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DECEMBER 23, 2020
VOL. 101, NO. 52
Bringing light to the neighborhood
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Photo courtesy Chaya Ezagui To bring the Chanukah spirit to the community in a safe way, members at the Chabad of Queen Anne-Magnolia brainstormed and came up with the virtual LED truck, which toured Queen Anne and Magnolia, Dec. 15. The truck stopped outside many homes that celebrated Chanukah, which began the evening of Dec. 10 and ended Dec. 18. People responded to the truck positively and danced to the dancing dreidel video. The truck ended the night being joined by all the local Chabad centers of Seattle for a grand menorah car parade with music and menorahs lighting up the town.
Grant will help Upgarden P-Patch make needed improvements for spring reopening By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor After a great deal of uncertainty, UpGarden P-Patch patrons are feeling better about this spring and a new growing season. The City of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhood awarded the nation’s only rooftop community garden, on the Mercer
Street Garage, $31,969 through its Neighborhood Matching Fund Program, Oct. 30. The money, which becomes available in January, tops off a stressful time for the community gardeners. “It’s been a roller coaster of a year,” UpGarden Community Lead Bob Grubbs said. “This time last year we were just fighting for the survival of our garden.”
The grant funds will be used to restore the community garden, which patrons initially believed would have to close after Department of Neighborhoods staff said they would have to leave so the garden area could be turned back into parking spaces. When the UpGarden was built in 2012, organizers knew the site was only going to be temporary, but gardeners were not happy about
being evicted in favor of parking spaces. “We just didn’t understand why they had to kick us out to do that,” Grubbs said. After appealing to District 7 Councilmember Andrew Lewis, gardeners received some good news when they learned they
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