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Syttende Mai celebrations in Ballard will look a little different this year
For the second year in a row, the Syttende Mai parade in Ballard is canceled, but several other small celebrations will be happening around the neighborhood on Monday, May 17 to honor Norwegian Constitution Day.
Councilmember Dan Strauss pushing to make cafe streets permanent in Seattle
Ballard Ave's transformation into a cafe street could become a permanent fixture. Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss is pushing legislation to extend the Cafe Streets pilot program another year, with a path to make it permanent. Strauss and Council President Lorena González introduced the legislation this week, which they say will "give Seattle businesses the tools to weather the economic downturn brought on by the pandemic."
Pop-up vaccination clinic coming to Ballard and Fremont this week—with free ice cream and coffee
Vaccine pop-ups are happening throughout the city, including Ballard.Mayor Jenny Durkan on Facebook. Officials in Seattle are bringing pop-up COVID-19 vaccinations to the neighborhoods of Ballard, Fremont, and West Seattle.
Route 44 changes hit design milestone, with some pedestrian improvements
Route 44 will see some significant changes in the coming years, with traffic amendments and pedestrian improvements on the agenda throughout the transit corridor. The popular bus route between Ballard and the University District carries over 9,300 riders a week, and has been notoriously unreliable. The Route 44 Transit-Plus Multimodal Corridor Project—a joint project between King County Metro and the Seattle Department of Transportation—aims to fix that, making changes to help improve the flow of traffic through the transit corridor while adding pedestrian improvements.
Stoup Brewing opens new Kenmore location today
Stoup Brewing Kenmore opens May 6.Stoup Brewing Kenmore. Homegrown Stoup Brewing has expanded outside the boundaries of the Ballard Brewery District to open their new Kenmore location today, joining forces with Seaplane Kitchen and Bar for the new venture.
Porkchop & Co shifts gears to become Rachel's Bagels & Burritos
Porkchop & Co is now Rachel's Bagels and BurritosGoogle. After seven years, local restaurant Porkchop & Co (5451 Leary Ave NW) has made a big change: They've changed their name to Rachel's Bagels & Burritos, focusing on—you guessed it—only bagels and burritos from now on.
Vintage store Junk Drawer closes its doors for good
The pandemic closures continue: The vintage shop The Junk Drawer (1713 NW Market St) has closed down. The Junk Drawer opened in 2019, offering both vintage goods and cold beer from a bar inside the store. They specialized in items from the 40s through the 80s, with vintage goods ranging from mid-century furniture to barware, books of all genres, music, clothing, and plenty of odd trinkets and other treasures.
Ballard High School to perform virtual ‘Spring Awakening’
Students will perform their latest musical "Spring Awakening" virtually this month.Ballard Performing Arts on Instagram. The Ballard High School Playmakers will virtually present their latest musical with Spring Awakening's opening night this Thursday, May 6.
Sacred Circle Art Gallery now open on Ballard Ave
Sacred Circle has taken over the former Atlas Travel Wear location on Ballard Ave.Google. The United Indians of All Tribes Foundation and Daybreak Star Cultural Center have opened a new art gallery and gift shop located at 5337 Ballard Avenue NW called Sacred Circle Gallery.
Golden Gardens Beach closed to swimming due to sewage overflow
Beach closures extend from Golden Gardens across the Puget Sound to Bainbridge Island.WA Dept. of Ecology. Yet another sewage overflow at West Point Treatment Plant has contaminated local waterways, prompting public health officials to close local beaches—including Golden Gardens—to swimming.
Ballard Blossom now home to pop-up tenants selling donuts, boxing classes, and locally made clothes
Ballard Blossom has been empty since late 2019.Zuri's Donutz on Facebook. The empty Ballard Blossom building has been given new life: It's being filled with temporary commercial tenants while the development plans are stalled for a couple of years.
Matador unveils new Ballard Ave location today
The Matador's new space at 5410 Ballard AveHalynn Blanchard/Caleb Richardson. After 16 years at the corner of NW Market St and Ballard Ave, Matador is reopening at their new location today just down the street at the former Ballard Annex space at 5410 Ballard Ave NW.
Nikwax moves headquarters to new eco-friendly Ballard building
Nikwax has a new home in Ballard: The waterproofing company has moved into the new building at 5101 14th Ave NW, just above the new Great Notion brewing location. Nikwax's global headquarters are in the U.K., but their new Ballard office serves as their North American headquarters. The company has been in Seattle since 2004, and previously operated in the Frelard area at 801 NW 42nd St. Nikwax expects to grow their North American workforce in Seattle, and their new location will help support that goal.
Lucky Envelope Brewing celebrates six years in Ballard
Lucky Envelope opened in Ballard in 2015.Lucky Envelope Brewing/Facebook. One of Ballard's staple breweries in the Ballard Brewery Distrcit, Lucky Envelope Brewing, is getting ready to celebrate their sixth anniversary this weekend.
Two injured following shooting in an RV in Ballard
The RV was parked on the 4600 block of 8th Ave NWGoogle. A man was shot and a woman was assaulted in a dispute Sunday evening inside an RV in Ballard. According to the Seattle Police Department Blotter, around 9:45pm police received a report of gunfire near the 4600 block of 8th Ave NW in Ballard. Police say that when officers arrived, a woman stepped out of the RV and told police there was a wounded man inside. When officers entered the motorhome, they found a 56-year-old man who had been shot in the arm.
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