Heath Warnock, the husband of Krista of SpaKrista in downtown Kirkland, was shopping at a local garden store when he spotted a sale on beauty bark. He picked some up and spread it around the trees in front of their storefront at 10 Lakeshore Plaza. Another Kirklander donated some Pachysandra ground cover and together, they have [...]
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Kudos Kirkland Volunteers Clean Up City Hall (photos)
Last Thursday, a group of Kudos Kirkland volunteers cleaned up City Hall in week one of a two-week project (join us this Thursday morning at 8 a.m. at 123 5th Ave.) to help weed and spruce up the grounds for visitors and the folks who work in the building. Each week volunteers work in different [...]
Volunteers Needed to Clean Up City Hall This Thursday
This Thursday, Kudos Kirkland volunteers will do weed removal at the grounds of City Hall, 123 5th Avenue from 8AM to 10AM. We welcome everyone to join us while we work to beautify Kirkland and show our civic pride. Please bring gloves and tools to assist with weed removal. Kudos Kirkland meets every Thursday morning from [...]
Kudos Kirkland Volunteers Clean Up Marina Park
In time for the Summer Concert in Marina Park and Saturday’s Cruise in & Dance, Kudos Kirkland volunteers weeded planting beds and sidewalks around Marina Park. Each week volunteers join the Kudos Kirkland crew at a new location, working to make our city a better place through volunteer efforts. We say thank you for showing [...]
Kudos to Volunteers for Sprucing Up Our City (photos)
Last Thursday, ten volunteers joined Kudos Kirkland! for the second week of clean up at the corner of Kirkland Avenue and 3rd Street in downtown Kirkland. The group worked together with Teri Hedges of the City of Kirkland to improve our city. Kudos volunteers meet each Thursday morning from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at different [...]
Kudos to the Keepers of Norkirk’s Traffic Circles
Norkirk is one of Kirkland’s oldest neighborhoods, sitting on the hill just north of downtown. In an effort to slow cut-through traffic by commuters, the neighborhood has many traffic circles and similar traffic calming devises. Aside from the occasional drunk who drives over, rather than around, traffic circles have generally been seen as improving safety [...]
Kudos Kirkland Volunteers Weeding Their Way Through Downtown (photos)
On Thursday, volunteers joined Kudos Kirkland! and helped clean up the corner of Kirkland Avenue and 3rd Street in downtown Kirkland. The group of volunteers meets each Thursday morning from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at different locations around town. Kudos Kirkland! recognizes stewards of our community. Does your neighborhood need sprucing up? Contact us [...]
Kudos to Windermere Volunteers Who Cleaned Juanita Beach Park
Windermere Real Estate gives back to our community each year by selecting a project and volunteering efforts during what they call, Windermere Community Service Day. This year, Juanita Beach Park was selected for their efforts. The volunteers cleaned and painted the building Juanita Beach Park last weekend. For more info about Windermere Community Service Day [...]
Kudos to Volunteers Pulling Weeds in Downtown (photos)
On Thursday morning, Kudos Kirkland! volunteers gathered on the corner of Main Street and Park Lane (at the Antique Mall site) in downtown Kirkland to pull weeds, pick up litter and improve the look of a part of town which desperately needed sprucing up. This week the Kirkland Downtown Association hired landscapers to plant flowers [...]
Kudos to George’s for Planting Edible Plants in their Flowerpots
Last week Michelle Sailor snapped this photo of Froni Mangouras planting basil in a flowerpot outside George’s on Kirkland Avenue. Who said flowerpots are only for flowers? Basil looks great in flowerpots and it tastes even better on a plate. I wonder if this could be considered a “green” flowerpot? Either way, we say thank [...]
Kudos to the Heathman Hotel Volunteers for Maintaining Heritage Park
Since January 2010, this public-private adopt-a-park stewardship program has been a model for other City parks Pictured: Belinda Jensen, Tita Lee, Laura Chance, Marty Bradburg, Sheila Murphy, Tony B., Craig Blum, General Manager Les Utley, Chef Brian Scheehser and Rose Wessels from the Parks Department. Employees of The Heathman Hotel have been rolling up their sleeves, put on gloves and working to [...]
Kudos to Volunteers Who Removed Hundreds of Cigarette Butts from Kirkland Sidewalks
This past week, volunteers with Kudos Kirkland, a volunteer organization of Kirkland residents focused on stewardship of our community, gathered at Zoka Coffee for an early morning meeting after which they dispersed to clean up downtown. With their handy-dandy “crack hoe” in hand, the Kudos team was able to dig up and remove literally hundreds [...]
Kudos to Kirkland’s 132nd Square Park Volunteers for Securing Neighborhood Gathering Places Grant
Tully’s Coffee And Pomegranate Center Team Up To Revitalize Four Seattle-Area Community Spaces. Four Grants Awarded as Part of Tully’s Partnership with Pomegranate Center and Commitment to Community Space Revitalization, including Kirkland’s 132nd Square Park in Kingsgate Good things are coming to 132nd Square Park in Kingsgate (13159 132nd Ave NE, parking lot is [...]
Kudos to the Clean Sweep Volunteers at Marina Park
Kudos to the volunteers who swept up, picked up, shined up and cleaned up Marina Park on Saturday morning. One of the volunteers (an especially Hallmark of a guy) started the effort at 7:00 a.m. We say thank you for a job well done!
Kudos to the Market Neighborhood – 17 volunteer for Clean Sweep
Kudos to the Market Neighborhood! We were well represented (17 residents) at the Clean Sweep event and worked on the North side of Central Way from Market to 3rd St. and Zoka. We swept the sidewalks, removed weeds and debris and cleaned out the tree wells – and picked up many cigarette butts. We will [...]
Kudos to The Wilde Rover in downtown Kirkland!
Kudos to folks at Wilde Rover for spiffing up their building and keeping things looking good. Market Neighborhood resident, Michelle Sailor, snapped this photo of crews cleaning awnings at the Rover in downtown Kirkland on Wednesday morning. Some of the awnings around town are looking kind of dingy and are in need some TLC after [...]
THANK YOU To Clean Sweep Volunteers (photos)
The KDA sends a BIG THANK YOU to the approximately 70 volunteers that came out Saturday to participate in Clean Sweep! Because of your generosity of time and efforts, we were able to get a great share of Downtown Kirkland cleaning completed so we can prepare for the summer season. Thanks also to George’s for the [...]
Kudos to the Market Neighborhood for Volunteering Downtown
Kudos to the Market Neighborhood! We were well represented (17 residents) at the Clean Sweep event and worked on the North side of Central Way from Market to 3rd St. and Zoka. We swept the sidewalks, removed weeds and debris and cleaned out the tree wells – and picked up many cigarette butts. We will [...]
Kudos Honda of Kirkland – Volunteers Restores Brookhaven Park on Earth Day
Kudos to Honda of Kirkland for celebrating Earth Day 2011 by volunteering to restore Juanita’s Brookhaven Park. TIn appreciation for their hard work they received the following letter of thanks from Kirkland’s Public Works Department: Thank you Honda of Kirkland! I just wanted to thank all the Honda of Kirkland employees that helped with the [...]
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