Each station will have a unique opening event to kick off the Labor Day weekend, featuring night markets, food trucks, and entertainment. All events take place 4 – 8pm and will be produced by local community groups, with sponsorship from Sound Transit. (Sound Transit event link)
North City is excited to have the Shoreline North station in its own backyard and is throwing a party to celebrate! Join the fun, and "Let’s Get Moving!"
Enjoy a vibrant mix of dance and music with performances from Shorecrest and Shorewood Hip Hop teams, Mak Fai Lion Dance, and BOOTS, a lively ‘60s Go-Go Dance Party.
North City is excited to have the Shoreline North station in its own backyard and is throwing a party to celebrate! Join the fun, and "Let’s Get Moving!"
Enjoy a vibrant mix of dance and music with performances from Shorecrest and Shorewood Hip Hop teams, Mak Fai Lion Dance, and BOOTS, a lively ‘60s Go-Go Dance Party.
Keep the energy up with DJ Kurt Bloch and Emcee Troy Nelson from KEXP. Head to the upstairs deck for bike and scooter demos from Lime, plus free helmet giveaways.
Indulge in a variety of eats at the Food Village, featuring food trucks and local vendors, and explore the marketplace on the main plaza with goods and information from public agencies, nonprofits, and local artisans. For more detailed information, see the North City Neighborhood Association webpage.
It's a family-friendly party to kick off your holiday weekend and discover the new station!
About the North City Neighborhood Association
North City is one of 14 Shoreline neighborhoods, created at the city’s founding in 1995. Through the neighborhoods program, the City supports neighborhood associations to facilitate residents working together to improve their community and neighborhood.
Neighborhood volunteers create a sense of community in their neighborhoods by organizing social events, coordinating Shoreline Watch activities, implementing Neighborhood Mini-Grant projects, planning speakers, and sharing information through newsletters, websites, and social media.
Mark Notermann
North City Neighborhood Association Chair/Communications Director
It's a family-friendly party to kick off your holiday weekend and discover the new station!
About the North City Neighborhood Association
North City is one of 14 Shoreline neighborhoods, created at the city’s founding in 1995. Through the neighborhoods program, the City supports neighborhood associations to facilitate residents working together to improve their community and neighborhood.
Neighborhood volunteers create a sense of community in their neighborhoods by organizing social events, coordinating Shoreline Watch activities, implementing Neighborhood Mini-Grant projects, planning speakers, and sharing information through newsletters, websites, and social media.
Mark Notermann
North City Neighborhood Association Chair/Communications Director
- NCNA website: https://northcityna.org/
- NCNA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/northcityneighbors
- NCNA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/northcityneighborhoodassoc/
- Sound Transit event page: https://www.soundtransit.org/snocolink/events
Love that this events are happening, sad that there aren't sidewalks to safely get from 15th down 185th, or along either side of 10th Ave between 175th and 185th. It's like all the residents of North City within walking distance are supposed to just dodge (increasing) traffic to take advantage of the new station. Not to mention all the kids along this stretch of 10th that catch school busses. Making these areas safe for pedestrians has come up on this site before, but it's just hitting home for me more now that the station is opening and I'm thinking about my younger ones walking down these busy roads on rainy days.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous is entirely correct, but whenever you put a rail station next to a highway, you've already ensured that it can't really be walkable, nor can crucial transit-oriented development (TOD) occur so people can live realistically without cars. That's exactly why the entire ST3 package makes just a 1% dent in greenhouse emissions, and why Sound Transit is covering lower and lower shares of its expenses from fares, which slows system expansion and reduces service. Since 1986, Vancouver, BC has operated a rail network that turns a profit while running every 3 minutes. A big part of that is keeping their stations away from highways that are major barriers to walking.
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