• Jerry Large pens a sympathetic piece as Naomi Smith closes the door at Villa Victoria.
• The shelves are bare at the food bank.
• Torture and brutality exposed through art — a posthumous tribute to Citizen Selma Waldman.
• There's a fitness and strength competition sponsored by Columbia City Fitness.
• Ozya, Arts Gumbo's musical play about Southeast Seattle immigration, migration and gentrification.
• Citizens share insights about Columbia Plaza.
• New dance classes: African rhythms, swing, and waltz — what’s your beat?

Your neighborhood embraces all that and much more.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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In Columbia City, this is a good week to be paying attention. With all that's happening around and amongst us, you might just get swept up in it.

• Columbia Plaza's application is in.
• Villa Victoria vanishes.
• Tuesdays are Salsa Night at the Columbia City Theater.
• Beatwalk is on.
• John Hoole proffers his perspective on neighborhood NIMBYs.
• Naturalists from Parks share ideas on coyote coexistance.
• Palin-Biden are on at the theater.
• Columbia City, mapped in stars, is a dove.
• Mikala joins a chain-link gang, and takes a page from Frost:

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give a fence.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down.

There's art, food, music, politics, and plenty of news to go around.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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• Mikala's taking neighborhood de-fence to the next level.
• Architects share their drawings for the Columbia Plaza site.
• The Captain has words of warning.
• The library has banned books.
• Light rail may be delayed.
• The Democrats are holding a presidential debate party.

There's all that and much more.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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• Neighbors have some great ideas for a new Seward Park playground, and SPPIF is hosting its third and last community meeting tonight.
• On Friday, Columbia City will have four new, interactive parks.
• Come on out to a great local show for a fantastic local cause: Po' Girl for Bike Works.
• Musicians converge on Columbia City in a benefit concert for autism research.
• Kick up your heels at a Lakewood square dance.
• Hillman City's Business Association has withdrawn from the Southeast District Council.
• Some fun local insight — who is Absolute?

There's all that and much more.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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The Wikli's back! Citizens have three weeks' worth of great items to share. And what a busy time it was.

• Car-free Columbia City was fantastically footloose, and we've got the photos to prove it.
• There's plenty for arts enthusiasts.
• many unsettling crime reports
• some long-overdue notes about Columbia Plaza
• an outdoor movie in Hillman City
• What to do with those turbocharged zucchinis?
• Coming soon? Full Tilt Ice Cream

There's all that and much more.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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A year ago this week, we pulled together the first Citizens' Wikli, "Columbia City's collaborative community cyber circular". In honor of this prodigious milestone, the Wikli is… taking an extended siesta.

Wiklis will be scarce for a couple weeks, so get yours while you can!

This week:

• Arts Gumbo is kicking off.
• You get a preview of a phenomenal Sept BeatWalk.
• The Cinema will grow to three screens.
• A trove of local, organic blackberries.
• Saffron's open.
• The market's offering a free canning class.
• The community mourned a murdered boy.
• Hillman Citizens are discussing gangs.

There's all that and much more.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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Here's a sampling:

• The hometown parade is coming.
• Shakespeare is in the park.
• A teen was shot and killed on a local sidewalk.
• Mission Baptist Church is getting a makeover.
• The library harbors snakes.
• Gardens are bursting.
• The arts are flowing over.

Citizens have shared their takes on the neighborhood — news and views, ideas and ideals, insights and outreach.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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• Beatwalk is back,
• Seafair has landed,
• we're shutting down the streets,
• and Dwell's throwing a house party.
• You can check out details of a block party or a blockbuster, caffeinated poetry or carbon-free parking, a wonderful parade or waterfront pedaling, southeast Asian sounds or the whole southeast Seattle scene.

There's so much going on that the next Wikli is taking the wik off. So we'll catch up on August 13.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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• alley dancing,
• BeatWalk's picking up the pace,
• a garden club germinates,
• Seward Park playground — ready to take it to the next level,
• anonymity and censorship in the wiki,
• and parties are popping up all over.

There's plenty of news and views to share.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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• A child died after a fall from a window.
• Our summer arts scene is heating up.
• Another burglary victim — this time it's our Crime Prevention Coordinator.
• It's a busy weekend with picnics and pictures, plants and plans.
• Zimbabwe comes to Columbia City.

There's news and views, images and imagination to share.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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This week's Citizen’s Wikli takes that mission to heart.

• There are creative ideas for summer fun (join in!)
• There's a Climate Action Lab.
• Block parties are popping up.
• There's news of a new restaurant.
• And there are our popular summertime events — farmers market & Beatwalk

There's all that, with neighborhood news and insights to spare.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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This week's Wikli is concise. So what better focus than upcoming garden workshops, picnics, and block parties!

Among this week's links:

• news from local schools, both uplifting and disturbing
• kids caught stealing bikes
• more coyotes
• (It's true!) — a new restaurant at 51st & Wilson & Dawson
• more restaurant news and reviews
• some good laughs from the Kidde Woodward family.

There's all that and more.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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Among this week's posts:

• John Hoole on the Death and Life of urban parks.
• Doug Cargill stirs up some urbanists at hugeasscity
• some zanily inspired artwork at Gather
• David Goldstein on cats and coyotes
• Amber Campbell on all things Rainier Valley
• and the Captain says you can have it Both Ways.

There's all that in Wikli XLI — plus bikes that boggle the mind, owl prowls, hands-on henna, architectural walking tours and more.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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• There's a march and a walk, both for great causes.
• For playground activists, there's a short survey about Seward Park's future playspace.
• For neighborhood design advocates, the Landmarks Committee will take a fourth look at the Columbia Plaza project.
• For rebels, there's a reading circle.
• You can try out a Wii at the library.
• For sociable joggers, there's the C-City Runners.
• For an evening of politics under the influence, there's Drinking Liberally.

This is week XL (40) of the Citizens' Wikli — and surprise, it's supersized.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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Ever the optimist, this week's Wikli points you to a slew of neighborhood activities in our great outdoors:

• designing a SPPIFfy playspace at Seward Park,
• Columbia City's garden tour,
• a work party at Hitt's Hill,
• strawberries and cherries at the farmers market,
• bicycling and running along Lake Washington.

There's all that and more to help you bid a lasting farewell to the cold & damp.

• Check out this week's Wikli: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current — its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

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S.

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• Beatwalk is this week.
• There's a Design Review meeting.
• There's art and dance to spare.
• There are some great events at Seward Park.
• Also check out a new project to take down chain-link fences in the neighborhood.
• And Columbia City was on TV this week, including BeatWalk and Columbia Citizens. Now how exactly does one present a neighborhood wiki on TV? Take a look.

• Check out this week's Wikli. Its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here.

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S.

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• The circus is coming to town
• City Council is coming to Columbia City to talk money
• The Cinema’s quickly outgrowing its marquee – this week Paul opens a second screen
• Help design a new Seward Park playground
• All kinds of incident reports – from the mundane to the insane

There’s all that and more about our bustling burgh.

• Check out this week's Wikli. Its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here.

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S.

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• Traffic calming on Rainier — what do you think about narrowing to three lanes?
• We have a couple new regular events:
  • Drinking Liberally and
  • Super Saturdays at Seward.
• Citizens have posted about crime-related concerns.
• We've got our very own Columbia City-centric Craigslist.

There's all that and more.

• Check out this week's Wikli. Its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here.

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S.

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Here are some highlights —

• Columbia Plaza is up for another round of public review with the Landmarks Committee.
• The City plans for street improvements.
• Columbia librarians are leaving.
• Two simultaneous (?) strategy sessions to improve public schools.
• Booty Camp comes to Seward Park.

There's all that and more.

• This week's Wikli is here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current Its content is now fixed.
• If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

Last week we streamlined Wikli emailed alerts. What better time to spread the Wikli word? So this week only, alerts go out to the gamut of local lists. Please pardon the repeats if you belong to more than one list.

Enjoy,

S.

Feed your habit. This alert serves as an RSS feed, another way to get your Wikli fix.

Alerts go to hundreds of neighbors, numbers that have begun to test the limits of standard email. In terms of neighbor outreach, that's a great problem to have. In terms of bleary-eyed late-night messaging, it's something of a logistical challenge.

A solution is to move the Citizens' list to a reliable email service, like feedblitz.com

• Like the current arrangement, you'll get one Wikli alert per week — it'll look something like this.
• From the Columbia Citizens discussion board, you can also opt in to get a daily digest of Citizen comments.
• This system protects your email privacy.
• The switch should be hassle-free, and opting out is also straightforward — there's an "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of each alert.

You're welcome to get a jump on it now.

Thanks.

This week's Wikli is here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current Its content is now fixed.

If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

Enjoy,

S.

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This week we put these bugs in your ear (ewww…)

• Visit the first 2008 FARMERS MARKET and BEATWALK.
• CCCC's post-pancake-party program: participate please!
• The neighborhood and its neighbors are all over the blogosphere.
• In news… sheesh… a small-time sniper and a small-screen inspired stabbing

Now to mix & mangle more entomological idioms…

• Here's the beeline to this week's Wikli. Its content is now fixed.
• Not content to be a fly on the wall? You can post to the next Wikli.

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S.

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• There's a report-out on new development at Columbia Plaza,
• the historical society is gearing up for a birthday, their 117th,
• a book about growing up in Columbia City,
• and a Citizen's alert about a home burglary.

There's that and more. Check it out.

This week's Wikli is here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current Its content is now fixed.

If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

Enjoy,

S.

Some amazing organizing efforts are underway
— Columbia City Community Council
— Friends of Columbia School
— Seward Park Playground Improvement Foundation

There's an upcoming landmarks review of development at Columbia Plaza.

And there's plenty of news and insight to share.

This week's Wikli is here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current Its content is now fixed.

If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here.

Enjoy,

S.

—> Somebody's stealing bikes.

—> Powerful stuff: local kids read their work at Starbucks.

—> A Citizen offers a neighborhood class in organic gardening.

—> It's time for some spring cleaning: join neighbors to help spruce the place up.

—> And there's lots more news and insight.

This is the 30th Wikli, and it's time to regroup. So this one is a tri-Wikli — the next one will post on April 16.

This week's Wikli is here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current Its content is now fixed.

If you'd like to post to the next Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

Enjoy.

S.

• There's a report-out from Harbor Properties' March 4 community meeting.
• There are fun events on the calendar.
• Kids weed out parks to fund a wilderness awareness trip.
• Neighbors are nominees for a statewide award for community service.
• Now you can get Columbia Citizens by RSS feed.
• And there's lots more news and insight.

This week's Wikli is here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli:current Its content is now fixed.

If you'd like to post to next week's Wikli, that's here: http://ColumbiaCitizens.net/wikli

Enjoy.

The Citizens' Wikli is the collaborative weekly circular of Columbia Citizens. It relays announcements and messages of interest to Columbia City neighbors. Anyone can contribute, and anyone can edit.

Many Citizens get weekly emailed alerts pointing them to the latest Wikli. Here's another option: get them as a news feed. Feeds are a convenient and timely way to find out about updates to sites. Feeds arrive as bulleted items for easy browsing. You'll need a feed reader to view updates.

Columbia Citizens offers a variety of feeds, so you can home in on what interests you — read more.

… But if you'd prefer to get emailed Wikli alerts, that's fine too. Just ask.

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