King County Metro is proposing to substantially revise bus routes with the North Link Connections Mobility Project in conjunction with Sound Transit opening new Link light-rail stations in the University District, at Roosevelt, and at Northgate. Bus service in Wallingford is affected including Routes 26, 31, 32, 44, and 62. For more details, visit the North Link Connections Mobility Project website, view the proposed network map, and provide your comments before the end of March (or as soon as you can).
Category Archives: Quality of Life
FamilyWorks and Wallingford Community Senior Center Services
FamilyWorks
FamilyWorks continues to provide services during the coronavirus crisis. The Family Resource Center is closed and the food bank is operating with outdoor walk-up distribution. See their Coronavirus Response page and their Our Continued Response to Coronavirus message for more information.
Wallingford Community Senior Center
The Wallingford Community Senior Center is closed but continues essential services to connect to seniors. There will be a new Call-in Support Group on Wednesday, April 1 at 11:00 am. They offer check-in phone calls for seniors to stay connected. See their last email message for more details.
Beware scams (about COVID-19) popping up to get your money or your information by phone calls, email messages, and text messages!
Financial Help in Washington State for the COVID-19 Crisis
The King County Council has published a bulletin of useful resources for families, employees, and small businesses facing financial hardship from the COVID-19 crisis, and bulletins for how to apply for Unemployment and/or Workers’ Compensation. We were made aware of this information in a newsletter from Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles sent Monday March 16. The contents of the Helpful Financial Resources section are republished below. As the bulletins note: “Due to the rapidly evolving nature of state and federal programs, this information may change unexpectedly.”
Please practice social distancing. We wish good health to everyone during these challenging times.
Best Regards,
The Wallingford Community Council
Monthly Meeting, Wednesday March 4
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202
4659 Sunnyside Ave N
Special Guest: City Councilmember Dan Strauss of District 6 (Wallingford, Fremont, Green Lake, Ballard, Phinney Ridge, and Greenwood). Come hear Councilmember Strauss discuss priorities for the City followed by the opportunity to ask questions.
Barb Burrill will discuss the Wallingford Tree Survey.
Announcements
- The latest information for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is available from Public Health — Seattle & King County.
- Bring items that cannot go into a recycling cart to Beyond the Cart hosted by Seattle Public Utilities. Saturday March 7, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Wedgwood Presbyterian Church, 8008 35th Ave NE.
- Historic Wallingford is hosting Researching the History of Your House on Saturday March 14, 1:00 – 3:00 PM at the Mosaic Coffee House, 4401 2nd Ave NE.
- Seattle Public Utilities is updating its Strategic Business Plan and wants to hear from you. Share your insights in the Customer Survey.
- Submit small-scale park and street improvement project ideas for the Your Voice, Your Choice: Parks & Streets program to the Department of Neighborhoods through Wednesday March 18.
- The Green Lake and Wallingford Paving project continues construction on N 40th Street, N 50th Street, and Green Lake Way N. Subscribe with the Seattle Department of Transportation to receive email updates.
- Seattle Public Utilities and the King County Wastewater Treatment Division are beginning construction of an underground storage tunnel from Ballard to Wallingford. See the Ship Canal Water Quality Project website for details.
43rd District Town Hall, Saturday February 22
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Seattle First Baptist Church
1111 Harvard Ave
Join Senator Jamie Pedersen, Representative Frank Chopp, and Representative Nicole Macri for a town hall meeting.
- Get an update on the 2020 Legislative Session.
- Share your comments, concerns, and questions.
More information is available from the Representative Macri.