Category Archives: News

Victory Heights Park Playground Needs Your Support

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Ryan

Robin from the Victory Heights Co-op Preschool wants us to know: In February, Victory Heights Cooperative Preschool applied for a City of Seattle neighborhood grant for park and playground improvements at Victory Heights. Great news: the City has invited us … Continue reading →

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Trash Pickups On Friday Over Holidays

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Ryan

As residents of Victory Heights are used to every Thanksgiving, we will have trash pickup this week and next done on Friday, December 26th and January 2nd respectively, due to the holidays falling on Thursdays this year. Put your cans … Continue reading →

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Caroling, Crime and Elections at Community Meeting

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Ryan

Last night’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council was a mixed bag of different topics, including a presentation by Alex Vallandry of Seattle Neighborhood Group. Read the complete minutes of the December meeting. Alex spoke about the recent spate … Continue reading →

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"Temporary" Fencing Going In At Knickerbocker Site

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Ryan

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) began erecting “temporary” fencing around the Knickerbocker Thornton Creek site today in order to keep out “people and dogs” to allow the young vegetation a chance to grow. When construction was completed in October for the … Continue reading →

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No Trash Pickup On Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Ryan

Residents in Victory Heights who normally have their trash, yard waste and recycling picked up on Thursdays will instead have it picked up on Friday, November 28th due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday this week. Everything is pushed back a … Continue reading →

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Burglary Rate Falls But Residents Worry About Crime

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Ryan

At last night’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council, residents heard a presentation by Elizabeth Scott, the Crime Prevention Coordinator from the North Precinct of the Seattle Police Department (SPD), who said that compared with a similar period last … Continue reading →

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Fences Gone At Kingfisher Site

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Ryan

After months of work, construction of the Kingfisher Natural Area on Thornton Creek (NE 100th Street and 20th Avenue NE) has been completed and the fences removed. Thornton Creek is now wider and more shallow in order to slow it … Continue reading →

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The Victory Heights Community Council versus The World Crime League

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Ryan

It may not be a conspiracy, but the level of crime in Victory Heights lately has been unsettling to attendees of last night’s Victory Heights Community Council. Read the full minutes of last night’s meeting. Back at its regular meeting … Continue reading →

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New Traffic Circle on 23rd Avenue NE

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Ryan

After many years of effort by the community, the new traffic circle on 23rd Avenue NE and NE 105th Street was put in by the city finally.  The circle was installed right after the Labor Day weekend, although funding was … Continue reading →

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Pedestrian Bridge Building Over Thornton Creek

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Ryan

The Knickerbocker Floodplain Project at Thornton Creek continues with the building of a new pedestrian bridge this week to link 20th Avenue NE with Maple Leaf. The old bridge was demolished in July as part of moving and widening the … Continue reading →

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