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Lantern Walk, Saturday, November 4, 2017 @ 6 PM
Cheasty Lantern Walk, 2017
WHEN: Saturday, November 4th at 6:00 PM
WHERE: Start at Central Park in Rainier Vista, End at S Alaska Pl steps to Mt. View.
WHAT: Cheasty Annual Lantern Walk
See the flyer below for more details.
Will You Be Mine: Cheasty Community Restoration Event
Saturday, February 4, 10 AM to 12 PM. Join us for a restoration party and watch your children enjoy nature and participate in special activities.… read more
#OptOutside : Will you go out with us?
#OptOutside for Cheasty and turn Black Friday into Green Friday! We are joining REI outside, far from the flourescent aisles, to plant trees in Cheasty Greenspace and then travel to Duthie Hill in Issaquah to ride mountain bikes together.
WHAT: #OptOutside 2016, build community, restore the woods, envision the future
WHEN: Black … read more
Candy Cane & Clementine Hunt: Saturday, December 3 @ 10 AM
It is time for our annual Candy Cane & Clementine Hunt! Bring your little ones (and a gathering bag) to Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View for a woodland hunt for seasonal delights. For ages 5 and under.
WHAT: Candy Cane & Clementine Hunt
WHERE: Cheasty Greenspace at Mountain View
WHEN: Saturday, December 3 @ … read more
Third Annual Lantern Walk! Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 @ 5 PM
Come to the Third Annual Lantern Walk on Saturday, November 5, 2016.
As days get shorter and nights grow longer, we gather and walk together carrying lanterns to celebrate the bright spirit of our community. Led by music, we will walk as a group through New Rainier Vista, cross S. Columbian Way, and walk … read more
Cheasty Project Update
Hi friends, Seattle Parks and Recreation recently updated the Cheasty Project Site. Have a read if you want to get an update on the project.
The Cheasty Mountain Bike and Pedestrian Trail Pilot Project will provide recreational opportunities for families and neighbors to access nature
FCGMV Press Release: SEPA
Friends of Cheasty Greenspace/Mt.View (FCGMV) Move Forward with the Design Process for the Cheasty Mountain Bike/Pedestrian Trail Pilot (01/28/16)
The Friends of Cheasty Greenspace/Mt. View (FCGMV), the community organization behind the Cheasty Mountain Bike/Pedestrian Trail Pilot Project, continue to move forward with the trail design process by gathering necessary environmental data. The recent SEPA DNS … read more
Message to Supporters
Dear Supporters:
We deeply appreciate the tremendous energy and dedication in this community to work towards equitable nature access in Southeast Seattle. Working together, we have made great progress in the restoration of Cheasty Greenspace, weathered years of public meetings, and kept the dream alive. We grow with the strength of our shared vision for … read more
Candy Cane Clementine Hunt, Dec. 5 @ 10 AM
The annual Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View Candy Cane and Clementine Hunt is on December 5 at 10 AM! Bring your little ones and a gathering bag to Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View for a woodland hunt for seasonal delights. For ages 5 and under.
S Alaska Pl Staircase Recommended for Funding!
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has recommended that the City Council provide FCGMV with a Neighborhood Park & Street Fund in order to complete the staircase and landscaping at the South Alaska Place street end! This project will be done in partnership with Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, Seattle Department of Transportation, Seattle Department … read more
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Load moreA primary vision for Cheasty Greenspace is to co-create a safe and welcoming neighbor-wood where children can feel autonomous and free to play and explore. This is a critical precursor to the increasingly hard-to-come-by experiences of awe and wonder as well as what Thomas Berry would call one’s “primary referent.”
A contemporary generation of urban neighborhood children have now grown up knowing these woods as their patch of good earth. More urban green spaces should be recovered and restored to suppprt a relationship with the more-than-human world.
www.thenatureofcities.com/2018/04/14/sense-wonder-missing-ingredient-long-term-value-nature/
A Sense of Wonder: The Missing Ingredient to a Long-Term Value for Nature? – The Nature of Cities
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“For the child….it is not half as important to know as to feel. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.” —Rachel Carson, 1965, p.58. The natural world is essential t...Calling all Friends of the Cheasty Fairies! It appears that our fairy friends’ homes in our neighborwood suffered quite a bit of damage last night, and sadly, not on account of the storm 😔 If you, or someone you know, has the inkling to help out our fairy folk with some new doors or imaginative tiles, the invitation is before you.
The magical idea of these wee friends has helped many a young one get around the Hazelnut Loop and ignited the imagination to see more!I will keep this in mind! Also I have tiles, wood pieces, paint, and endless pretty bobbles and things to share with anyone who may want to help the fairies. 🙂
That's so sad. Maybe we will make some too Melissa Todd
Thank you friends!
Could you please provide a little guidance on ways to attach doors to trees that cause no damage or an acceptably small amount of damage to the trees?
Hi friends,
The Cheasty Greenspace work party this Saturday, April 7, is canceled due to high winds in forecast — sometimes limbs from the elderly big leaf maples in Cheasty hit the forest floor during storms, so we’re playing if safe this weekend.
See you April 21 at View Point Park for our next big work party!
Hi friends, the work party this Saturday,
April 7 is canceled due to high winds in forecast — sometimes limbs from the elderly big leaf maples in Cheasty hit the forest floor during storms, so we’re playing if safe this weekend.
See you April 21 at View Point Park for our next big work party.