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From our Bike Events Calendar
Feb1Wed6:00 pm Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Feb 1 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmMonthly agendas can be found at: http://www.seattle.gov/seattle-bicycle-advisory-board/meetings/meeting-agendas The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board (SBAB) advises the Mayor, City Council, and City Departments and Divisions on projects, policies, and programs that improve and/or affect bicycling conditions in Seattle. Responsibilities SBAB’s responsibilities include: … Continue readingFeb2Thu7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkFeb 2 @ 7:15 pm
Meet up in the center of the park at 7ish. Leave at 730. Every Thursday from now until forever rain or shine. Bikes, beers, illegal firepits, nachos, bottlerockets, timetraveling, lollygagging, mechanicals, good times.Feb4Sat9:00 am First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...Feb 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pmEvery month volunteers gather to collect garbage and help beautify our neighborhood. On average, we collect about 15 bags of garbage per clean up, which means 1,000’s of small pieces of plastic that do not find their way into Puget … Continue reading12:00 pm I-135 Community Canvass with Cen...I-135 Community Canvass with Cen...Feb 4 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pmI-135 Community Canvass with Central Seattle Greenways and MLK Labor Join us for a community canvass with Central Seattle Greenways, MLK Labor and House Our Neighbors! We’ll be going out in the Mt. Baker neighborhood to knock on doors and … Continue readingFeb6Mon6:00 pm SNG Phone Bank for I-135 @ ZoomSNG Phone Bank for I-135 @ ZoomFeb 6 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmRegister now to get out the vote for I-135 with fellow Greenways advocates! This is a virtual event on Zoom. Training will be provided – no prior phone banking experience necessary.I-135 – the only item on the February 14 ballot … Continue reading
Tag Archives: snohomish county
Regional trails get a new brand: The Leafline Trail Network
Puget Sound counties have selected one trail brand to rule them all: Leafline. The new name will describe “a network of over 400 miles of wide paved trails connecting communities throughout Snohomish, Kitsap, King and Pierce Counties,” according to King … Continue reading
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Tagged king county, king county parks, kitsap county, leafline, pierce county, snohomish county
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Snohomish County buys rail corridor in major regional trail missing link
After lengthy negotiations with the Port of Seattle, Snohomish County purchased a key stretch of rail corridor that could someday link the region’s trail network from Seattle to Skagit County. The purchase process was going strong back in 2013, but … Continue reading
Snohomish-to-Woodinville trail discussions fall apart, put on hold
Remember those amazing plans to build a 12-mile trail to connect the City of Snohomish (and the start of the Centennial Trail) to Woodinville, the Sammaish River/Burke-Gilman Trail and the Eastside Trail? Well, there’s bad news this week: Talks between … Continue reading
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Tagged eastside rail corridor, herald, karen guzak, snohomish, snohomish county, steven thomsen
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Watch: ‘Bike Snohomish County: It’s Here And Away’
With some fantastic trails, including the recently extended Centennial Trail, Snohomish County has teamed up with Washington Bikes to market itself as a bicycling destination. Though built-up neighborhoods and commercial districts in the county have a lot of work to … Continue reading
Feds will help restore section of Whitehorse Trail destroyed in Oso landslide
The Oso landslide devastated a community, took many lives and destroyed many homes. Some of what was lost can we rebuilt and recovered, but a lot cannot. FEMA has stepped in to help with much of the cost of recovering … Continue reading
Verdant Health Commission to fund Snohomish bike route connections
Snohomish County has bits and pieces of bike infrastructure. The problem is that very few of them are connected, and using a bike to get around often requires biking in the general traffic lanes on very busy streets for at … Continue reading
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Tagged cascade bicycle club, edmonds, lynnwood, mountlake terrace, snohomish county, verdant health commission
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Snohomish County sees its Centennial Trail as a link to the region’s history
Snohomish County sees the Centennial Trail as not just a great place to walk and bike, but as a way to connect communities and explore the area’s history. That’s according to the county’s fancy new website for the trail, which … Continue reading
Snohomish County approves purchase of 12 miles of Eastside Rail Corridor, plans trails
The Snohomish County Council approved purchase of 12 miles of the Eastside Rail Corridor with hopes of rehabbing the corridor to accommodate both a trail and rail movement. Unlike the miles of the Eastside Rail Corridor in King County, where … Continue reading
Extended Centennial Trail stretches to Skagit County border
Snohomish County celebrated a four-mile extension of the Centennial Trail in November, bringing the multi-use facility all the way to the Skagit County border. Starting almost 30 miles south in the City of Snohomish, the trail is built mostly on … Continue reading
Times: Monroe prisoners refurbish recovered bikes for people in need
Some prisoners in Monroe Correctional Complex are working to help give someone on the outside the freedom of a bicycle. The Seattle Times has a fantastic story today about the program, which is in its third year of fixing up … Continue reading
Lynnwood man struck and killed while biking near Brier
A 24-year-old man biking near Brier was struck by a pickup truck and died Saturday, according to the Everett Herald. The man, from Lynnwood, died at the scene of the 10:30 a.m. collision near the intersection of Atlas and Barker … Continue reading
