A Night to Celebrate
Over 200 people gathered last Saturday night, October 12th, to celebrate Madison Park, bid on silent and live auction items, meet new neighbors, learn more about Friends of Madison Park and bottom line, have a fun evening. The generosity of our sponsors, our auction donors, and our guests made this celebration of our community a success well beyond our highest hopes. You helped raise $115,000 in one incredible evening!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
These funds provide a solid foundation on which Friends of Madison Park will continue to build and provide our community with the events and projects that have begun over the past 18 months and ensure the ability to add more going forward.
In partnership with our local businesses and the community, these funds will help with the costs of events like Music in the Park and the Easter Egg Hunt, the Garden Tour and the Children’s Parade and Picnic, next summer’s Farmer’s Market and the ongoing project to beautify and maintain our business district with lights and plantings. With these funds, Friends of Madison Park can also pursue the goal of renovating our 1910 Bathhouse as a multi-use gathering place and the restoration of our beach, dock and park to be enjoyed by all. And so so much more.
Enjoy this Video about what Friends of Madison Park means to our community.
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LITTLE BEATS CONCERT SERIES HAS BEGUN!!!!
Our Little Beats Kids Concert Series got underway Saturday October 5 at Pioneer Hall. 80 children and parents came to dance and wiggle along with Eli Rosenblatt on a perfect Fall day. The series continues on November 2nd with Brian and His Good Buddies. See the season line-up and purchase tickets HERE $5/person online or at the door. Show starts at 11-12, the first Saturday of each month through March. Pioneer Hall is located at 1642 43rd Ave E, just south of the beach.
DON’T MISS HALLOWEEN IN MADISON PARK
McGilvra School Update
Next Monday, October 21, the School District is scheduled to release the five schools slated for closure. Despite the smaller number of schools proposed, McGilvra remains at risk because the district is looking only at building condition and capacity in its assessment, ignoring other important metrics like test scores, teacher retention, and student climate surveys (areas where McGilvra shines).
The McGilvra PTA again urges the neighborhood to encourage the School Board to vote against closure. Click this link to use the template. Replace the asterisks with your own personal story of what McGilvra has meant to you, your kids and the neighborhood, edit the subject line if you want, and sign and send it. This message will go to all the school board directors, as well as advocacy@mcgilvrapta.org to help the directors know how many people are speaking up.
2025 FARMER’S MARKET UPDATE
Friends of Madison Park and the Seattle Farmer’s Market Association have been meeting with our local shop owners, listening to concerns and preferences and have agreed on bringing the Market to our neighborhood on Saturday mornings from 10-2 beginning in June-September. The Market will be located on 42nd Ave E between E Blaine and E. Madison. The SFMA representatives will attend our next Neighborhood meeting on Monday October 28 at 6:30 at the Bathhouse to provide more details..
VOLUNTEER FOR OUR FALL CLEAN-UP
Join us for Our Next Neighborhood Meeting Monday October 28 at 6:30 at the Bathhouse.
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