For over 60 years Wallingford has played host to the longest running Seafair Parade, known as the Kiddie Parade.  Families come from far and near to watch, participate in and enjoy this traditional event.  This year, our parade will be held on Saturday July 6^th beginning at 11AM.

The Parade is growing and expanding this year and has been renamed the Wallingford Family Parade and Festival, to reflect the importance of our collective neighborhood family.  The parade will still feature kids as major participants but will also include families and local businesses. Drill teams, local marching bands and family oriented organizations will be represented in the Parade.

The Parade will be followed by the Wallingford Family Festival at the Meridian Park adjacent to the Good Shepherd Center beginning at 12PM and running through 5PM. The festival portion of the day will include local vendors selling handicrafts, booths featuring demonstrations and food vendors. There will also be plenty of activities for kids, including bouncy houses and games. Two stages will present the music of local bands and kids’ music groups. Plenty of fun and variety for all our Wallingford Family!

For more information about the Wallingford Family Parade and Festival we invite you to visit the event web site at www.visitwallingford.org.

2012 Application Form

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WallingfordDesign Awards Committee

WallingfordNeighborhood Office

2100 – A N. 45^th Street

Seattle,WA 98103

wno@wallingford.org

Application may be submitted in electronic or hard copy format.

The Wallingford Design Awards Committee invites allWallingfordhomeowners to submit their home projects for consideration in the Wallingford Home Awards. The Wallingford Design Awards Committee will review applications at its regular meetings and visit selected homes. Recognition is given to those projects that relate to and enhance our community and meet the unique needs of those living in the home. 

ELIGIBILITY:   Only homes in the Wallingfordneighborhood will be considered (the Wallingfordneighborhood is located between I-5 and Aurora North, and between North 60^th Street andLakeUnion).  The home must be occupied by the owner. Construction must have been substantially completed no more than eight years prior to the application deadline. Detached accessory dwellings and backyard cottages will also be considered.

It is the intent of the Committee to visit all the finalists for awards prior to the final decision. Those that involve the interior of the home would need to include a visit inside. Thus to be eligible for such an award the home must be available for a brief tour by a few members of the Committee.

The focus is on single family residences: new, remodeled and expanded.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

The application deadline for this year’s awards is June 1, 2012.

SUBMIT APPLICATION TO:         

WallingfordDesign Awards Committee

WallingfordNeighborhood Office

2100 – A N. 45^th Street

Seattle,WA 98103

wno@wallingford.org

Application may be submitted in electronic or hard copy format.

 SUBMITTAL DATE:_________  

SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE:__________

HOMEOWNER:__________________________________________

ADDRESS:___________________________________________ 

PHONE:______________________________________________

EMAIL:______________________________________________

TYPE OF PROJECT:___________________________________ 

(new, remodel, addition, etc.)

PROJECT SIZE:_____________sq. ft.

ARCHITECT/DESIGNER:_______________________________

CONTRACTOR:_______________________________________

ENGINEERS/SUBCONTRACTORS:_______________________

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT:

Please attach a description of your home and the scope of work.  What makes this project special?  How does it relate to its neighbors and the neighborhood?  Have special considerations been given to energy efficiency, history, green design or other criteria?  Was the work guided by a particular design philosophy?

Attach at least two exterior photos; additional exterior or interior photos and additional graphic materials that help describe the project, such as floor plans, before and after pictures, or sketches may be included.

TOUR AVAILABILITY (optional)

We would like to showcase well-designed homes and home projects in the Wallingford Home Tour in October.  Will this house be available for inclusion in the Wallingford Home Tour in October?      Yes / No

(Tour availability is NOT a requirement for recognition.)

Call For Garden Tour Volunteers!  We are also looking for volunteers to help with the Garden Tour.  This is a great way to meet your neighbors. You don’t have to be a gardening guru (you don’t even need to have a green thumb!) to be a big help. Students can earn Community Service Hours.  Things we need help with are:

• A Wallingford Artist to provide the flower art for this year’s Garden Tour poster.
• People to help on the day of the tour by babysitting gardens so that the garden owners can actually go on the tour.
• People to help sell tickets on the day of the tour.
• People to put out yard signs announcing the tour on Sunday, June 17th or Monday the 18th.
• People to pick up the yard signs in the afternoon of tour day, June 24th, or on Monday, June 25th

Call Janet at the Neighborhood Association Office for more info at (206) 406-0615 or send us an Email at WNA@wallingford.org.

Also, the route of the Wallingford Seafair Kiddies Parade will be changed.  The parade will form up and start at the same place, (the corner of Corliss Ave. and 45th Street) then move west to Wallingford Ave., then turn South on Wallingford Ave. and proceed to the Park (between 42nd and 43rd) and disperse there.  The performance area and judges will be in the same place, at the corner of 45th and Wallingford Ave.  Wallingford Ave. will be closed from 42nd to 45th during the parade only, and then will be opened and remain open all day.

More information will be posted here and in the Wallingford Enews as it becomes available.

The Wallingford neighborhood office, which is shared by the Wallingford Community Council, Wallingford Neighborhood Association, and the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce, is a busy place, but we don’t always have the equipment and resources we need to keep doing a great job for our neighborhood.

If you could donate any of the items below, or cash for us to purchase them, it would allow our Wallingford Neighborhood Volunteers to focus energy on the more important tasks facing our community such as: Land Use/Zoning Issues, Communications, Traffic Issues, and Graffiti Removal.  In addition, we conduct numerous Community Events and Festivals such as: The Garden Tour, The Home Tour, The Kiddies Parade, the Family Festival and Spring Clean.  YOU can make a difference!

•  One or more new PC’s
• One or more flat panel 21” monitors
• Small microwave
• #9 and #10 envelopes (box of 500)
• Forever postage stamps
• white copier paper
• Avery 5160 mailing labels
• On-Site training on WordPress
• Office desks with drawers
• Storage units (bookshelves, 2 drawer filing cabinet, 5 drawer file cabinet
• Off-Site storage
• P rinting services

ITEMS IN OUR DREAMS:

• Your time, as a volunteer to help with events
• color laser printer
• Larger Office Space, on 45^th Street

Graffiti continuously plagues urban neighborhoods, and Wallingford is no exception.  Seattle has laws and resources that help, but citizen involvement is the key to controlling the problem.  In January 2005, the Wallingford Graffiti Removal Committee (formerly the Tag Team) began to reorganize under a new coordinator.  Contact Gene to find out how you can help!

Gene Slagle
3540 Stone Way N., Seattle, WA 98103
206-226-5332
E-mail: aaamail@msn.com

We can paint out graffiti if you will report its location to us! Call the neighborhood office at 632-3165 and let us know.

More Information can be found on the Home Tour page.

• Volunteers: Call the Wallingford Neighborhood Office @ 206-632-3165 or email weaving@wallingford.org
• Vendors: Please fill out the vendor application and submit it no later than June 30th
• Parade: Please fill out the parade application and submit it no later than June 15th

The parade goes on 45th from Corliss to Woodlawn starting at 11 AM. Staging is from 9:30 – 10:45 AM:

• Kids & small groups on Corliss Ave, north of 45th
• Large groups (bands, drill teams etc.) on Corliss Ave. south of 45th
• Vehicles on 45th west of Corliss Ave.
• Hours of 45th St. closure are from 11 am to 12:30 pm

Click the map below for a high quality, printable view: