Turn the Page to 2025
It’s A New Year and a new schedule for our Neighborhood Meetings (see below).
In the coming year, Friends of Madison Park will be working with neighbors to better understand and respond to the One Seattle Plan. We will be exploring renovation of the Bathhouse and restoration of Madison Park Beach in partnership with Seattle Parks and Seattle Parks Foundation. Friends will be investing continued energy to make even better the fun events and successful projects of the past year, increasing focus on the safety of our neighborhood, crosswalks and businesses and the retention of McGilvra Elementary School.
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS: NEW SCHEDULE!!!
We are switching up the day and time for our neighborhood meetings in 2025.
Meetings will be held the first Tuesday of the month. New time is 7:00-8:30 p.m. Meetings will be at the Bathhouse through the school year and that location will be revisited at the end of May.
Please mark you calendars! These dates are posted on our A boards and in the Events Calendar:
February 4, March 4, No April, May 6, June 3, No July, August 5, September 2, No October, November 4, December 2.
If you miss a meeting, you can always LIVE STREAM our meetings or catch up later HERE.
2025 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Mark you Calendars for the planned events in 2025. Other items are in the works and details will be coming soon:
Proposed Event Calendar
Little Beats Concerts- February 1 and March 1
Spring Cleanup - March 22, 2025
Seattle's First Easter Egg Hunt - April 5th, 2025
Garden Tour - June 7, 2025 at 10AM
Children's Parade - July 12, 2025
Music in the Park - Thursdays in August
Art Walk - September, date TBD
Party for the Park - October, date TBD
Halloween Trick or Treating - October 31, 2025
Fall Cleanup - November 15, 2025
Holiday Activities - December 13, 2025 (Pending Christmas Ships)
ONE SEATTLE PLAN
Thanks to all who submitted letters to Seattle’s Department of Planning and Development and to Joy Hollingsworth’s office regarding the One Seattle Plan. A neighborhood committee has been formed and is now working on a response to the increased density proposals of the One Seattle Plan. If you are interested in volunteering with this committee, please reach out to volunteer@friendsofmadisonpark.com.
Every neighborhood in Seattle is pushing back on the One Seattle Plan, and Madison Park is not exempt from changes that are coming. We would like to present a thoughtful, well-researched and reasoned counter proposal to our Neighborhood Center designation.
If there is a neighbor who is a land use attorney, we could use your expertise. If there are neighbors who have expertise in urban planning, environmental science and ecology, water management and hydrology, geotechnical engineering, infrastructure, transportation, or historical and cultural preservation- these are all areas that we would like to be sure are weighed by the Council before the final plan is submitted to the legislature in June 2025.
Mark your calendars- Our Neighborhood Meeting on Tuesday, February 4th at 7:00 at the Bathhouse will focus on the details of the One Seattle Plan. There is also a public hearing with the Seattle City Council on Wednesday February 5th at 5:00.
Want to learn more in the meantime? Start HERE.
Little Beats Concert with Assay the Dragon Dreamer had over 130 attending on January4th! and the fun doesn’t stop there. Get tickets HERE or at the door for AlleyOop in February 1 and Johnny Bregar on March 1.
EMERGENCY HUB IN MADISON PARK
DID YOU KNOW? Many Seattle neighborhoods have a designated meeting place for neighbors after an earthquake (or other disaster) called an Emergency Communication Hub. Madison Park has an active hub, located near the playground tennis courts, which will be activated if regular communications are disrupted.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY Visit our Seattle Emergency Hubs page to learn what else the hubs offer, and how you can get involved in disaster preparedness.
This tip courtesy of the volunteer-run Madison Park Emergency Hub; to connect with neighbors and get preparedness support and resources, join our mailing list by mailing us at madparkhub@gmail.com.
Last Chances to Attend McGilvra Elementary School Tour January 10th and January 24th.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!!!
Our Volunteer page has a New Look and We need Your Help for day of Events, Planning, One Seattle Plan and MORE in 2025! We have a new Volunteer Coordinator, Cecilia Walker, and she will connect you quickly to the project/event of your choice.
Take a Look, give it a whirl- Promise, you won’t regret getting involved; so many great neighbors to meet and so many great opportunities to help your community. Click HERE.
