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, wildlife habitat, 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

Parks and Recreation thanks the neighborhood businesses who have donated funds to increase the hours Green Lake Community Center is open. The Community Center's operating hours in 2012 are: Mon – Thurs 1:30 - 9 p.m., Fri 2 - 9 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Sun Closed. Next holiday closures include Memorial Day, Mon May 28, 2012 and Independence Day Wed Jul 4, 2012.

More information is available on their flier or the Community Center website.

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

BISHOP BLANCHET H.S. APPLIES FOR ZONING VARIANCE

Neighbors of Bishop Blanchet H.S. recently became aware of a Zoning Variance application (Project # 3011252) to install new taller light poles and speakers around the school's athletic field, and are concerned about excessive light and noise. They asked that other solutions be found to improve the field. A short meeting was held for neighbors closest to the school, but local residents point out that the changes will affect more than those living directly across the street. They have issues with the planned addition of lights on 70' ft poles and the louder sound system.

The project is being undertaken to allow BBHS to play Friday night football, five games a year, and residents are concerned about the impact of the traffic and parking required for those games and the additional noise and impact of the lights on the area. But they are also very concerned about the project's submittal requesting the use of the lights till 10:00 pm 5 nights a week. They met and submitted a letter to the City of Seattle and are planning to meet directly with the Principal of BBHS. Permit information and status is available online. It's not too late to comment. All comments sent to DPD project facilitator Stephanie Haynes via email or U.S. Mail will be added to the project file and considered through out the process. For more information you can call the DPD Public Resource Center at (206) 684-8850 or visit their web site.