Green Lake Community Council

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 Green Lake Community Center, located at East Green Lake Beach, 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N, 98115, offers activities for all ages from pre-school through teen years, adults and seniors year-round except for national holidays. Renovations to Evans Pool are now complete and the new pool schedule is available online. The next Holiday Closure is Labor Day, Monday, September 1. See the Community Center website for more information and the full year's schedule. East Green Lake Beach, located in front of the Community Center, is open June 21 - August 24, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. West Green Lake Beach, at 7312 W Green Lake Dr., is open June 21 - September 1. Both beaches have lifeguards, public restrooms, pay phones, water fountains, swimming rafts, and low and high diving boards.

NEWS ITEMS

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

COMMUNITY MEETING ON AQUATHEATER SIGN SET

A community input meeting on the sign to be placed Green Lake's Aquatheater building is scheduled for 7 PM, Wednesday, July 9, at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave. N (Blue Building, street level, rm 2). The Aquatheater, which featured "Music Under the Stars" productions and many other events, opened with the Aqua Follies during the first Seafair in 1950 and entertained crowds until its last concert featuring the Grateful Dead in 1969. Download their poster or contact Becky Sokolow at 206-789-6026.

PUBLIC HEARING JULY 12 RE: PROPOSED NEW CITY JAIL ON AURORA AVE N

There will be a public hearing July 12 from 9 AM to 12 noon at the Wellness Center, North Seattle Community College concerning the proposed siting of a new city jail on Aurora Ave North. Let your voice be heard.

WSDOT MOVING FORWARD ON I-5 NOISE WALL

WSDOT is moving forward with the design of a proposed noise wall on the east side of I-5 (Stage 2), in two segments: Wall 1-north between NE 92nd and NE 85th St, and Wall 1-south, between NE 85th St. and NE 80th St. A community polling process with property owners near the walls will begin this summer. With community support, DOT will continue designing the wall over the next year, and anticipates construction will begin in the summer/fall of 2009. If a neighborhood majority does not want a wall, WSDOT will not build it.

MEETINGS

Green Lake Community Council
GLCC meets at 7:00 PM on the second Wednesday of odd numbered months at The Hearthstone Board room, main floor 6720 E. Green Lake Way N Seattle

Friends of Green Lake meeting
FOGL now meets at 7:00 PM on the fourth Tuesday of the month at The Hearthstone
Board room, main floor
6720 E. Green Lake Way N
Seattle

AGENDA FOR THE MEETING
July 9, 2008

Friends of Green Lake committee report - Gayle Garman

Land Use and Development Updates

Aurora Avenue Action Plan Update

Seattle Police Department North Precinct Liaison Report

Neighborhood Announcements

Open Discussion if Time Allows

Visit our website and see Green Lake Events on the Community Calendar (click the "Links" tab)

WE NEED YOU AT GLCC

If you would like to get more involved with your Green Lake community, send an Email to Chairman Michael Cornell, or use the Contact Us tab above. And don't forget to come to our meetings the second Wednesday of odd-numbered months to get in your two cents worth about what's happening in our community.

COMING SOON to the Historic Green Lake Bathhouse Theater

Seattle Public Theater presents FREE Youth Program
perfornances of THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING, King Arthur and Merlin July 11-19., and
THE TENGU OF KAMI, a Japanese Sword Play July 25-July 27.

For more information visit the Seattle Public Theater website.

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