Slog - Comments on Belltown's Community Center Still a Long Way Off http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long As I wrote in my column this week, Belltown is still waiting--after nearly ten years--for a community center that was funded in 1999's community centers levy. The parks department was talking about moving out of its headquarters in Denny Park and giving the building to Belltown, after some renovations, to serve as its community center. One immediate problem, of course, is that the headquarters is in South Lake Union, not Belltown. The parks department didn't get back to me by press time Tuesday (the spokeswoman, Dewey Potter, had been out of town) but I just got the latest: Parks' plan... Copyright 2008 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:36:51 -0800 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:54:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Non LOL Belltown "community" center

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060689 City Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:00:31 -0800 Comment by Trevor Belltown doesn't need a community center. Neither does South Lake Union.

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060723 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060723 City Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:14:01 -0800 Comment by Zander Belltowners deserve the same benefits that other neighborhoods enjoy. We should get more than excuses for the taxes we pay. Period.

]]> Zander http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060775 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060775 City Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:47:17 -0800 Comment by evil condo owner I used to live in SLU before moving to Belltown. The SLU community center and the bathrooms in the adjacent park were largely a hangout for drug-dealers, substance abusers and other scary people. We've got enough of that here in Belltown already, thanks.

]]> evil condo owner http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060799 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060799 City Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:05:02 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle They won't get one until the monorail gets built.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060885 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060885 City Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:15:45 -0800 Comment by Westside forever Of course Belltown has a community center--it's the sidewalk on both sides of 3rd avenue between Virgina and Blanchard.

]]> Westside forever http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060963 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060963 City Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:22:02 -0800 Comment by Westside forever Of course Belltown has a community center, it's the sidewalk on both sides of 3rd Ave between Pine and Blanchard

]]> Westside forever http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1060968 City Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:26:07 -0800 Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay The parks building in Denny Park is quite a nice structure - at least on the outside (I've never been inside it). Like the City Light north service center, which was designed by the same architect, it's probably the nicest looking structure in the area.

I'm sure the people who work there hate it. City employees always hate where they work. Except for me, of course.

]]> Catalina Vel-DuRay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1061121 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1061121 City Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:42:16 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie And despite all this, the city is trying to cut funding to the Cascade People's Center, which is unofficially the nicest and best used community center in the city.

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1061199 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1061199 City Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:08:15 -0800 Comment by Trevor @3: Zander does the belltown "community council" still meet in one of your condo building's meeting rooms? Don't a lot of its new buildings have those? What is it exactly you need a community center for? The homeless that don't get through your gates?

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1061343 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1061343 City Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:40:36 -0800 Comment by BCC The Belltown Community Council ("BCC") meets in Bell Tower at 2215 First Avenue in the First Floor Community Room on the third Wednesday of the month. The next meeting is 17 September 2008 (Wednesday). Bell Tower is owned by the Seattle Housing Authority.

]]> BCC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1062009 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/belltowns_community_center_still_a_long#c1062009 City Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:54:39 -0800