Welcome to Beautiful Green Lake

The Green Lake neighborhood is a great place to work, play, visit, and live. Green Lake businesses are thriving and popular Green Lake restaurants serve delectable food that is lauded by food editors and customers alike. Green Lake homes are in high demand. and Green Lake Park is possibly the most popular park in the State of Washington.

Every day people from all parts of the city and county come to enjoy the lake, the path, and the many activities available year-round. Our neighborhood schools serve students from throughout the city and our library is one of the busiest (indicating that it serves as a regional resource as much as a neighborhood library) in the city. The old West Green Lake Beach bathhouse now houses the Seattle Public Theater, an exciting resource for quality entertainment and community participation.

The Green Lake Community Council

The Green Lake Community Council (GLCC) is an organization dedicated to making Green Lake an even a better place for those of us who live here, who work here and who visit here, through our involvement, advocacy, sharing, and caring. That is our vision. See About Us for our mission statement and current activities.

Friends of Green Lake

With the overwhelming popularity of our lake, many people are concerned about maintaining the beauty and viability of the lake for future generations. The Friends of Green Lake, a part of the Community Council, are addressing the issues of algae, wildlife habitat, and growth of plants like milfoil. See the Friends of Green Lake home page for for more information about the Friends of Green Lake activities.

Green Lake Community Center

Parks and Recreation thanks the neighborhood businesses who have donated funds to increase the hours Green Lake Community Center is open. The Community Center's operating hours in 2012 are: Mon – Thurs 1:30 - 9 p.m., Fri 2 - 9 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Sun Closed. Next holiday closures include Presidents Day, Mon Feb 20, and Memorial Day, Mon May 28, 2012.

More information is available on their flier or the Community Center website.

NEWS ITEMS


Green Lake Branch Library
7364 E. Green Lake Dr. N

BISHOP BLANCHET H.S. TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE
7 PM JAN 25 TO EXPLAIN ZONING VARIANCE

Neighbors of Bishop Blanchet H.S. recently became aware of a Zoning Variance application (Project # 3011252) by Blanchet to install new 70-foot tall light poles and four new speakers 30 feet above grade around their athletic field.

Alarmed, immediate neighbors expressed their concern about excessive light and noise and asked that other solutions be found to improve the field. In response, Blanchet Principal Kristin Brynildsen-Smith set up a Jan 25 Open House. In her letter to neighbors, she wrote:

"Thank you for your comments ... we would like the opportunity to meet with you to answer [your] questions.. Bishop Blanchet invites you to an Open House at Bishop Blanchet HS, Haggerty Hall on Wednesday, Jan 25, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm."

The school's senior administrators and the project design team will be available to answer questions about the project.
For complete text of the letter click here. The Permit information and status is available here. It's not too late to comment. All comments sent to DPD project facilitator Stephanie Haynes via email or U.S. Mail will be added to the project file and considered through out the process.

For more information you can call the DPD Public Resource Center at (206) 684-8850 or visit their web site.