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Though I'm a little ambivalent about helping the competition sell papers with sensationalism like this, any attention for the Capitol Hill Community Council is good attention. Also, note to future council presidents -- do not work with children. You will be upstaged.
Make plans to attend our first meeting with the new CHCC officers: Thursday, June 26th, 7p to 9p Room 3211 at SCCC, 1701 Broadway 
 Now it's official -- J has ordered campaign cards. Not sure what kind of material the other candidates are handing out but you can meet a few on Sunday, June 1st at the Broadway farmers' market and mark your calendar to vote on Thursday, June 5th at CHAC's upper level between 6:30p and 8p.
Some of the good people running for office on the Capitol Hill Community Council will be at Smith this Wednesday night, May 14th starting at 6:30p. This is your chance to meet a few of the candidates in person and politely but forcefully emphasize your agenda on a captive audience. If nothing else, stop by because we'll both be there -- J because he's running for an office and K because she's nice like that. Look for the people wearing goofy Hello My Name Is nametags. We're also planning a daytime event later in the month so stay tuned.
We added message boards to this site a few months ago to experiment with a new way for everybody to intermingle and share ideas. We liked how it worked and were happy with the discussions that were sparked. It was also a good opportunity for us to show more advertising -- that's our business and how we keep CHS from decaying into a neglected hobby site.
There are lots of places on the Web for people to put community energy into but it seems like there is plenty of room for a smaller space dedicated to neighbors. The CHS message boards were a good start. We've decided to take the next step by embracing a new community developing around the site the Capitol Hill Community Council is using to organize and collaborate -- http://chcc.wikidot.com. Inspired by the Columbia City site, we helped build the CHCC version complete with an expanded set of message boards. The CHCC site is free and citizen driven. And we'd like to embrace the effort by focusing the CHS community effort on the new CHCC forums. Here's what's offered...
Participating in last night's Capitol Hill Community Council candidates forum was a cool experience. There was a good turnout of citizens. The slate of dedicated and qualified candidates did a solid job explaining why they chose to get involved and answering citizen questions. I didn't ramble too much describing my decision to run for council president (yeah, vote for me -- election's in June, though). I got to meet the other candidate for president, Tim Durkan, and learn that he's a great candidate that I'd be happy to work with.
And, I learned something valuable about how Capitol Hill communicates. Three of the five candidates who spoke last night learned about the CHCC election process from a power-pole poster. Several people in the audience said that's where they heard about it too. Of course, Capitol Hill has a rich pole-poster history and not all of it is good or well-lovede -- but it turns out, those flyers are as important as ever. What'll we do when they put all the wires underground?
If you love Capitol Hill, and if you love CHS, and if more offline activity means a reduction in online
activity, you may not want to encourage this. But here are two upcoming opportunities to interact with me, humble j of CHS, in the real world.
We've been yammering on about the revival of the Capitol Hill Community Council for months. Happy to report that it's almost time to go from yammering to actually getting something done. On June 5th, the council will be holding officer elections for the re-formed CHCC.
Here is the current roster of officer candidates and their statements, experience and goals. Full disclosure -- CHS has a man in the race. Think of it as activist journalism. Or journalist activism. Or somesuch. Also, if you are interested in running for one of the CHCC posts, it's not too late. CHCC ELECTION 2008 CALENDAR 4/17 Deadline to declare candidacy. Submit candidate statement to chcc.candidate at gmail dot com Candidate statement: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df9vbz7m_263x4dvrw6 4/24 Candidates Meeting — Meet the candidates, 6:30p at CHAC 6/5 Election -- location TBD
This week, even the art on Capitol Hill is political.
Um, if you don't get involved in Capitol Hill's community planning this week, you ain't never gonna do it. This is your time. Don't be an angry victim. Rise up, people. Demand your art, re-zoning and sidewalk repairs. Power to the people.
On April 2nd, leaders from business, culture, arts, entertainment, real estate development, public policy and residents of Capitol Hill will converge on City Hall to collaboratively envision a City that maintains, nurtures, and creates arts and entertainment facilities as the backbone to neighborhood livability and economic sustainability. April 2, City Hall Bertha Knight Landes Room, 5p-6:30p
Sound Transit is hosting an open house for the community to learn about the latest progress on the project and provide feedback on the station design and other issues. Technical staff will be on hand to answer your questions.
Still thinking you might run for congress someday? Try your community council first and see how that goes, senator.
Public Meeting: Capitol Hill Community Council Thursday, March 20th 6:30 to 8:30pm Room 3212, Seattle Central Community College
If, in the initial wave of emotions and enthusiasm that sparked interest in reviving the Capitol Hill Community Council back in January, you told me there would not be a new council until June, I probably would have said something nasty about citizen government and declared total and complete non-interest in the process. But having become part of the process as a member of the steering committee, I can see the path leading to June makes sense and is necessary. More on that in a bit. First, the next step:
More steps on the path to re-starting the CHCC were completed last night -- the steering committee (which we're part of -- steering with our knees while we text this) met and started working on a transition plan. Want to watch the steering committee work or get involved? Here's the site the committee is using to keep everybody organized.
More details to come with some official e-mails, etc. from the committee about status of the transition and the next full Council meeting slated for March 20th. If you attended the initial revival kick-off meeting, expect an e-mail with details soon. But why wait? Check out the committee site above to see what's going on and join the conversation.
Sit back, have a sip of affordable red from EVS, put another Java Log on the fire and enjoy these fine, fine links from/about/over/above Capitol Hill.
Last night's community council revival was a good start.
Get involved in your neighborhood. Join local activist types, online dorks, hipsters, hippies, the Gays and neighborhood cranks at a meeting tonight to discuss how to revive the Capitol Hill Community Council.
Capitol Hill Community Council Revival Meeting When: Tonight, Thursday, January 31 at 6p Where: Capitol Hill Library at 425 Harvard Ave. E. What: Revival meeting details
What Laurelhurst is doing with its private security forces (yes, we know -- one security guard -- but we like to think of the new Laurelhurst as an armed compound) is how a community council concept goes bad. Resources end up harnessed to serve irrational fear and petty worries. That's a reason not to have a council.
But my mother always said I needed to be more optimistic about the world, see the potential for good and not give up on something because it wasn't exactly right. So, I finished my first game of t-ball and learned a valuable lesson -- a girl can catch a baseball as good as any boy. I also learned to pick one thing I liked most in a flawed situation and focus my attention there -- nice catch, Darcy Vaughan. In community councils, it's going to be the (up to) $750 Department of Neighborhoods/Neighborhood Matching Fund Outreach Grants. Here's the deal. Andrew Taylor of the Miller Park Blog and a community leader trying to rebuild a community to (help) lead has put out a call to revive the Capitol Hill...
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