The Friends of Mt Baker Town Center is excited to have the opportunity to document the historic background of the Mount Baker Park Addition, with the generous support of 4Culture and our knowledgeable consultants at Northwest Vernacular (nwVernacular), Spencer Daniels and Katie Pratt. Their tremendous work product forms much of the basis for this article. The project…
MOUNT BAKER HUB FEST: Function in the Junction! September 17 Festival with Extended Bicycle Sunday Returns To Mount Baker Hub.
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MOUNT BAKER HUB FEST JOINS SEATTLE DESIGN FESTIVAL SEPT 17, 2017 ? This Sunday September 17, 2017, the Mt Baker Hub Business Association features a set of local musicians, artists, and food vendors at the “Function in the Junction”. Exploring the “power” of place,…
MOUNT BAKER HUB FEST: Function in the Junction! September 17 Festival with Extended Bicycle Sunday Returns To Mount Baker Hub.
Mt Baker Hub Fest Returns Sunday: Function in the Junction, with an Extended Bicycle Sunday!
EVERY FIRST SATURDAY AT 9:30 am — JOIN US FOR OUR MONTHLY TOWN CENTER CLEANUP!!
By Anne Miller Please join us every first Saturday of the month for our First Saturday Neighborhood Cleanup! We meet at 9:30 am at Mount Baker Neighborhood Center for the Arts, in the ArtSpace building by Mount Baker Link Station. This is a fun opportunity to meet your neighbors, and make a difference cleaning…
2015: “Mind the Gap” Installation Built a Bridge between Historic Neighborhood and Modern Urban Development
At last year’s Mount Baker Design Fest, the community focused on the topic of Design For Equity. One of the questions focused on the aged pedestrian overpass that winds up and over the Rainier and MLK intersection: Can government-built structures like bridges provide a canvas for social equity? Local Seattle designers took on this…
The 2015 Seattle Design Festival Comes to the Mount Baker Town Center
Friends of Mount Baker Town Center is excited to host two citywide programs as part of the 2015 Seattle Design Festival! Focusing on this year’s theme — Design for Equity — we examine how equitable design can play a role in the Town Center’s evolution. For both events, contact Friends of Mount Baker Town Center for volunteer…
FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP – October 3rd, Save the date
Please save the date for the next First Saturday Neighborhood Cleanup! We will be cleaning area streets, including the area around the Mount Baker Town Center and volunteers will be able to choose where they want to focus their efforts. We will hand out supplies, provided by the city, at 9:00AM in the plaza under…
Cleaning Up The Town Center
By Eve Keller On July 4th, the first Saturday of July, I had the great pleasure to participate with the Friends of Mt. Baker Town Center Clean Up. Project facilitator for the Adopt-A-Street clean up effort, Anne Miller, loaded us with supplies at the Mt. Baker Light Rail Station and soon after I headed up…
THE CITY’s “MOVE SEATTLE” LEVY — CREATING FUNCTIONAL TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
For over a decade, the City has studied the challenges and opportunities for a truly effective transit oriented development in the North Rainier Valley. Finally, in recent months, our community is seeing real progress as SDOT has refined its Accessible Mount Baker project, and the Mayor and other City representatives have called for a…
Healthy Forest, Healthy Community: Neighbors Help Restore Cheasty Greenspace and Hanford Steps
In April, 2015, the Friends of Mt Baker Town Center celebrated the Earth Day weekend with a group of neighbors who focused on restoration of Cheasty Greenspace and the Hanford Steps, where they connect to Mt. Baker Town Center. We removed invasive plants, such as the Himalayan Blackberry, disposed of garbage which has accumulated in…
UW Engineering Teams Focus on Mt. Baker Intersection Problem
In 2014, the Friends of Mt Baker Town Center reached out to the University of Washington Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering with a proposal. We asked if the University might be interested in studying the complex infrastructure problem at the heart of the nascent Mt. Baker Town Center. Specifically, could the UW focus its energy…
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