CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON!

Why do I have that ridiculous 80s song in my head?

BECAUSE JOHN AND SUMMIT PARK/P-PATCH JUST GOT FULLY FUNDED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE!

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Why am I so excited about this? Because I have been working, along with many other community members, to secure sufficient funding for this project for the last nine months. In the middle of an economic shit-storm. And our deadline was this August to raise the $150,000.

And then one day earlier this week, we heard that the Parks and Open Space Committee had chosen John and Summit Park and P-Patch as the recipient of $150,000 from the newly created P-Patch development fund (taken from the newest Parks Levy). We could not believe it was true until we got repeated confirmation, which trickled in over the course of the week. And just this morning, the lovely members of the Seattle City Council signed off on the funding.

And just like that, we won at life.


(You can see the relatively sober and official-looking post on the subject here if you want.)