Metro Suspends Route 320

Metro transit this week “temporarily” suspended Route 320 that serves Kenmore, Victory Heights (via Northgate Way), and South Lake Union. According to their blog post, labor shortages have caused the route (and several others) to be suspended for the weeks of June 12-23.

However, the 320 is not long for this world anyway, it is going to be permanently discontinued in September owing to low ridership and duplication of service.

While it ran, the 320 was a good backstop for service from the Northgate Link Light Rail station to our neighborhood along Northgate Way (it runs the same route as the 20), albeit during commuter hours only. After September, we’ll be down to one route again on Northgate.

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Victory Heights Community Meeting March 20th

The Victory Heights Community Council will have another quarterly meeting on Monday, March 20th starting at 7 PM at the co-op preschool building in Victory Heights Park. The guest Speaker is Dave Wilma, published historian. We’ll also chat briefly about the upcoming amateur radio exercise in the neighborhood – and Food Truck Friday! Join our email list to get information about attending virtually. We hope to see you there!

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Pi Day Means Pie Day In Victory Heights

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant (the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter) which is 3.14159… 

What’s this mean to you? Pies in Victory Heights! That’s right, free slices of pie! Like this beauty right here:

10540 19th Ave NE  – across from the Victory Heights Park
Look for the canopies!

Dessert distribution starts at 6pm
Ends when the pies are gone…

Looking for an excuse to bake?  ALL PIES welcome!

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2nd Winterfest Draws Family Crowds

Victory Heights’ second Winterfest (the first was in December 2021) brought out many families and residents to a chilly, but clear Sunday afternoon in January last weekend around the park.

Brought to you by the Victory Heights Community Council, the event featured cookies, hot cider, popcorn, two food trucks, and hand-made luminarias which were then placed around the path before dark and then lit up with small candles.

Check out this video to see more highlights:

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Winterfest Returns January 29th

The Victory Heights Community Council is bringing back Winterfest to be held at the park on Sunday, January 29th from 4 PM to 6 PM.

Read the complete minutes of the December Community Council Meeting.

Booths set up during the December 2021 Winterfest

We’ll be closing down 19th Avenue NE across from the park again (the same location as the food trucks last year) and will have popcorn, hot cider, and cookies available. Also, we will be setting up luminaries along the path in Victory Heights Park (bags are now available underneath the bulletin board at the north side of the park).

We are looking for volunteers to help set up, run the stations, set up the luminaries and then clean up. Click here to sign up.

We hope to see you at this event. Bring the family and enjoy the lights and treats.

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Bobs’ Lake City Liquors To Close Saturday

On a Facebook post today, Bobs’ Lake City Liquors on Lake City Way, announced they will be closing permanently on Saturday, December 31st. The post read:

It’s been a helluva 10+ years… but we’re done. Thank you to all of our wonderful customers and community members. We’ll be marking everything down further throughout the week, so come clean us out.

Located at the bottom of NE 100th St (and former home of the Italian Spaghetti House), Bobs opened in November 2012. Their wide selection of often hard-to-find items was a real boon to the neighborhood. Hopefully it won’t be replaced by another strip club or pot store.

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In Person Community Meeting December 19th

For the first time in a while, the Victory Heights Community Council will be meeting in person on Monday, December 19th back at our old stomping grounds, the Co-op Preschool building in Victory Heights Park starting at 7 PM.

Enjoy cookies, hot cider, and Community!
Talk with your Community Council…  what would you like to see more of?
Got ideas?  We’d love to hear them!

JOIN US!!

We’ll have a few adult-size chairs available but feel free to bring your own.
Hope to see you there!

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Chili Cook Off Attracts 50 Attendees

The second annual Victory Heights Chili Cook Off, held last Sunday the 13th, featured six different chili recipes, cookies, and so much corn bread!

Held across the park on 19th Avenue NE (where the food trucks were parked last summer), loads of neighbors (and their kids and dogs) turned up to sample and vote on their favorite. And the winner was…

…Ann’s Chocolate Chili (beating out last year’s champion Andrew by a nose).

The previously scheduled Community Clean-Up on Northgate Way was moved from the 13th to this Sunday, November 20th from 9 AM to noon. Meet at Northgate Way and 19th Ave.  
– We’ll move on to the Victory Heights Park quickly if the Community turns out!
– The loop path needs to be raked before it gets too slippery.
– Leaves can be mulched instead of raked if you can bring a mulching mower.
– Bring work gloves, your favorite garden tools, and a water bottle.

And the November meeting of the Victory Heights Community Council is cancelled (no news and no guests) but we’ll be back on Monday, December 19th at 7 PM on Zoom (email us to get on the mailing list).

And don’t forget that because of the Thanksgiving holiday, trash collection in Victory Heights will be on Friday the 25th this week.

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