SSH Vacant Lots: Round 2!!!
It's true, out of the 82 entries the City of Seattle's Design Commission received, there were only 13 finalists, and WE'RE ONE OF THEM! Check out the PI's article below - inside there's also a link to the Design Commission's website, where you'll find SSH's narrative describing our idea of the Community Rink.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? MORE HELP IS NEEDED! Find the attached questionnaire:
This is due by Friday 6/25. Anything you can offer here in the comments will be helpful. I'll be submitting the completed questionnaire on Friday, will be working on most of it Thursday night, and I have fencing costs covered. You have info? Submit it here by leaving a comment!
One thing I'm really interested in: LOCATIONS! I know a few ideas have been tossed around already. I want that info again including: a pic or two, neighborhood, address, nearby landmarks, and property's owner/agent with contact info. That last bit is very important.
MORE TO COME
There's also a workshop coming up in the latter half of July where one of us will be making a short presentation about our idea. I will provide that info soon. Start thinking about who will represent our group then, as I and a few others have already done our share.
Can the dream be realized? Only you can help determine that.
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Comment by Jay Brown on June 26, 2010 at 11:54pm
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Regarding the lacrosse connection mentioned... community street hockey rinks double as lacrosse boxes throughout Canada. This is a common dual use for these facilities and increases interest/usership for these facilities. Plus, lacrosse is booming in the Seattle area and kids are always looking for more places to play. I'd suggest reaching out to the Washington Stealth (stealthlax.com), Walax.com and the WA chapter of US Lacrosse (uslax-wa.org). I think the lax community would be a good ally.
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Comment by Alan on June 25, 2010 at 2:15pm
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Good job guys. The proposal made it into the finalist.
http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Design_Commission/Overview/DPDS...
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Comment by Brad Marsh on June 25, 2010 at 9:55am
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that is awesome. good luck with that hope u guys get it! i can throw in a few bucks and i have tons of extra equipment for goalies, thats about it. :)
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Comment by ML on June 24, 2010 at 8:19pm
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More thoughts.
- There's a strong contingent of MSFT'ers who play hockey (GSHL and otherwise) so there's a potential audience there for me to poll/loop in if necessary.
- Is there anything we can do in the meantime to make the city see how interested and well downright awesome we are and why they should choose us?
- Andre, anything the America/Canada society can do for us here?
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Comment by jeff on June 24, 2010 at 8:12pm
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Yes, Saliba would be a great presenter. He might be sporting that 'Duncan Keith' look after tonight.
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Katherine raises a good point...with the effort and potential money/elbow grease we're all going to be putting into this, we'd better guarantee a way we'd have the rink when we'd want it. BUT...if we can get other groups behind us with their understanding that we get dibs, I think the City will be more willing to invest in this.
My answers to the questions:
1) No idea how much we'd need. Maybe Benny can price it out since he's good with hammers and shit. Cash would be spent on boards, fences above the boards to keep balls from flying into traffic (Bubbles), paving.
2) I think we need money? We could raise some and do some out of pocket too.
3) I bet I'm not the only one willing to swing the hammers needed to put the boards up. For equipment, we'd need a paver and cement mixer (for foundations).
4) No idea.
5) Drainage would be a bonus but not required. A port-o-potty or the like too, unless there's a store nearbye.
6) Flat and paved/smooth. SOmewhere to store the nets, like a shed.
7) Maintenance - repaving once in a while. Other than that, nuthin. Security - none, it's a slab of concrete.
8) No idea
9) Koh's truck.
Also, I think we should have Kelly or Katherine join the group of people presenting. Having a female contingent would show that we're co-ed, family friendly, etc etc. Kath/Kelly, Vinny, Saliba, Adam all come to mind as good potential presenters.
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Comment by Katherine Cortes on June 24, 2010 at 5:14pm
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Kudos Adam and all contributors! Beautiful proposal, that well deserved to go through.
I'm happy to help present in July if desired, though I know nothing about paving logistics.
Just one thought about connections with other groups - the more the space caters to a variety of uses, the more competition/crowding there could be for weekend time slots. Of course we should be inclusive, but we do want to be able to use this space regularly!
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Comment by Anthony on June 24, 2010 at 5:08pm
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The Hockey Rink proposal for the empty Sunset Bowl lot is in My Ballard today, everyone should comment and let's get support!
http://www.myballard.com/2010/06/24/ballard-vacant-lots-could-becom...
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This is so fricken awesome I'm almost speechless. Will read the questionnaire today when not juggling two monkeys and will get back to you. So sweet!!!!
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Comment by Adam on June 24, 2010 at 12:15am
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Right, connections are good. If you can make contact, get our general point across, and get verbal support, that's a great start and all I need right now.
If you can do this by Thursday night, provide me with at least a name and name of organization - I/they don't need details or final commitments at this point; dropping names is very helpful. Details can come later.
Press Peto and Vinnie if indeed they know peeps in the local hockey groups.
If I can't get it now, I'll take it later. The questionnaire will give the Design Commission and potential partners (property owners) a general idea of what resources would need to be committed to make it work.
Happy hunting.
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