what fun stuff they'll have on display Thursday night. If there's something on the list you want everybody else to know about, please leave a note in the comments. Some highlights from October Blitz include:
 October 8th - Whimsy Home Decor - Justin Hillgrove Originally uploaded by blitzcapitolhill  October 8th - Gage Academy of Art Originally uploaded by blitzcapitolhill 
This is an activism weekend! This weekend has a lot of fun club-related events, as well as a whole host of equality rally events. Friday Saturday Sunday
McKinney Manor tenants want to thank those who chose to advertise Michael Moore's movie on our apartment building. Perfect timing. Truer words were never spoken regarding our ongoing battle with owners and management to be responsible stewards. Seniors picketed in protest on Sunday, Sept 20, 2009, against existing conditions at McKinney Manor. Thanks to all of you who encouraged us that day. We did get the owners and management to meet with us the following week, but nothing definitive has happened to change our circumstances, as is usual. But Seattle Tenants Union has chosen October 02, 2009 back “Fresh Start Opportunities” reeks of scam Door-to-door solicitor is back in the Northwest SEATTLE -- If a young person knocks on your door and says they're selling magazines for a charity, wait before reaching for your pocketbook. The Washington Attorney General’s Office, which issued a warning about Fresh Start Opportunities in March, says solicitors have returned to Washington state. Fresh Start Opportunities claims to be a “job business training company” that sends young adults door to door to give them a “fresh start” on life. The organization has ignored repeated inquiries from the Secretary of State’s Office concerning its failure to register as a charity, as well as consumer complaints received by the Attorney General’s Office and the Better Business Bureau. “After paying generous amounts for subscriptions, consumers throughout the country never received the magazines and have no idea how their money was spent,” said Attorney General Rob McKenna. The AGO has received complaints from... Like we said, it's an incredibly busy week on the Hill. At the center of this activity is the LGBT Equality Weekend. Saturday will be filled with workshops and activities to organize and inform while Sunday features the LGBT Equality March and Rally from Volunteer Park to downtown's federal court house building. With the battle to support Referendum 71 in full swing, this is a good time to set aside a few hours to get involved. Here's a promo video to inspire you and details from seattleoutprotest.org, one of the groups organizing the weekend's events.
Turns out, this video is from last weekend -- but it captures the band CHS heard a few peeps about and shows just how beautiful our fall weekends have been thus far. It's also part of a very nice love letter to Seattle and Capitol Hill: This is a place riddled with awkward and satisfying love, public displays of blinded angst, and musical musings for whomever will listen. The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi brought out a menagerie of Capitol Hill creatures great and small to the lawn of St. Joseph's church this afternoon. Several happy dogs -- and one a little anxious but blessed, still -- a couple of rats and a few photographs and ashes of companions who had passed received St. Francis' blessing of the animals. From the Prayer of St. Francis 
The first I Heart Rummage urban craft sale in its Chop Suey home in more than three months takes place Sunday from noon to 4 PM. On the IHR calendar: I Heart Rummage (usually) takes place every first Sunday at Chop Suey on Madison at 14th Ave. CHS pal realtor Marlow Harris posts about Sunday's St. Francis of Assisi pet blessing:
Anybody want to share your poem online? Ceremony starts at 4 PM.
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16th at Howell park groundbreaking ceremony
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A group of neighbors, gardeners, poets and parks employees gather in the paved parking lot to celebrate the start of construction on a new Capitol Hill park.
The CHS community calendar for October is already full of stuff to do -- we're adding two more events to the list.
In the meantime, here are some of the things going on around Capitol Hill this weekend:
We gave away two tickets to the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce's benefit dinner Monday night at Poppy to one lucky CHS neighbor. Congratulations, neighbor Jennifer. Her entry was randomly selected from the CHS inbox. We asked neighbors signing up for the contest to answer one question: What kind of business is Capitol Hill missing? Here are a few of their answers:
As for the Chamber's dinner, we're hearing that it's sold-out. Neighbor Jennifer will have to let us know how it was. On Saturday, community members and city officials will gather in a parking lot at 16th and Howell to celebrate the start of construction on a new Capitol Hill park. Only one problem: Nobody knows what to call it. According to Paula Hoff of Seattle Parks neither of the two upcoming Capitol Hill parks have official names yet. Her department will be putting out a call for names, Hoff said, probably on Monday. But why wait for Monday. We like to keep CHS neighbors out in front of this kind of stuff. Let the community group think begin. Here are some of the ideas we kicked around last fall when the process started (and was supposed to end):
We've attached the general rule set from the Parks Department for guidelines to follow. Here are a few highlights:
Neighborhood activist and CHS contributor Andrew Taylor also set us straight on one key aspect of park naming rules -- the person doesn't necessarily have to be dead to be honored:
That opens things up for Purple Mark -- who is very, very alive. Our September picks celebrate the incredible (and extended) summer we enjoyed on the Hill. I expect some rainy day photos for next month. Contribute your photos to the CHS Flickr Pool.  Originally uploaded by Andrew Nedimyer  Garden Spider Eating Cricket Originally uploaded by kayvaan From the progressive minds of the Central Co-op and the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies comes the very first SLICE (Strengthening Local Independent Co-ops Everywhere) conference, a day long event covering everything from the roots of the co-op mindset to what it takes to be a co-op proprietor. All that co-operation goes down Saturday at Richard Hugo House. You may have noticed the banner ads on CHS -- the event is a paid advertiser but the event is worthy of note here on the site regardless of the ad buy. The workshop, according to Caple Melton of Central Co-op, will have three themes: So you want to start a co-op, Cooperative Development, and Cooperation in Community, each of which deal with different levels of involvement into co-op culture. The first two follow a business path, covering legal issues, financing and taking your co-op to the next level. The third is more community focused, bringing the concepts of a co-op into community building and exploring the powers of those concepts. While...
While we're already busy planning where the next park developed on Capitol Hill will go, work is set to begin on a new green space coming to the top of Capitol Hill at 16th and Howell. Celebrate the start of construction with a groundbreaking ceremony and community poetry event this Saturday in the paved parking lot the new park will soon be replacing.
The 16th and Howell park will be built to its base design leaving community groups to raise funds for things like BBQs and bike racks. You can learn more about how to help raise funds for those elements at Saturday's event or by checking out http://www.capitolhillpark.org/. For more on the park's design, check out the Seattle Parks 16th/Howell project page. We're also trying to dig into the Seattle Parks naming process to find out what the status is on potential names for this park and the park at Summit/John. Maybe Capitol Hill Park is the official name -- we're looking into it and, if it is, will ask why our suggestions were ignored. CHS Capitol Hill Seattle Blog Park is much more catchy, no? 
jseattle is a member of the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce and, while beholden to nobody and loyal to nothing but CHS and the CHS community, does have a financial interest in the longterm success of the Chamber's member organizations. The Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce was born long ago so it has probably held benefit dinners before. But this one is different. It is the first big benefit for a re-born Chamber -- and a first step in that re-birth's growth into something that can serve Capitol Hill and sustain itself as a useful entity. We first told you about the Chamber's Spirit of the Hill dinner back in August. It's a foodie event showcasing one of the new members the Chamber is most proud of, Jerry Traunfeld's Poppy. The event will feature a special Poppy menu, a chat with Traunfeld about his business and an auction and raffle to keep you entertained. You can go for all that stuff. Or you can go to support the Chamber -- and Capitol Hill -- as it deals with a weakening economy and the challenges and opportunities presented by Broadway's light rail construction. "We think it's fun to recognize a new member on the block who has creted a signature dining experience," Chamber executive director Jack Hilovsky said. "The dinner is a start and we need people to support it. But most of our support will come from individuals."
The rebirth of the Chamber in 2006 came as the City of Seattle was looking for a community organization on Capitol Hill to partner with as the area prepared to face the light rail construction and zoning changes that would radically reshape the Hill. A three-year, $500,000 grant from the city supported the Chamber's work. This summer, the last of the grant funds were spent as those three years came to an end. The Chamber still has work to do to advocate for the Hill as it is massively altered and, hopefully, improved by the light rail work and new development. They are only part of the process -- but they can be a big part of the process. The Broadway design charrette earlier this month illustrated the power of an organizing force to help shape what comes next. The Chamber wrote the check to make that happen. "I think Broadway looks better and there is so much potential with the coming of the light rail station," Hilovsky said. "But we can't do it without the community getting behind our work." The dinner has drawn some large sponsors from the community like SRM Development and R.D. Merrill. Buying a ticket to the Chamber's benefit is a chance to expand the community to include support from a more grassroots level. Not everybody can shell out 75 bucks for dinner -- but for those who can, the Spirit of the Hill dinner is a chance to show support for an organization representing Capitol Hill and 'getting behind' that work. (And, if you can't shell out 75 bucks, CHS is giving away two tickets bought with our own hard-earned advertising revenue. Check out the grey box above!) Neighbor Ryan is looking for help -- if you saw anything, leave a comment or drop CHS some mail and we'll put you in touch.
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