Liam Events

Public Meeting on Proposed Skateable Art Installation at Myrtle Edwards

Seattle Parks and Recreation, the Office of Arts and Culture, and Red Bull invite you and your family to the first of two public meetings to discuss a proposed skateable art installation at Myrtle Edwards Park.

At the first meeting Seattle Parks will present the history of this project and gather input from the public on the potential project.

4Culture is currently administrating the call for artists. the second meeting will be scheduled after the artist selection in June. At this meeting the artist will present the design for the skateable art piece.

Myrtle Edwards Park is located at 3130 Alaskan Way on the shoreline north of Olympic Sculpture Park. The Citywide Skatepark Plan designated this site as a recommended site for a skatedot in the central west region. Red Bull would like to invest in the community and commission an artist to design and fabricate the unique skateable art. The artist will coordinate the design with Seattle Parks and Recreation.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Belltown Community Center
415 Bell Street
7 – 8:30 PM

Liam Announcements, Public Safety

Belltown Citizens on Patrol Update

A very dedicated group of us have been involved in making BCOP a successful neighborhood committee for the last five years. In addition to the numerous walks we have held, we have also had several well attended safety forums, had members participate in many city forums representing Belltown, and have worked closely with the Seattle Police Department and the Department of Neighborhoods to improve safety in the neighborhood. We are proud of what we have accomplished and feel Belltown is much better for our efforts.

However, given changing dynamics in the neighborhood, we think it is time to re-examine our focus. The City Council will vote shortly on expanding the Metropolitan Improvement District (MID) into Belltown. The MID will provide regular Ambassador patrols on a daily basis. These patrols will provide the services that BCOP has been doing and more. So we feel that weekly walks will no longer be necessary.

Our “See It, Say It” poster campaign has been very well received by the community and is having an impact. This is something we feel is important to continue. So, instead of weekly walks, we will be putting up posters once a month. On these nights we will meet at 7pm at Seattle Heights and put up posters for approximately 2 hours. We have chosen the following dates for this and hope you can join us for at least one of them:

May 14th
June 18th
July 9th

While we are scaling down our walks, as an active committee of the Belltown Community Council, BCOP will still be involved in a number of Belltown events and issues and we will still work with other groups to improve our little corner of Seattle.

Regards,

—
BCOP Team