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Mosque BBQ, Jazz Festival: August Event Calendar

Here are events in and around Victory Heights in August: Sunday, August 12th: 17th Annual Idris Mosque Annual BBQ, 2-5 PM, 1420 NE Northgate Way. Saturday, August 18th: 16th Annual Jokumfest: Victory Heights own jazz festival will again be held … Continue reading

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Open Park, New Path, Draw Big Crowds to Potluck

The sixth annual Victory Heights Potluck/Ice Cream social on Tuesday night was another big hit this year with a record crowd of 150 stopping by to sample the food, eat ice cream, and enjoy the new playground equipment and path … Continue reading

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Vote To Improve NE 104th Way

At this month’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council we heard about voting for “Your Voice, Your Choice” and the chance to get $90,000 in funding to improve NE 104th Way. Read the entire minutes of the June meeting. … Continue reading

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Neighborhood Yard Sales Draw Sellers & Buyers

The first attempt to do a neighborhood-wide Victory Heights yard sale event went very well on Saturday.  Eleven residents held sales in their own yards while six set up next to the park on NE 106th Street. Vendors began setting … Continue reading

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How The Police Deal With Homeless Issues In Seattle

This month’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council featured returning speaker, Seattle Police Department Officer Bryan Kennedy, speaking about “How the police interact with homeless individuals.” Read the entire minutes of the May meeting. Officer Kennedy said, “Our goal … Continue reading

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Despite Rain, Emergency Communications Drill A Success

Despite steady rain all morning, on Saturday the Victory Heights Community Council successfully hosted a drill for our emergency communications HUB in Victory Heights Park. Part of a city-wide drill, “No Power, No Bars,” to simulate an area-wide prolonged power … Continue reading

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Idriss Mosque Battles Religious Extremist

At last night’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council (read the complete minutes here), we heard from Hisham Farajallah about an unfortunately problem they’ve been having at the local Idriss Mosque on Northgate Way. A religious extremist has taken … Continue reading

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Support Our GoFundMe For Victory Heights Emergency HUB

Support our GoFundMe campaign to raise money to help the Victory Heights emergency communications HUB.  On April 28th we will be holding a disaster drill in Victory Heights Park to simulate an extended power outage in our area.  Our new … Continue reading

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Upcoming Events This Spring & Summer in Victory Heights

At last night’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Center (see full minutes of the meeting) the following events were announced: Saturday, April 28th: Emergency Communication HUB Drill. We will setting up and testing our new HUB and participating in … Continue reading

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