Reminder: Capitol Hill Community Council launch meeting Tuesday night

In true Capitol Hill style, the council revival effort has been promoted with flyers across the neighborhood

The revival of the Capitol Hill Community Council will move forward Tuesday night with a long-planned meeting hoped to jumpstart wider participation in restarting a community group to better represent the neighborhood in working with the city, developers, and launching new projects and initiatives.

Our First Meeting will be September 10, 2024 at the Capitol Hill Branch Library.

When: September 10, 2024 Doors Open 6:00pm – Meeting start 6:30pm

Where: Capitol Hill Branch Library – 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102 – Behind the QFC

What: The First Meeting of the New Capitol Hill Community Council

  • Meet your neighbors
  • Learn about Capitol Hill
  • Find out about events in Capitol Hill
  • Learn more about the City

We are relaunching the Capitol Hill Community Council (CHCC). The community council helps by Connecting, Growing, and Sustaining. Connecting neighbors with each other, organizations and the government. Growing those connections through programs, outreach and activities. By Sustaining these new connections and the groups that make up the social fabric of Capitol Hill. Together we can help the Capitol Hill that exists today while making a better Hill for the future. Continue reading

Civic duty: Last chance to weigh in on Madison BRT — bikes, 12th/Union, enforcement

The Madison Bus Rapid Transit online open house closes Wednesday night and, because you’re human and may have put off getting to it and because we’re human and did a poor job of making it clear when the deadline for online comment was, here is your reminder/push to weigh in on what just might be the last big infrastructure investment around the Hill before you move to Tacoma.

You can see a presentation on the details of the planned changes to Madison and provide feedback at MadisonStreetBRT.participate.online.

Here are a few ideas for aspects of the $120 million project to weigh in on. Continue reading