Making the Wallingford Park playfield into a sports field for Lincoln is not only exclusionary but deprives the community of play, sport and green space. I support a designated sports field for Lincoln on the Lincoln site with a lower level parking lot.
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Jamie Bird
2 years ago
Let's explore alternatives. This park means so much to so many.
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Abigail Clyde
2 years ago
Wallingford resident
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Cheryl Tsuhako
2 years ago
Keep the Wallingford park natural and usable for the community!
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Elliot Delfosse
2 years ago
It would be a shame to convert a multi use natural area into a single use artificial area.
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Anonymous
2 years ago
Keep the park grass for the entire community! There are already spaces for athletics.
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Bill Farmer
2 years ago
City government and its departments need to live up to previous agreements. While I support playfields, this one gives me pause when it will eliminate the nature of this neighborhood park and play area. Installing a full-size, lit football field is not in line with the purpose this park was created in the first place.
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Jim Knoll
2 years ago
The Seattle School District knew that the Lincoln site was too small for a high school. They said so in their literature. They said so again when Ballard High School was looking for an interim site. The District should have moved Hamilton Middle School to Lincoln like they promised. Now, here we are with a high school on the site, and the District is looking to commandeer our community park.
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kathryn Strother Ratcliff
2 years ago
The change would be from a neighborhood park enjoyed by people 3-96 (I know many 90 year olds that love it) to a school field from 8am to 10pm. That's called inaccessible to the neighborhood.
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Anonymous
2 years ago
This park is a wonderful place for kids to run & play, is used by adults for activities and as a public park, it should not be taken over by the schools.
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Mark Gunning
2 years ago
This park is essential open space for all of Wallingford, young and old. I understand the issue of needing football space, but there are other places to look.
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Helen Lafferty
2 years ago
Please do not take this community park away from us!!
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Scott Bohart
2 years ago
As far as I understand it, there are other options for a playfield. The teachers need to have a parking lot that maybe they can figure something underneath a playfield in the spot where the current parking lot is. High school students need a place to play sports, but taking away a green space for the community who spent their whole lives in the area as opposed to the high school students who might spend two or three years playing a sport there, is really unfair to the community. I totally support education, sports and kids, but I don’t support this proposal.
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Patty Abrahamsen
2 years ago
Creating a sports field at Woodland Park seems like a much better option and preserves Wallingford Park for everyone.
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Carole Barrer
2 years ago
With our recent increased density, the demand for OPEN SPACE is more critical for our neighborhood to thrive.
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Lorrie Wallace
2 years ago
This is a highly utilized park that needs to remain available to all to enjoy in it's natural state...No artificial turf.
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Marian Nachman
2 years ago
The park should stay as is - a rare open space in a neighborhood of increasing multiplexes.
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Michael Beals
2 years ago
In favor of keeping as much green space in Wallingford as possible. Seems like there are also other options to provide a (much needed) field at other outdoor spaces for Lincoln.
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Laird Harris
2 years ago
This is where my children played. Nothing else like this was reasonably available. Still true today.
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Rebecca Brenneman
2 years ago
With the mandated densification and its accompanying population growth in Wallingford, the public park is needed more than ever. Keep Wallingford Park public!
Making the Wallingford Park playfield into a sports field for Lincoln is not only exclusionary but deprives the community of play, sport and green space. I support a designated sports field for Lincoln on the Lincoln site with a lower level parking lot.
Let's explore alternatives. This park means so much to so many.
Wallingford resident
Keep the Wallingford park natural and usable for the community!
It would be a shame to convert a multi use natural area into a single use artificial area.
Keep the park grass for the entire community! There are already spaces for athletics.
City government and its departments need to live up to previous agreements. While I support playfields, this one gives me pause when it will eliminate the nature of this neighborhood park and play area. Installing a full-size, lit football field is not in line with the purpose this park was created in the first place.
The Seattle School District knew that the Lincoln site was too small for a high school. They said so in their literature. They said so again when Ballard High School was looking for an interim site. The District should have moved Hamilton Middle School to Lincoln like they promised. Now, here we are with a high school on the site, and the District is looking to commandeer our community park.
The change would be from a neighborhood park enjoyed by people 3-96 (I know many 90 year olds that love it) to a school field from 8am to 10pm. That's called inaccessible to the neighborhood.
This park is a wonderful place for kids to run & play, is used by adults for activities and as a public park, it should not be taken over by the schools.
This park is essential open space for all of Wallingford, young and old. I understand the issue of needing football space, but there are other places to look.
Please do not take this community park away from us!!
As far as I understand it, there are other options for a playfield. The teachers need to have a parking lot that maybe they can figure something underneath a playfield in the spot where the current parking lot is. High school students need a place to play sports, but taking away a green space for the community who spent their whole lives in the area as opposed to the high school students who might spend two or three years playing a sport there, is really unfair to the community. I totally support education, sports and kids, but I don’t support this proposal.
Creating a sports field at Woodland Park seems like a much better option and preserves Wallingford Park for everyone.
With our recent increased density, the demand for OPEN SPACE is more critical for our neighborhood to thrive.
This is a highly utilized park that needs to remain available to all to enjoy in it's natural state...No artificial turf.
The park should stay as is - a rare open space in a neighborhood of increasing multiplexes.
In favor of keeping as much green space in Wallingford as possible. Seems like there are also other options to provide a (much needed) field at other outdoor spaces for Lincoln.
This is where my children played. Nothing else like this was reasonably available. Still true today.
With the mandated densification and its accompanying population growth in Wallingford, the public park is needed more than ever. Keep Wallingford Park public!