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APRIL 1, 2020
VOL. 101, NO. 14
Queen Anne park makeover
12th West and West Howe project includes safety upgrades to slide
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By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor
Despite numerous plans being delayed in the city because of COVID-19 concerns, the renovation project at 12th West and West Howe Park in Queen Anne is on schedule. Seattle Conservation Corps members began work on the park’s upgrades last month. While that makes Queen Anne Community Council Parks Committee Chairman Don Harper happy, he considers what won’t be done at the park a bigger cause for celebration. “Well it’s kind of a weird little park,” Harper said. “What it’s got there is just an incredible slide, the kind of slide they now tear out because of safety (concerns). You’d never be able to put in a slide like this today.” When it was initially presented, the park project included removing the embankment slide, the only remaining piece of playground equipment at the park. Harper said when Parks & Recreation staff announced
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Queen Anne &Magnolia News file photo Instead of being torn out, the popular embankment slide at 12th West & West Howe Park in Queen Anne will receive safety improvements, including enlarging and replacing the landing pad and removing a trip hazard. Work has already begun on the project, set to conclude in late May or early June.
last summer they were going to have the slide torn out, he told them he didn’t think that was a good idea. He then spoke to neighbors and families in that part of Queen Anne and encouraged them to speak out. “It’s always been a favorite of the people around here,”
Harper said. To improve the safety of the slide, Karen O’Connor, Seattle Parks and Recreation senior public relations specialist, said the slide landing pad will be enlarged; a trip hazard removed; and improvements made to the safety bar at the top of the slide.
Safety improvements will also be made to the railing of the park’s staircase, which connects the neighborhood to 13th Avenue West. O’Connor said a bench will also be repaired; hazardous trees near the slide are going PROJECT, Page 8
Neighborhood chambers of commerce rallying behind local businesses affected by shutdown By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor
With neighborhood businesses struggling following the closures ordered by Gov. Jay Inslee in the effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, local business leaders in Magnolia and Queen Anne are doing what they can to help. In Magnolia, the Chambers of Commerce is paying close attention to how neighborhood businesses are faring and prioritizing their needs. “We’re really trying to get our arms around on how best to serve our members,” Magnolia Chamber Executive
Director Jason Thibeaux said. So far, the Magnolia chamber has taken a three-pronged approach to its response. The first is encouraging people to shop locally while sharing what business owners are doing to adjust to the closures and restrictions, Ann Goos, chamber communications specialist, said. “We want to promote and communicate the changes they’re doing to keep customers safe while pursuing novel ways to deliver hospitality and services,” Goos said. “We’re seeing a lot of creativity from our businesses.” To help share that information, the Chamber of Commerce has added a page
on its website that tells the public what businesses are still open, https://www. discovermagnolia.org/shop-local. The second is to be sure members are providing information about small business resources that can help them weather the challenges, such as what the city of Seattle is doing to help and links to services. Lastly, the chamber will advocate for the small business community in Magnolia with elected officials as much as possible, “so they really understand how important our business community is and, CHAMBERS, Page 8
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