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The South Lake Union neighborhood is expected to grow with over 20,000 new residents and employees in the next decade – growth which may also send CWB annual visitor numbers to 200,000 – a good reason to start thinking about purchasing your South Lake Union condo so you can walk to CWB. If traffic and gas prices are already giving you the blues, and you don’t have the happy option of sailing to CWB from elsewhere on the lake, don’t despair! Grab your bus pass, hop on that bike, or set up a carpool with a friend or fellow volunteer. Here’s a round up of some ways to get to CWB without worrying about parking. The Bus Routes: On a King County Metro bus $1.25 (or $1.50 during peak commuting hours) buys you a transfer which is good for fare on as many buses as you can hop in the next two hours or so. (My record is six!) An integrated system with Sound Transit also applies the cost of your transfer towards fare on a Sound Transit bus, or the Sounder train. On the weekends, $2.50 is the cost for a day pass, good for all your rides, all day. There are eleven bus routes with stops within half a mile of The Center for Wooden Boats. Route 70 travels between the University District and 3rd Ave. Downtown stopping at Fairview and Aloha, just east of CWB. On nights and Sundays, routes 71, 72, & 73 also stop on Fairview as they go between Downtown and the University District. Just at the east side of Lake Union Park, route 17 stops at 8th & Westlake, on a route which takes it between Downtown and Ballard. The 17 Express goes a more direct route to Ballard which doesn’t pass Lake Union, but the local route runs all day, seven days a week. A little farther east, at Dexter & Roy, you can be picked up or dropped off by routes 16, 26, and 28. Route 16 runs through Wallingcontinued on page May/June 2007
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FOUNDER’S REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 News from South Lake Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8 News from Cama Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 upcoming workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Junior Sailors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13 Feed and Caring of CWB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15 Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Shavings