Thank you to Jonathan Michaels who has produced this short video of scenes from Kirkland's waterfront. Scenes of Kirkland - November 23, 2008

The Argosy Christmas Ship Festival started the season with a concert for Kirkland locals huddled around a bonfire on the beach at Marina Park. The Seattle Girls' Choir - Cantamus entertained the crowds for twenty minutes before the flotilla sailed ...

    The Green Kirkland Partnership now includes a partnership between the Kirkland Highlands Neighborhood and the University of Washington Restoration Ecology Network ...

The City of Kirkland Parks and Community Services Department is developing a plan for trails, boardwalks, viewing platforms and other park-related improvements at Forbes Lake Park. These improvements are scheduled to be constructed in 2010.

On Sunday morning at 7:30 the first wave of over 150 swimmers left the shores of Magnuson Park and swam across Lake Washington toward O.O. Denny Park -- a distance of one and a half miles. The event was the 4th Annual Cross Lake Washington Park to Park Swim, benefitting...

The City of Kirkland has a vacancy on the Kirkland Park Board for a youth member. Applicants must have attained the grade level of Sophomore or Junior by September of the appointment year, be under the age of eighteen and reside within the city limits of Kirkland or Kirkland’s...

Peter Kirk Park was awash with swimmers and their families, dogs, tents, coolers, and anything else they could bring for the Craze Swim League Championship Meet held at Peter Kirk Pool. The crowds were enormous for the "micro-olympic" event for swimming kids of all ages including the Kirkland Orcas Swim ...

If you haven't yet seen it, the City's Summer Special Events Guide is available both in print and online. A glance at the calendar reveals that the 4th of July is just around the corner! This year's theme for Kirkland's celebrations is "Space, The Final Frontier" in Honor of the ...

  Puddle Jumpers Bronze by Glenna Goodacre Location: 25 Lakeshore Plaza Drive (Marina Park). Purchased by Kirkland citizens, 2001. This photo of "Puddle Jumpers" was sent in and described as, "heated with ...

What is the role of government? Should city government compete against the private sector? The year old Friday Night Market at Juanita Beach map is Kirkland's second farmer's market, joining the Kirkland Wednesday Market map in downtown. The Juanita market is establishing itself good neighbor and resident of Juanita community. Farmers markets in general are a wonderful source for local produce and act as a gathering place for the public. But one has to ask the question, why does the Kirkland Parks Department operate a farmers market? During a review of the City of Kirkland Services Matrix for the upcoming budget study session on May 7th, we ran across item PK-36, a discretionary expenditure $85,877 for "Special Events". The description includes the following: