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Recycle Beyond the Cart: Free drop-off events for hard-to-toss stuff
Got a pile of foam packaging, dead batteries, worn-out electronics, or paper you’ve been meaning to shred? Seattle Public Utilities runs a program for exactly that. Beyond the Cart is a series of free Recycling & Reuse Collection events, for the odds and ends that don’t belong in your home recycle or compost carts. The events are free and open…
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Fremont’s summer business roundup
Seasons change and so does the Fremont business scene. We said goodbye to old friends and welcomed new ones. If you have any tips on businesses opening or closing, send them to editor@fremontneighbor.com. Saying goodbye Purple Cafe and Wine Bar (3400 Stone Way N) closed Aug. 1. According to the Heavy Restaurant Group, they were “unable to generate the sales…
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Fremont rents more than Seattle, but sweats the rent less, data shows
The City of Seattle has released a new demographic snapshot of Fremont, and the data describes a neighborhood with more renters, smaller households, and higher incomes than the city as a whole. The Office of Planning and Community Development produced a Neighborhood Snapshot for each of Seattle’s 53 Community Reporting Areas, compiling commonly requested figures on population, housing, income, education,…
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The Bryant Lumber Company in Fremont
When the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle was founded in 1888, its developers organized a business, Fremont Milling Company, at the small canal at the northwest corner of Lake Union. Timber was cleared from Fremont’s hillsides and skidded down to the water to await cutting into lumber for housebuilding. Cut lumber could be loaded onto the railroad and sent into downtown…
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The August Forum is here
This month’s issue leads with the Fremont Library, which closes Aug. 9 for an HVAC overhaul that will turn it into one of the city’s new cooling and smoke shelters. It won’t reopen until November, so we laid out what pauses, what moves to Ballard, and where to send your holds in the meantime. Also inside: a visit to The…
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