we can fight city hall

“urban green spaces are fundamental components of a city’s infrastructure - green spaces enrich the lives of city dwellers in many ways, offering places to watch wildlife, to renew from the stresses of daily life, and to provide many environmental functions (i.e., minimize flooding) - evidence shows that urban green spaces reduce anxiety and stress, even help to lower crime and violence - however, many people only equate green spaces with public parks and other publicly accessible spaces - citizens forget about green spaces in their own backyards, the street right-of-ways and other public, private and semi-public places - urban green spaces are all around us and if we look hard enough we will be amazed at what they have to offer - unfortunately, many of these hidden green spaces are under threat of disappearing…….” - - the seattle audubon society

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seattle’s shame

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during the summer of 2007, a tiny seattle greenbelt was destroyed on capitol hill by a wealthy developer homeowner - despite clear documentation that the city of seattle has violated its own ordinances in allowing this devastation, months of communication with the arborist’s office, the mayor’s office, the department of transportation, and others in city government has been met primarily with silence or kafkaesque bureaucracy - the city has failed to either stop the continuing damage or require meaningful restoration - and so, a new chapter….. wecanfightcityhall.org - while I fully appreciate that the information presented here may feel a bit overwhelming to anyone not immersed in city regulatory processes, the basic elements of this story are quite simple - this website provides a recording and documentation of:

  • the abuse of wealth,
  • the failure of the city of seattle to protect its environment and its citizens,
  • and hopefully, at some point in the foreseeable future, the positive impact of citizens who believe “wecanfightcityhall” (although we far prefer not to fight, but to collaborate constructively and creatively, and enjoy the process)

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