Welcome to Beautiful Green Lake

The Green Lake neighborhood is a great place to work, play, visit, and live. Green Lake businesses are thriving and popular Green Lake restaurants serve delectable food that is lauded by food editors and customers alike. Green Lake homes are in high demand. and Green Lake Park is possibly the most popular park in the State of Washington. Every day people from all parts of the city and county come to enjoy the lake, the path, and the many activities available year-round. Our neighborhood schools serve students from throughout the city and our library is one of the busiest (indicating that it serves as a regional resource as much as a neighborhood library) in the city. The old West Green Lake Beach bathhouse now houses the Seattle Public Theater, an exciting resource for quality entertainment and community participation.

The Green Lake Community Council

The Green Lake Community Council (GLCC) is an organization dedicated to making Green Lake an even a better place for those of us who live here, who work here and who visit here, through our involvement, advocacy, sharing, and caring. That is our vision. See About Us for our mission statement and current activities.

Friends of Green Lake

With the overwhelming popularity of our lake, many people are concerned about maintaining the beauty and viability of the lake for future generations. The Friends of Green Lake, a part of the Community Council, are addressing the issues of algae, aggressive nuisance fish, and growth of plants like milfoil. See the Friends of Green Lake home page for for more information about the Friends of Green Lake activities.

Green Lake Community Center

The Community Center is open year-round except national holidays. Next closures will be Independence Day, Saturday, July 4 and Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. See the Community Center website for more information.

LOW COST LIFE JACKET SALES JUNE 20, JULY 18, AUG 15, SEP 19 AT EVANS POOL

When: Designated Saturdays during the summer from 10 AM– 2 PM
Where: Evans Pool, 7201 E Green Lake Dr N, Seattle, WA 98115-5301 (map)
Wearing a life jacket saves lives! The cost for life jackets sizes infant to youth large will be $20, teens to adult size XXL will be $30. Special thanks is extended to partners Seattle Children's Hospital, Fisheries Supply, Rehab Without Walls, and the Coast Guard Auxiliary for their support of this event. See event info online at Seattle Parks website.

NEWS ITEMS

Green Lake Branch Library
7364 E. Green Lake Dr. N

GREEN LAKE HISTORY REVEALED IN BOOK

Local Resident Produced Book About Green Lake

Seattle's Green Lake by Brittany Wright reveals signature events that made Green Lake a Seattle landmark, including some early, lesser-know events in the lake's history. Part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of America Series, the book covers the founding of the Green Lake neighborhood beginning with the acts of the original homesteaders.

Seattle's Green Lake is available at bookstores and on-line, or though the publisher (888-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com). View some of the photos from this book.

PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED TO JUNE 26

The comment period for Seattle's draft Pedestrian Master Plan, which defines the steps needed to make Seattle a more walkable, livable, and healthy city and establishes the policies, programs, design criteria, and projects that will further enhance pedestrian safety, comfort, and access in all of Seattle's neighborhoods has been extended to Friday, June 26, 2009. You can view the web-based plan online or see the hard copy of the plan in the Seattle Room of the Central Library (1000 Fourth Ave.). Comments on the plan can be submitted on an online form, by email, by phone (206-733-9970), or by snail mail to Pedestrian Master Plan Comments, Seattle DOT, P.O. Box 34996, Seattle, WA 98124-4996.

The City Council Transportation Committee and the Special Committee on Pedestrian Safety will also host a public hearing on the draft plan Tues. July 21, 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall (600 Fourth Ave.).

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