MoCA Bulletin for November 30, 2024
MORGAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BULLETIN for November 30, 2024
CONTENTS
In Person - Morgan Junction One Seattle Plan Review on Dec. 12
The 2025 Community Festival Needs YOU
Dec. 12 Morgan Junction ArtWalk with Art of Music
Winter Weather Tips
SW Crime Prevention Council’s Dec. 5th meeting, Plus….
Share Your Opinion on the SW Play Area Renovation
Heads up for MoCA’s first 2025 meeting date
1. JOIN NEIGHBORS AT MORGAN’S ONE SEATTLE PLAN REVIEW DEC 12
Morgan Community Association (MoCA) invites interested residents to join in an In-Person review of the One Seattle Plan zoning changes for the Morgan Junction area. This free event is set for Thursday December 12th from 6 to 7:30pm at the High Point Library Meeting Room (3411 SW Raymond St). Large scale maps of proposed zoning areas will be available. Attendees can learn where new zoning is proposed, understand what changes might occur, and help articulate MoCA’s response to the One Seattle Zoning Plan. Comments on the zoning plan are due December 20, 2024. Contact the Morgan Community Association at mocacnc@gmail.com with any questions. We hope you can join us in-person on December 12th!
2. 2025 MORGAN JUNCTION COMMUNITY FESTIVAL NEEDS YOU
As the 2024 holiday season comes racing your way, MoCA shares a non-rainy reminder from the Morgan Junction Community Festival held June 15, 2024. The West Seattle Blog’s photo of the Return of The Bubbleman captures the fun! We need YOU to make the June 2025 Festival awesome. Please consider giving your time to help plan and support the annual Morgan Junction Community Festival. Contact us at https://www.morganjunction.org/ or send an email to mocacnc@gmail.com to find out more!
3. DEC. 12th BRINGS MUSIC AND ART TO MORGAN JUNCTION
Morgan Junction welcomes back the West Seattle ArtWalk on Thursday December 12, from 5pm to 8pm. Here are Morgan Junction businesses hosting artists:
Pine Lake Cellars - 5405 California Ave SW, Canna Culture Shop - 5435 California Ave SW,
Viscon Cellars - 5910 California Ave SW, NOR Design and Construction - 5953 California Ave SW,
West Seattle Cellars - 6026 California Ave SW, Inner Space Designs - 6031 B California Ave SW,
Alki Art Gallery - 6030 California Ave SW, Mailbox West - 6523 California Ave SW (Biz hours only),
Rebecca Woodhouse/The Building - 4316 SW Othello St.
PLUS - THE ART OF MUSIC Art of Music @ December 12 Art Walk: 6-7:45pm, Willow Scrivner @ Beveridge Place Pub in the Morgan Junction.
From the Art of Music: “Willow Scrivner is a Seattle-based artist whose music lingers in a stark, blackly outlined winter landscape with shadowy, whispering instrumentation and fluid melody. Scrivner’s records hover somewhere around folk, but with gothic tinges and bell-like guitars chiming throughout. Her voice, reminiscent of The Sundays’ Harriet Wheeler and Emmylou Harris, is as warm, lilting, and alluring as they come…heartfelt and haunting, shot throughout with a deep, glimmering liquidity. Willow most often performs with guitarist Kevin Wood in the duo, Willow & Wood. Willow and Wood’s music is transcendent: both a study of the geography of place, and the constant search for home. Each of the 11 tracks on the duo’s new album Tornadoes in My Head aches with hope and a broken heart. Those contradictions are at the core of what makes this duo so special. Falling somewhere between indie pop and country, they have created a sound rooted in a West Coast reverb-drenched loneliness, dripping with southern humidity and darkness – and determined to find the magic. Click here to listen to some of Willow’s music.”
4. GET READY FOR WINTER WEATHER! A message from Seattle Department of Transportation:
Winter is here as we saw with last week’s major windstorm. As the rainy season arrives and temperatures drop, the chance for landslides and snow and ice increases. Be prepared with the right supplies, tools for getting around, and if able, help a neighbor in need. Together we can keep people and goods moving.
Visit our winter weather website for all the best information at your fingertips!
Be Prepared: To prepare and assist in your neighborhood, talk to your neighbors to see who may need help during a storm. Make a community plan to ensure that all the sidewalks on the block get shoveled. Be sure to have a shovel and salt ready, or know who to ask if you need a helping hand.
Know Before You Go: See Seattle’s snow plow routes map. During snow events, use this online map to see real-time updates about street conditions and which streets we’ve recently plowed.
Important Bookmarks: Visit the SDOT winter weather webpage for more information about how to get around safely when it snows. Visit King County Metro’s winter guide website for transit information. You can also check out the City of Seattle’s winter storm response website for resources beyond transportation, like home and pet safety, power outages and utilities, and warming shelters.
Last week, we held a snow plow practice to test equipment and ensure our snowplow drivers are familiar with their routes. This training exercise is one example of the work that occurs year-round to prepare for winter storms and ensure our crew members are in good practice. You can read more in our blog post.
You can count on us to respond to winter storms, but we can’t be everywhere at once. It is EVERYONE’S responsibility to clear ice and snow from the sidewalks around their homes and businesses to keep communities safe. It’s not just the law, it’s the right thing to do so that people of all ages and abilities can travel safely following a snowstorm if it becomes necessary.
5. CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL MEETING DEC. 5 + DEC 7 CLOTHING DRIVE Message from SW Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator Jennifer Satterwhite:
Join us for our quarterly in-person SW Precinct Crime Prevention Council meeting.
Bring questions for SW Precinct Command Staff, SW Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator and this month's special guest - The City of Seattle Unified Care Team.
Date : Thursday December 5th
Time : 6:30pm
Location : SW Precinct Community Meeting Room (2300 SW Webster St)
Agenda :
6:30-6:40pm
Introductions of City Personnel
6:40-7pm
Update from SW Precinct Command Staff - Crime Statistics, Major Incident Updates, Precinct Priorities for the Next Quarter
7:00 – 7:20pm
City of Seattle Unified Care Team - What is the UCT? What does the UCT do? How are encampments prioritized throughout the City?
7:20 – 7:45pm
Q&A with UCT & SPD
7:45 – 7:55pm
Holiday Crime Prevention Tips
7:55 – 8pm
Closing Comments & Next Meeting Requests
ALSO
Are you looking for a way to give back to your community in West Seattle and South Park this Holiday season?
The SPD’s SW Precinct is hosting a WARM CLOTHING DRIVE! Please drop off any new or gently used warm clothing items for the Community Service Officers (CSO’s) to share with our community.
Date: Saturday December 7th
Time: 11am – 3pm
Location: SW Precinct Community Meeting Room – 2300 SW Webster St.
Reach out to Jen Tenorio with any questions: 206-369-0722 or jennifer.tenorio@seattle.gov Hope to see you on 12/7. Happy Holidays !
6. SW TLC PLAY AREA RENOVATIONS NEED YOUR INPUT
Help Shape the Southwest Teen Life Center Play Area: Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to provide input for the renovation of the play area at the Southwest Teen Life Center on Tuesday, December 10 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Center. Learn more about the improvements.
7. SAVE THE DATE - NEXT MOCA MEMBER MEETING JANUARY 15, 2025
The first 2025 quarterly meeting of the Morgan Community Association will be on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The hybrid meeting runs from 7pm to 9pm in person at Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church at 7141 California Ave SW. AND ALSO via ZOOM.
Please share ideas for meeting topics and any New Year’s messages to https://www.morganjunction.org/ or mocacnc@gmail.com.
Thanks for reading the Morgan Community Association Bulletin
