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DECEMBER 8, 2021
VOL. 102, NO. 49
Finding a solution for everybody
Dog park proposal to be discussed at upcoming QACC parks meeting
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Residents who would like an off-leash dog park to open on the top of Queen Anne are invited to the next Queen Anne Community Council Parks Committee meeting next week. The meeting, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on Zoom, will include possibly requesting the city turn a section of David Rodgers Park into an off-leash dog park. Queen Anne Community Council Parks Committee Chair Don Harper toured the park with about 20 people Nov. 20 to see if there were any ideal locations to create an offleash area at David Rodgers Park, 2800 First Ave. W. Three areas were listed as potential sites by the group, which included some neighbors who were not in favor of the idea. While Harper does not own a dog, he has appealed to the city to create an off-leash dog park on upper Queen Anne so residents have a place to let their dogs run around without breaking leash laws. “If we had an OLA there, people would stop letting their dogs off-leash in the park,” Harper said. Without an easily accessible dog park on the top of Queen Anne, dog owners have resorted to letting their dogs off-leash at all the local parks and athletic fields, despite it not being permitted. As a result, Harper said, the quality
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Photos by Jessica Keller Top: Queen Anne residents and community leaders would like to keep parks like David Rodgers Park, above, in good condition. Right: While a city of Seattle sign in David Rodgers Park declares no dogs are allowed at play areas or athletic fields, as somebody wrote on the sign, they are frequently brought in anyway.
of the parks are deteriorating because dogs tear up the fields and turf and, in some cases, make the playfields unusable. Residents also run the
To celebrate the opening of its new Jewish center and synagogue, Chabad of Queen Anne is hosting an open house for the community next week. The open house, which will include tours and snacks, will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the center, 1825 Queen Anne Ave. N. As part of the event, a mezuzah — a decorative case holding Hebrew verses from the Torah, will be placed near the door and prayers said in a small ceremony, Chabad Rabbi
Shnait Levitin said. While the facility has been open for small events, mostly taking place outside, during construction, the open house marks the end of phase 1, which entailed refurbishing the first floor of the former cafe and coffeehouse. Phase 2 will involve completing the upstairs level of the building. “It’s going to be a celebration — a celebration of the first Jewish synagogue in the area,” Levitin said of the event. The opening of the facility is significant to the neighborhood because before, Jewish residents
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had to leave the neighborhood to go to a synagogue or community center, Levitin said. “This is the first Jewish synagogue building in Queen Anne and Magnolia in history,” Levitin said, adding it might possibly be the first on this side of Interstate 5. He said, when the Jewish Federation did a study of Jewish life in Seattle in 2015, it found that the number of residents practicing Judaism had grown significantly. While residents were spread throughout the city, some neighborhoods had more Jewish
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