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CHS Pics | Caring for Capitol Hill just wants to clean up Cal Anderson Park

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With reporting by Alex Garland

You might forgive Seattle residents circa 2023 for being a little skeptical. Some community efforts in the city reek of politics and preying on the city’s least fortunate to make the case for crackdowns and arrests.

But Caring for Capitol Hill is no Safe Seattle or any of the other groups in the city that have emerged from the pandemic mixing public safety activism with volunteer efforts.

Sunday, CHS found volunteers with the loosely organized Caring for Capitol Hill group working with neighbors and a few representatives from nearby businesses and buildings to clean up the area around Nagle Place and Cal Anderson Park. Continue reading →

Capitol Hill Community Post | Capitol Hill Garage Sale Returns Sunday August 14th

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From the Cal Anderson Park Alliance

The Cal Anderson Park Alliance is thrilled to announce the triumphant return of the Capitol Hill Garage Sale Sunday, August 14, after a two-year hiatus. Residents all over Capitol Hill will populate their front lawns, apartment stoops and Cal Anderson Park with heirlooms, antiques, and bric-a-brac for sale as a part of the annual “CAPITOL HILL GARAGE SALE” from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Continue reading →

Rats and off-leash dogs — Two years after CHOP, a community conversation on safety in Cal Anderson

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By Hannah Saunders

This summer will mark two years since Cal Anderson Park was raided by police and cleared as part of the removal of the CHOP occupied protest. In the time since, community efforts boosted by the city have continued with hopes of helping to continually improve the park while addressing issues and public safety concerns. Many of the issues raised at a recent community meeting dedicated to the park trace back through the park’s history and involve smaller issues like varmints and off-leash dogs while mental health and addiction issues and the city’s homelessness crisis continues.

Safety in Cal Anderson Park was the primary topic of discussion at a Cal Anderson Park Alliance “Community Advisory Network” meeting, held online last Wednesday night. The goal of the conversation, organizers said, was to place safety of people as a priority, rather than the safety of property as a priority.

Initially, attendees hesitated when asked to speak up about how they feel about safety in the park, but after the co-chair of CAPA’s community advisory network, Erin Fried, shared her concerns about Cal Anderson being “a very ratty park,” other attendees soon chimed in.

“I feel perfectly safe. I mean, we’re a city. It’s a city environment, and I’m really excited to see people acting in the park,” said Bambi Chavez. Continue reading →

An updated* Pride 2021 on Capitol Hill: AIDS Memorial Pathway dedication, ‘silent’ DJ dance party in Cal Anderson, Pride vax pop-ups

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You’ll have a few chances to gather to celebrate Pride on Capitol Hill this weekend despite a heat wave and a wave of disappointment for one event’s organizers. Here is an updated look at Pride weekend events around Capitol Hill and the Central District as the city’s largest in-person celebrations have been rescheduled for later in the year.

(Image: @theampmemorial)

  • AIDS Memorial Pathway Dedication: Capitol Hill’s Pride weekend centerpiece will take place in the Capitol Hill Station Plaza with an event celebrating the dedication of the new memorial pathway connecting the gathering space to Cal Anderson Park. From noon to 3 PM Saturday, organizers say “the community is invited to visit the new pathway to sign a large red ribbon memorializing a loved one, share a message, or sign their name to be a part of this special day in Seattle history.” The ribbon will be part of a new AIDS Memorial Quilt. Artists and The AMP team will be available to answer questions and share more information on the new $2.9 million pathway of art “celebrating the lives of loved ones who have passed on throughout the AIDS crisis.”
    The AMP DEDICATION
    Saturday, June 26
    Noon – 3pm
    On the plaza at the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station     Continue reading →

CHS Pics | A clean-up in Cal Anderson Park

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There wasn’t a lot to clean up as a group carrying buckets and trash grabbers made its way through a rainy Cal Anderson Park Saturday.

“You can’t have a sense of ownership if you don’t get involved,” Mike Malone of Capitol Hill developer and real estate company Hunters Capital said as he set out on a hunt for garbage. Continue reading →