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Please come out on Saturday, August 6, starting at 10am, to Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View to help out at this Important Trail Building Work Party. There will be 15 cubic yards of gravel to finish the surface of the new Hazelnut Loop Trail. This is just the first part of a plan that puts safe, accessible, usable trails in our local woods!

Bring yourself, bring your kids, bring your friends. Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place. Tools and gloves provided. Bring water and wear sturdy shoes.

There will be a potluck lunch at noon for work party participants. Bring something to share and enjoy a great view of the Blue Angels!

Come Join Your Neighbors for the New Rainier Vista Night Out Celebration
Saturday, 7/30/11
5:00PM – 8:00PM
New Rainier Vista Central Park (29th Avenue and South Genesee)

Fun for Kids and Families!
Community Potluck!
Raffle Prizes!
Chickens will be provided!
Bring a dish to share with your neighbors!

Featuring:

? Au Lac Vovinam Lion Dance Team
? Rainier Vista Khmer Dance Group
? Strongman Demonstration
? Face Painting
? Karaoke

For information, call Naomi Chang at 206-722-4010 ext. 11 or email nchang@seattlehousing.org

Sponsored by the Rainier Vista Traffic and Safety Committee and Multicultural Gathering

This project is funded in part by a Neighborhood Matching Fund award of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Rainier Vista Home Owner Association, Neighborhood House and the Seattle Housing Authority

The next work party at Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View will be on Saturday, August 6, from 10am til noon. This is a critical event as a load of gravel will be arriving and will need to be placed on the trail bed. Come out and help with the bucket brigade and enjoy a community potluck afterward.

Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place (across Columbian/Alaska to the south of NRV) at 10am. Gloves and tools provided. Please wear sturdy shoes and bring your own water.

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