There is plenty to see at Discovery Park, and now you can learn more about the trees!

Arborist Tours: they will host two Arborist Tours, one on Friday, Feb. 23 and one on Monday, Feb. 26. The tours will start at the Discovery Park Environmental Learning Center parking lot at 12 noon. They expect the tour will take one hour. The tour will provide the opportunity for community members to walk through the park and learn more about our preventative maintenance efforts with one of our certified arborists.

Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Preventative Tree Maintenance crew will begin preventative tree work at Discovery Park in February 2018. This work is part of their Preventative Tree Maintenance Program, which aims to reduce risk related to trees and improve the long-term health of trees throughout our parks system.

The work at Discovery Park will include trees at Discovery Park, Discovery Park Boulevard and Daybreak Star. This work will address trees that were surveyed by a contractor in the summer of 2016. Trees that have been inventoried and have some recommendation of work are indicated by blue tags. The recommended work ranges from a more thorough inspection to tree pruning or full tree removal.

All trees included in this inventory are within a 50′ buffer zone of high-use areas, including areas bordering streets, parking lots, education centers, paved trails, and play areas and playgrounds. Crews will not be working in natural areas of the park unless the natural area borders one of these high-use areas.

Discovery Park will remain open during this work; trail detours and periodic closures of specific areas may occur. Work will begin along Emerson St. and continue counterclockwise to the entrance of the park. In total, Seattle Parks and Recreation will address 166 trees.

The long-term health of both natural areas and wildlife are important to the department. When staff consider the location to be appropriate, wildlife habitat snags, decayed wood, and sometimes whole dead trees will be retained in our natural area system. Seattle Parks and Recreation staff is working closely with the Green Seattle Partnership on this project.

The Seattle Park District provides more than $400,000 annually for the Preventative Tree Maintenance Program.

Click here for more information and updates about the project. . If you have questions about the project, please contact Chris Rippey at  Christopher.Rippey@seattle.gov or 206-386-1688.

Tomorrow Nutty Squirrel will be donating 15% of their proceeds to Our Lady of Fatima School from 3:30-7pm.  Principal Ford will be there scooping from 3:30-5pm.  Along with regular gelato, they will also be serving gelato tacos. Swing by for a scoop!

Oliver’s Twist, the Village restaurant for sale on Craig’s List for some time, has a new incarnation. After a minor remodel is completed, the place becomes Yume, a sushi and craft cocktail establishment, according to published sources.

The new restaurant, which name translates to “dreaming,” is the dream of chef JP Kim, currently of Shiku in Ballard. Chef Kim’s wife, Mandy Kim, will be in charge of the operation at Yume.

Awaiting approval by the Liquor Board, Yume’s 36-seat location at 3217 W. McGraw Street will cater to families, unlike Oliver’s Twist which was 21+. No word on an opening date.

Welcome and best of luck to the new venture.

Seattle Department of Neighborhoods invites all Seattle residents to celebrate Neighbor Day on Saturday, February 10 by indulging in random acts of kindness. Neighbor Day is a special day set aside to reach out to neighbors, make new friends, and express thanks to those who help make our neighborhoods a great place to live. Residents, businesses, and community groups throughout Seattle are invited to participate.

Here are ways you can participate in Neighbor Day:

*   Do something nice for a neighbor: take them to coffee, clean up their yard, bake them some cookies, invite them for a walk.
*   Organize a neighborhood potluck, open house, or work party. It can be as big or simple as you want.
*   Join in a neighborhood service project to clean up a park, plant trees, or organize a neighborhood cleanup.
*   Hold a bake sale for charity or to raise money for a neighborhood project.
*   Use social media to share a “great neighbor” story with #NeighborDay.

If you are looking for more ideas, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has an extensive list on their website. They also have a list of participation ideas for local businesses or community groups.

If you choose to host an event that is open to the public, you can post it to the Neighbor Day online events calendar.

Join Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and thousands of community members in celebration of what makes Seattle great – our neighbors! Click here for more information or contact Sam Read at sam.read@seattle.gov.

Our Lady of Fatima School will be hosting their Open House Sunday, January 28th from 11:30am-1pm. Everyone is welcome to walk through the school and meet the staff. OLF will be offering some exciting new opportunities to their families next year including an all-day preschool option and after school care. They still have a few limited spots available for this year and next, so if you are curious, they would love to see you there!

Click here for more information.