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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…On The Shore Of Thornton Bay

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Ryan

What if the world’s ice sheet melted (à la Waterworld)? Unlike that movie, the entire Earth would not be flooded, but sea levels would rise 240 feet. What would this mean for Puget Sound and Victory Heights? According to this … 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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CleanScapes Awards $50,000 Waste Reduction Prize To Neighborhood

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Ryan

CleanScapes (our garbage haulers) has announced the winners of their annual Neighborhood Waste Reduction Reward program. The neighborhoods of Maple Leaf, Lake City, Victory Heights, Pinehurst, Wedgwood won the 2012/2013 competition. They will receive a $50,000 community improvement project selected … Continue reading →

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The Short Snow

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Ryan

As predicted, it began to snow in Seattle early this morning with about an inch or two accumulation around Victory Heights by the time most people had gotten up. Schools were delayed two hours, but by 9 AM the snow … Continue reading →

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Carolers Serenade Victory Heights

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Ryan

On a chilly but dry December night with the threat of snow later in the evening, a band of 15 adults (plus some children and one dog) took to the streets to go caroling door-to-door Thursday evening. Organized by Monica … Continue reading →

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Caroling and Traffic Circle Coming To Victory Heights

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Ryan

Here are the highlights from last night’s meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council, where attendees got to munch on delicious homemade chocolate chip cookies: Read the full minutes of the meeting here. For the second year running, Monica is … Continue reading →

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