Kirke Park
(Formerly 9th Ave NW Park)
Parks and Green Spaces Levy
Development Project Information

Location: 7028 9th Avenue NW, Seattle WA 98117

Project Status

Winter/Spring 2012
Parks awarded the construction contract to Oceanside Construction and work began in February 2012.

Construction will include the use of heavy equipment and there will be a moderate level of noise disturbance. After demolition the work will occur starting in the North End, then South End, and finish in the Center. Thank you for your patience and cooperation during construction.

A plan is attached that shows the overall layout of the park.

This site was purchased with 2000 Pro Parks Levy funds and now, as a result of the 2008 Parks & Greens Spaces Levy there is funding to develop this site into a brand new park.

The public process involved three community meetings to guide and inform the design. The community preferred design provides a community garden at the north end, a sitting wall enclosed space to recall an old building foundation, an open lawn, the "sledding hill" and a small play area at the south end. There is a planted buffer along the back edge with trail for unstructured play.

Project Description

The park was named Kirke which means church in Norwegian. This name pays tribute to both the Norwegian heritage of the neighborhood and the history of the site. This site was home to the Church of Seventh Elect in Spiritual Israel for more than 90 years.

Community Participation

View the Historic and Cultural Resources Report prepared by The Johnson Partnership in April 2008.

The Friends of 9th Avenue NW Park history committee has been researching the history of the park property which was originally owned by the Seventh Elect Church in Israel. This research updates some information found in the earlier Historical and Cultural Resources Report.

The Friends of 9th Avenue NW did this informal survey in 2008.

For more information or to get involved with the neighborhood group, Friends of 9th Avenue NW,
please contact ninthavenwpark@gmail.com

Public Meeting #1 11/19/2009

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes
• Community Comment Matrix

Public Meeting #2 12/17/2009

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes
• Concept Designs

Public Meeting #3 1/28/2010

• Agenda
• Preferred Alternative

Important Links

• Seattle Parks and Recreation
• Groundswell NW
• Parks & Green Spaces Levy

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