Greenwood Community Updates

April 16, 2026

Here are some community announcements affecting Greenwood this month. Topics in this email include:

• Upcoming Greenwood Community Council Meetings
• Celebrate Earth Day: Beyond the Cart recycling event at the Phinney Center – Saturday, April 18
• Sandel Park Community Cleanup Day hosted by Phinneywood Neighbors Protecting Neighbors – Sunday, April 26
• Neighbor Day in Alice Ball Park – Saturday, May 2
• Share your priorities for future regionwide transit via Sound Transit’s 5-minute survey
• Seattle Mayor’s Office: Join an Upcoming Rental Junk Fee Town Hall
• Request a Meeting with District 6 Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss

Upcoming Greenwood Community Council Meetings

The Greenwood Community Council meets at the Greenwood Library at 6:30pm on most third Tuesdays of the month. More details will be sent to this email list when we get closer to these meetings.

• April 21: Planning for a Business Improvement Area and Local Business Update (see this post for more more detail) — Also: Vote on proposed GCC bylaws changes
• May 19: “Downtown” Greenwood – Planned New Development and Emerging Issues (tentative)
• June 16: Health and Safety on and around Aurora Avenue (tentative)

Celebrate Earth Day: Beyond the Cart recycling event at the Phinney Center – Saturday, April 18

Seattle neighbors have a great opportunity to celebrate Earth Day a little early this year at the upcoming Beyond the Cart recycling event at the Phinney Center. Taking place on Saturday, April 18 from 9 am to 1 pm in the lower Brick Building parking lot, this free drop-off event makes it easy to responsibly recycle items that don’t belong in your regular curbside bin. More information in this blogpost about what types of items will be accepted.

Sandel Park Community Cleanup Day hosted by Phinneywood Neighbors Protecting Neighbors – Sunday, April 26

Phinneywood Neighbors Protecting Neighbors is hosting a Community Cleanup Day at Sandel Park (9053 1st Ave NW) on Sunday, April 26 at 11am. Meet at the north end by the basketball courts. Invite your friends and neighbors!

Neighbor Day in Alice Ball Park – Saturday, May 2

Join us for Neighbor Day at Alice Ball Park (8102 Greenwood Avenue N) on Saturday, May 2nd from 10:30am-1:30pm to read a book, join story time, participate in a neighborhood litter pick-up or learn more about local organizations! A planned schedule of events is included below. If you plan to hangout and read a book, please bring a blanket or chair to sit on! You can bring your own book or pick up one at the event. Drip coffee will be provided by Couth Buzzard. Greenwood Community Council, Seattle Public Library – Greenwood Branch, Friends of Alice Ball Park, and Couth Buzzardare co-hosting the event.

Event timeline:

• 10:00-10:30am: Before the event, stop by Couth Buzzard (8310 Greenwood Ave N) for their Story Time
• 10:30am: Event starts at Alice Ball Park, information booths are open and community is invited to sit down with a good book to read in the park
• 11:00am: A Seattle Public Library Librarian hosts Bi-lingual Story Timewith the book I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy by Mychal Threets
• 11:30am: Story Time craft
• 12:00pm: Litter clean-up begins – meet up at Alice Ball Park to begin, supplies provided
• 1:30pm: Event ends

If you would like to share about this event with your neighbors, feel free to share this calendar link. Please email info@greenwoodcommunitycouncil.org with any questions. See you on Neighbor Day!!

Share your priorities for future regionwide transit via Sound Transit’s 5-minute survey

From this webpage on Sound Transit’s site: Capital and operating costs have risen significantly since voters approved the Sound Transit 3 Plan in 2016, and they’re continuing to escalate faster than contemplated 10 or even five years ago. ST3 includes light rail extensions to West Seattle, Ballard, Tacoma, and Everett, new service between South Kirkland and Issaquah, and much more.  If the agency does nothing to counter these rising costs, combined with lower revenue projections, completing Sound Transit’s expansion program will become unaffordable. Current estimates show a long-term funding gap of approximately $34.5 billion over the next 20 years. To fulfill the vision for regionwide transit that voters approved in ST3, we must adapt, and we want to hear from you. Take the survey to share your priorities.

Seattle Mayor’s Office: Join an Upcoming Rental Junk Fee Town Hall

Sign up at this link so the Seattle Mayor’s Office “can keep you updated on upcoming Rental Junk Fee Town Halls happening across the city — and how you can take part. Join a session to share what you’ve been charged and help shape what comes next.” More information in this blogpost.

Request a Meeting with District 6 Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss

From District 6 Councilmember Dan Strauss’ most recent e-newsletter: “If you live or work in District 6 and would like to meet with Councilmember Strauss, please fill out this form. His team will reach out to you to schedule and address your issues.If you do not need to meet, but want to reach out to his office, please email dan.strauss@seattle.gov or call us at (206) 684-8806.”