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

In response to budget reductions, Seattle Parks and Recreation staff are taking 10 unpaid days off in 2010, resulting in facility closures on Fri Sep 10th, Fri Oct 8th, Fri Nov 12th, and Thurs Dec 23rd. Otherwise the Community Center is open year-round except national holidays. Next Holiday closure will be Labor Day, Monday September 6, 2010. See the Community Center website for more information.

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

Public Seminar on Crime Prevention thru Environmental Design

A free seminar is being conducted by Art Hushen of the National Institute of Crime Prevention from 6:30-8:30 PM on Wed. Aug 25, in the Bertha Knight Landes room at City Hall.

Sponsored by Mayor McGinn and the Seattle Police Department., the seminar is open to anyone interested in attending. No advance registration is required.

Hushen is in Seattle teaching a 40-hour class to members of the Seattle Police Department and other city agencies.

Neighbors Responding to Request for Help with Weedy Median

Although the DOT is technically responsible for planting and maintaining the new median at E Green Lake Way N and NE 64th Street, budget constraints have prevented the work from being done. So GLCC stepped in, offering to pay for the plants if Green Lakers could do the work of planting and maintaining the median.

Several neighbors stepped up to offer their help, and the weedy strip will soon be beautiful, thanks to this community partnership.
If you want to participate, it's not too late. Send us a message here, or you can email GLCC chair Mike Cornell by clicking on the "Email Mike" button at www.MichaelCornell.com.

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