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PROJECT STATUSThank you Seattle! This park is open. The new park includes a lawn, concrete and gravel plazas, site furnishings such as benches and barbeques, and an art feature representing the seven hills of Seattle. It also includes sidewalk repair along E Howell Street. Following the site opening, the Howell Street Collective will get to work on creating the community garden.
PROJECT DESCRIPTIONThe goal of this project is to develop a community park at the northeast corner of E. Howell Street and 16th Avenue E.Parks purchased the .21 acre property in 2007. The current use, that of a parking lot, will continue until shortly before construction starts in Fall 2009. Parks held a public Open House at the Cal Anderson Shelter House in November 2007. Mithun was hired as the Landscape Architect in charge of design and construction. Mithun later presented three design concepts at a community meeting on March 26, 2008. Mithun presented a revised concept to the Design Commission on May 15. The concept was developed in response to comments offered at the March 26 community meeting.
A third community meeting was held in late May 2008. A final concept, revised in response to comments from the Design Commission, was presented at that meeting. The concept, with refinements, was again presented to the Design Commission on July 17 . The final budgeted project includes basic park elements such as grading, lawn, pathway, plaza, steps, barbeques and picnic tables. The remaining site furniture (benches, bike racks) and the art feature are not in the "base bid" of the construction contract. These were advertised as contract bid additives and may be included in the contract depending on the bids received. Parks has completed design drawings for the trellis so that if future funding becomes available the trellis shown in the schematic design will be constructed. A Friends of Capitol Hill Park group has formed to support the park and build community. A group of neighbors is also working with Department of Neighborhoods to develop a community garden on the site. See community links below. Meeting participants approved the final schematic plan at the third community meeting on May 28, 2008. Community Garden The new park includes a community garden to be administered by Seattle Department of Neighborhoods (DON) P-Patch program. This garden, known as the Howell Street Collective, will be different from most Seattle P-Patches. There will be no individual plots; instead, the entire garden site will be gardened collectively. For information about the garden, please contact: Sandy Pernitz at DON, by e-mail at sandy.pernitz@seattle.gov or by phone at 206-684-0284 Park Naming Last year Seattle Parks and Recreation invited the public to submit potential new names for Capitol Hill Park. Parks received more than 50 suggestions for a name. The Naming Committee settled on Seven Hills Park, suggested by first grade students at nearby St. Joseph’s school. Their inspiration came from the artwork in the park that represents Seattle’s seven hills. Planning Summary See acquisition project for more information. (
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COMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCommunity MeetingsPublic Meeting #1 11/08/07 Public Meeting #2 03/26/08 Public Meeting #3 05/28/08 Park Named (
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Updated 8/23/2010
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