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Fremont residents learn how to push for safer streets
Fremont neighborhood residents gathered last Tuesday at the monthly Fremont Neighborhood Council meeting at the Doric Lodge to learn strategies for advocating for street safety improvements. Seattle Department of Transportation representatives outlined the city’s Vision Zero program, which aims to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. The city prioritizes safety projects using crash data and speed monitoring. While…
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New series: Stone Way Rising
Fremont Neighbor is launching a new series called “Stone Way Rising” that will take you on a journey through one of Fremont’s most dynamic corridors. We’ll walk Stone Way block by block, from the shores of Lake Union up to 45th Street, profiling the new developments, businesses, and changes that are reshaping this historic corridor. As new developments reshape Stone…
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Fremont Neighbor Notes for July 25-31
Hello, neighbors! Welcome to Fremont Neighbor Notes, a Friday guide to what’s happening around our community in the coming week. July 26: Seattle Scooper Sonics Litter Pickup – The Seattle Scooper Sonics will meet Saturday at 9 a.m. at Fremont Coffee, 459 N. 36th St., for their bi-weekly neighborhood cleanup followed by coffee and conversation. Volunteers should bring trash grabbers…
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Scoop on the scoop at Marmalade
A guest post by Zoe R. (9), an incoming 4th grader at Cascadia Elementary School. Marmalade is the wonderful, cozy, corner gelato store on Fremont Avenue North and North 42nd Street near B.F. Day Elementary School. Marmalade opened this summer after two years of anticipation from neighbors waiting to see what the new shop would bring. Now, on summer afternoons,…
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SDOT replacing Fremont Bridge’s 13-year-old bike counter
The Seattle Department of Transportation is replacing the Fremont Bridge’s iconic bike counter after the 13-year-old device was removed last month, the Seattle Bike Blog reported. The original counter, installed Oct. 12, 2012, was Seattle’s first bike counter with a real-time display and was funded partly by Cascade Bicycle Club, according to Seattle Bike Blog. The device tracked cycling activity…
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