City Hall

August Parks District Vote Looks All But Inevitable

Based on a poll showing strong support for a long-term metropolitan parks district, and relatively anemic revenue projections from a traditional levy, the city seems likely to put a parks district on the ballot in August.

02/21/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Seattleites Guide to PDX

Portland Checklist: 10 Things to Do in Portland Parks

Hike, bike, and commune with nature in Portland's lush parklands.

02/01/2014 Edited by Allison Williams

City

PubliCalendar Special: PARK(ing) Day

See Parklets across Seattle come to life today.

09/20/2013 By Shirley Qiu

Article

Everything You Needed to Know About Parklets

This fall SDOT will convert parking spaces in three neighborhoods to miniparks. Parklets could spread throughout the city by next year.

09/17/2013 By Karen Taylor Quinn

On Other Blogs Today

On Other Blogs Today: Transit Celebration, Surveillance Legislation, and Parks Frustration

Our Daily Roundup.

07/18/2013 By Josh Feit

Park City

Seattle's Best City Parks

07/01/2012

Get Out

Where to Go to Swim in Seattle

Pool party! Who’s in?

06/20/2012 By Jessie Wesley

Take a Hike

Seattle’s Best City Parks

The 10 best outdoor spaces 
in Seattle (and beyond).

06/11/2012 By Lawrence W. Cheek

City Hall

Parks and Libraries Outline Budget Cuts

10/04/2011 By Erica C. Barnett

Get Out

Vashon Island Opens Park for Deer Hunting

Hikers will be kept out while hunters replenish their venison stocks.

09/07/2011 By Allison Williams

Wildlife

Olympics Goat Death Leads to Lawsuit

Rangers consider removing the non-native species from the national park.

08/11/2011 By Allison Williams

Local Sites

Is Kurt Cobain Park a Tourist Trap?

Neighbors deal with Nirvana fans flocking to where the frontman died.

06/21/2011 By Allison Williams

City Hall

Some Thoughts on the City Budget

05/05/2010 By Erica C. Barnett

News

Mayor McGinn Talks Budget Cuts, Parks

04/28/2010 By Erica C. Barnett