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CleanScapes Accepting Project Proposals Through April 15th

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Ryan

At last night’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council, representatives from CleanScapes described in detail the process of awarding the $50,000 our neighborhood (shared with Lake City, Northgate, Pinehurst and Maple Leaf) received for reducing our waste last year … Continue reading →

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Thornton Creek Gets NPR Shout-Out

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Ryan

A story on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” today on daylighting streams mentioned Victory Height’s Thornton Creek. In the piece about efforts in Cincinatti to bring back an underground stream, they said, “It’s been almost seven years since Seattle spent … Continue reading →

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Does 20th Ave NE & NE 105th Street Need Traffic Calming?

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Ryan

A topic that came up during last month’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council was a proposal to do some sort of “traffic calming” [Seattle-ese for traffic circles, yield signs, or speed bumps] at the intersection of 20th Avenue … Continue reading →

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Victory Heights Community Council Meeting January 21st

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Ryan

The first meeting in 2014 of the Victory Heights Community Council will be Tuesday, January 21st at 7 PM at the Co-Op Preschool Building in Victory Heights Park.  Among the topics that will be discussed is how to spend the … Continue reading →

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Holiday Garbage Collection Schedule

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Ryan

With the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, trash collection in Victory Heights will be on Fridays for the next two weeks, December 27th and January 3rd. And after the holidays, if you should notice a dead tree in your house … Continue reading →

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Preschool Missing Vacuum Cleaner

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Ryan

Shelby from the Victory Heights Co-Operative Preschool reports: Our upright vacuum cleaner and  a bag of replacement bags has gone missing from Victory Heights Cooperative Preschool. We think it may have been inadvertently left outside near the trash cans in … Continue reading →

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Open Letter: Oppose Mountain Bike Trails In Thornton Creek

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Ryan

An open letter from Ruth Williams, President of the Thornton Creek Alliance: Dear Victory Heights Community Council: We would like to be sure you are aware that Seattle Parks and Recreation is drafting trail standards for mountain biking in some … Continue reading →

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Community Council Meeting December 17th

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Ryan

The next meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council will be on Tuesday, December 17th at 7 PM at the Preschool building in the park. With the holidays so close, the theme is to be more festive this month than … Continue reading →

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Proposed Bus Cuts Eliminate Direct Service Downtown

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Ryan

Direct bus service from Victory Heights to downtown would be eliminated unless the Washington State legislature restores funding, King County Metro Transit says. If proposed service cuts go through, Route 72 would be eliminated completely and Route 73 would be … Continue reading →

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Trash Pickup On Friday This Week

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Ryan

As it happens every year the week of Thanksgiving, trash collection in Victory Heights will occur on Friday this week instead of the usual Thursday pick up. Please be sure to have your containers out by 7 a.m. on Friday … Continue reading →

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