Summer Streets parties begin Friday night
Neighborhood festivals build community spirit

SEATTLE - A street party in Phinney Ridge and Greenwood on Friday night kicks-off this year’s Celebrate Seattle Summer Streets. Friday’s event, organized with the Greenwood/Phinney Chamber’s Art up / Open up monthly art walk, opens up streets to pedestrians and bicyclists, offering people a way to have fun, celebrate their neighborhood, and support local businesses.

“Celebrate Seattle Summer Streets is a great way to spend time with family and friends," said Mayor Greg Nickels. “Community groups are helping to organize each event and bringing neighborhoods together.”

On Friday, April 10, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Greenwood Ave. North from N. 65th to N. 87th street will be opened up so that the community can come out to play and shop at local businesses. No parking will be allowed from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. During the event Metro bus route 5 will be detoured to Third Avenue NW via N 65th and N 90th streets.

Celebrate Seattle Summer Streets partners include: Cascade Bicycle Club; Feet First; Greater Seattle Climate Dialogues; Greenwood/Phinney Chamber; King County Public Health; Orswell Events, LLC; Pike Place Market; Rainier Valley Chamber; Seattle Great City Initiative; Seattle Public Schools; University District Chamber and West Seattle High School PTSA.

Neighborhoods across Seattle have requested to open streets for community festivals:

Event: Cascade Bicycle Club's Starbucks Bike to Work Day and Summer Streets Party
Date: Friday, May 15, 4 to 7 p.m.
Location: Bergen Place Park and 22nd Avenue Northwest between Market Street and Ballard Avenue

Event: West Seattle’s 5K Run/Walk in the morning and Seattle Summer Streets Spectacular in the afternoon
Date: Sunday, May 31, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Alki Avenue Southwest from California Way Southwest to 63rd Avenue Southwest

Event: Seattle Parks Summer Streets Party
Date: Sunday, June 7, 14, 21 and 28
Location: Discovery Park (7th), Interlaken Park (14th), Seward Park (21st), Magnuson Park (28th)

Event: U-District Chamber's Summer Streets Party
Date: Saturday, July 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: University Way Northeast between Northeast 50th and Northeast 45th streets.

Event: Pike Place Market Fruit Festival and Summer Streets Party
Date: Sunday, July 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Pike Street/First Avenue to Virginia

Event: Rainier Valley Chamber's Heritage Parade and Summer Streets Party
Date: Saturday, Aug. 8, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Rainier Avenue South from South Orcas to South Alaska streets

Event: Cascade Bicycle Club's Restore Our Waters Cascade Spawning Cycling Tour
Date: Sunday, Sept. 20, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Starts and ends at Myrtle Edwards Park, goes through Seattle Parks non-motorized areas of Seward, Interlaken, Gasworks, Commodore and Discovery Parks.

Event: Visit a park with permanently open streets and Celebrate Seattle Summer Streets
Date: May through September
Location: Volunteer Park, Seward Park, Interlaken, Magnuson Lakefront Promenade, Arboretum, Discovery Park

Also during the months of May through September, Bicycle Sundays are being held along Lake Washington Boulevard every weekend. Seward Park's upper road and Carkeek Park Road west of the Environmental Learning Center are being closed to cars on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Celebrate Seattle Summer Streets is modeled after similar successful events held in New York; San Francisco; Portland, Ore.; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Bogota, Colombia. Additional information about Celebrate Seattle Summer Streets is available at http://seattlecan.org/summerstreets

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