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JANUARY 8, 2020
VOL. 101, NO. 2
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POLICY CHANGE
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DISTRICT 7 COUNCILMEMBER DELIVERS P-PATCH REPRIEVE DURING SWEARING-IN CEREMONY
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Photo by Brandon Macz District 7 Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis announced the UpGarden’s preservation during his swearing-in ceremony at the P-Patch on Tuesday, Dec. 31.
By Brandon Macz
QA&Mag News editor
District 7 Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis came to his New Year’s Eve swearing-in ceremony with good news for Uptown gardeners. During transition meetings in Novem-
Free Christmas tree composting offered through January Seattle Public Utilities will be accepting Christmas trees and other holiday greens for free composting through Jan. 31. Residents are asked to place their tree and bundled greens next to their compost bins during collection days. Renters may place two trees next to each compost cart during each collection day at their apartment. Trees must be cut into lengths of four feet or less and be bare. Up to three trees per vehicle will also be accepted at SPU’s transfer stations for free through Jan. 31. The north station is at 1350 N. 34th St. in Fremont. More holiday recycling information can be found at seattle.gov/util/myservices/ wheredoesitgo.
ber and December, the new councilmember said he’d negotiated an agreement with Mayor Jenny Durkan and Deputy Mayor Mike Fong to keep the UpGarden P-Patch in place. Gardeners learned in late October that the P-Patch atop the Mercer Street Garage was slated for removal in fall
2020 to restore the roof for parking and accommodate visitors to the new Seattle Center arena. Lewis pledged to fight that decision, speaking to UpGardeners at their last meeting in November. A number of them joined him at the UpGarden for the Dec. UPGARDEN, Page 7
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Affordable housing project aiming for spring 2021 opening By Brandon Macz
QA&Mag News editor
Plymouth Housing will break ground on its Uptown affordable housing development on Thursday, Jan. 16. The affordable housing developer received its allocation of low income tax credits early last year
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and closed on financing in late December. The project is also being boosted by $6.9 million from the City of Seattle,
which will maintain ownership of the land at Second Avenue North PLYMOUTH, Page 12
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