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KUOW @ Youngstown!
On Friday, May 29th, my worlds collided in a fabulous way. KUOW, of which I am an everyday listener, did a live broadcast of Week In Review at Youngstown, where I am an everyday denizen. If only it could happen like this everyday… It was great. Host Bill Radke LOVED the spaces at Youngstown, including our…
Why We Do What We Do
Every morning, when I first walk into the hall of Youngstown, I am greeted by the motivational quote written on the sign-in board in the hall. I start the day with a little inspiration. Courtesy of the teaching staff at Southwest Interagency Academy, the alternative high school based here, students are welcomed to school by…
KUOW live from Youngstown!
Come one come all! KUOW-FM will broadcast live from Youngstown’s theater Friday 5/29 from 10-11am, examining issues facing the Delridge corridor. Free!
It Only Happens Once a Year
Today is the day! GiveBIG to DNDA and Youngstown. It’s a one day opportunity to support your community! GiveBIG is The Seattle Foundation’s 24-hour giving spectacular. This year the theme is “Day of Champions” and we’re forging a creative path for the champions in our community, the youth – the ones who keep our creative…
Fruit of Your Labor
Good news for anyone who has helped Nature Consortium plant native trees in the West Duwamish Greenbelt! Just south of Pathfinder School, in the relatively open meadow area west of the main trail into Pigeon Point Park, there is a sure sign that our restoration efforts are getting somewhere. A beautiful Douglas fir tree that…
Meet Our New Interns
Meet our newest team members! Our Forest Restoration Program is steadily expanding, and to support our growth we’ve brought on two interns. You can meet Heather and Kyle at any of our Tuesday work parties during their three-month term. Heather has been volunteering with Nature Consortium since the beginning of 2015 and has now joined us as an…
Twelfth Night Productions Presents: Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Did you hear the one where Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso walk into a bar…? It’s no joke, instead a setup of the 1993 play by Steve Martin, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, which will be performed here at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center by Twelfth Night Productions. This long running show takes a step inside the…
Middle Fork Inspires New Connections
To celebrate the completion of Merica’s first 90 days as Executive Director, the Nature Consortium staff ventured out to lunch in South Lake Union. On our way to the restaurant we spotted a breathtakingly enormous sculpture in the window of a nearby shop. Tim Detweiler, the director of the MadArt gallery space, invited us in…
Spring in Bloom: Native Flowers to See Right Now
Spring has arrived in the West Duwamish Greenbelt! This week in the greenbelt you can find two different native shrubs with bright pink flowers – red-flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum), a member of the gooseberry family and salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis), a member of the Rose family. Red Flowering Currant This shrub is covered with drooping clusters…