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Have you walked in the woods yet??? There’s a wonderful loop trail now in the Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View, just across S Alaska at the south side of NRV. And more trails are coming!

If you haven’t been over there yet, Forest Stewards Mary DeJong and Andrea Ostrovsky will be leading a special walking tour on Saturday, April 21. Meet in NRV’s Central Park at 11am for a 30 minute walk in the woods.

There is also a work party on April 21, starting at 10am. Dress in layers, bring your own water and lunch, and come out for a few hours of work with neighbors on the continuing efforts to restore the woods, remove invasive species, remove trash, and build trails.

The next Community Cleanup will be Saturday, April 14 at 10am. Meet your neighbors for coffee, doughnuts and community service in the Central Park. Grabbers and some gloves provided.

There will be two workparties in the Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View this month! The first is this Saturday, April 7 from 10am til noon. The second will be an Earth Day event with Seattle Pacific University on Saturday, April 21, from 10am til 2pm.

Current efforts are focused on the new trailhead at Angeline and 27th, and April’s work parties will be about continuing to remove ivy and blackberries and then adding burlap and mulch in preparation for planting in the fall.

Tools and gloves are provided. Bring your own water and dress in layers. Kids welcome!

Celebrate Earth Day by joining your neighbors in a day to beautify the Rainier Valley! Participation is easy:
pick a project (litter collection, paint out graffiti, weed an empty lot, create a community garden, tend to traffic circle plants, etc); form a team; and register for supplies and support.

For more information, contact Nhi Tran at 206-322-6134 or Yun Pitre at 206-730-0364.

Come join your neighbors for the monthly Neighborhood Clean Up! Meet in the Central Park at 10 (under the awning at the Neighborhood House if it’s really rainy). Bring gloves if you have them; grabbers provided. Coffee! Doughnuts! Conversation!

Come out for the monthly Neighborhood Cleanup on Saturday, February 11, at 10am. Grabbers, bags, and some gloves are provided (if you have your own, please bring them!). Take an hour, spend some time with your neighbors, have a doughnut, and help keep NRV clean and tidy.

Come out to the woods this weekend! This month, volunteers are needed to remove blackberry from the southern trailhead off of 27th and Angeline to prep the site for a stairwell and native garden to be installed this summer.

Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10am til noon.
Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place (just across Alaska/Columbian from NRV)
Wear sturdy shoes and bring your own water. Tools and gloves provided.

Come out and join your neighbors for a little community clean up on Saturday morning, January 14, at 10am. Bring gloves if you have them; grabbers and bags provided. Andrew promises extra-hot coffee. And the weather forecasters haven’t yet said “Snow” and “Saturday”. See, you don’t have any more excuses!

There is only 30 feet of trail left to surface with gravel chips and the Hazelnut Loop trail in our local woods, Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View. That’s just 30 more feet and we’ve got a complete and accessible walking trail just across Columbian/Alaska to the south of NRV!

Can you come out on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 10am (meet at 2809 S Alaska Pl) to help finish the trail? Gloves and tools are provided, just bring your own water and your enthusiasm!

Also, Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View has received a third round of funding from Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods! This new funding will go to completing the Ridge Trail and the Angeline/28th St trail head in 2012. Check out the Trail Master Plan, priority 2, for details on these new projects. Our first trail might be almost done, but there is plenty of work still to be done in our woods. How many first Saturdays can you commit???

Contact Mary for more information.