The Friends of Ballard Corners Park are building a new park at 17th Ave NW and NW 62nd/63rd in Ballard. We need your help to create a fun place for play, relaxation and gathering. More….
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(c) David Folweiler and Gordon Waddell 2008
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Current Status
It's been a long winter, but spring is coming and buds are starting to grow at the park.
Our plans have been made and are going through various approval processes before going out to tender.
Hopefully we will be in construction this year.
Stay tuned for ways to continue to contribute - commemorative tiles will be available for purchase soon, and manual labor will be needed in the summer to prepare the site!
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The park is finally out to bid! After tons of review and oversight, the day is here. Construction firms are to bid on the “base bid” by May 28th. The base bid is the basic elements of the park – grading, irrigation, planting, etc. What is not included is the “living room”, the “corner store”, and the raingardens.
We hope to contract (at a reasonable price) with the low bidder on the base bid for all the additives.
If you want to see the bid documents, they are available online at https://www.ebidexchange.com/seattle/. Click on the solicitations tab to see Ballard Corners Park. Here's the advertisement.
Geraldine Hansen wrote this letter in response to a plea from Kay Reinartz in the Ballard News-Tribune for history about the site.
Rebekah Schilperoot of the Ballard News Tribune transcribed the typed letter:
I have lived in Ballard all my life and have been an ardent reader of the Ballard News-Tribune. I occasionally write letters to the editor when I get upset or concerned about issues that concerns my beloved Ballard or I find an error in one of their articles.
As of late I have been very interested in the 17th and 62nd Northwest (Ballard) Corner Park project and articles since I was raised on 17th and 63rd Street. I moved there about in 1983, living in the old family home that belonged to my grandmother and where my mother and her siblings were also raised. I lived in the old family home 1969 when the house was sold after both of my parents passed away.(more...)
