Category: Partnerships
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Tree Planting with Two Rivers School
We are fortunate to have such an amazing array of partners who help us maintain our world-class parks, trails and open spaces. One such partner is the Two Rivers School from North Bend – they’ve been helping us plant native vegetation and remove invasive plants on our properties (in the area) for over ten years!…
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Cottage Lake ropes course
Ropes course at Cottage Lake. Looking for a corporate outing and some serious team building, floating high above the earth? What sensible company doesn’t? Hook up with our partner the Northshore YMCA to schedule your adventure. [It helps to not be terrified of heights or ropes] Want to see more pics of this glorious structure?…
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Run, dance, dunk, and picnic your way to celebrate 50 years of Fairwood
This weekend, King County is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Fairwood community, near Renton in south King County. This all-day, family-friendly event kicks off with a 5k run and walk. Registration opens at 8 am, race starts at 9 am. In the afternoon, Petrovitsky Park (map) will be transformed into a…
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Pianos in the Parks returns to Tolt MacDonald Park and the Sammamish River Trail
10 Pianos, 10 Parks, 10 Days. Each day from July 8 through July 17, Pianos in the Parks will feature an artist-designed piano that will appear at a local park throughout King County. From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. the piano will be available for public use. Each participating park will host a free daily…
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Fourth of July reminder: bubbles > fireworks
http://media1.giphy.com/media/47KjwlPVpnQOs/giphy.gif People of King County: please realize that you do not have fire resilient powers! Your plastic shields WILL NOT protect you. We want you to celebrate Amurica this weekend but please do it safely. This is just a friendly reminder that it is ILLEGAL to set off fireworks in any of King County’s…
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Selfie Game Strong: Concert Ticket Giveaway to Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
In honor of National Selfie Day yesterday, we’re giving away ONE pair of tickets (2 tickets) to the Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals concert at Marymoor Park tomorrow evening, 6/23. Follow these simple steps to be entered: What is your favorite King County Park to take a selfie in? Here’s a list of our…
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Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival June 11-12th 2016 at King County’s Duthie Hill Park
It’s time for the annual Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival at King County’s Duthie Hill Park. It’s TWO DAYS this year which means more venders, demos, skill clinics and beer than ever before! Check out the list of vendors and demo fleets attending. This is an event for the whole family so bring your munchkins to…
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2016 Big Backyard 5K Photos: Heat, smiles, kids and an otter
You can see ALL the photos over here. Good times. Sweaty good times.
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Lumineers Concert Ticket Giveaway
In honor of National Trails Day on June 4th we’re giving away a pair of tickets for each Lumineers concert at Marymoor Park this weekend! That’s a total of three concerts! WAHOOOOO! Follow these simple steps to be entered: What is your favorite King County Parks trail? This can be a backcountry trail OR regional…
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Trail maintenance brought to you by REI
REI joined us for some trail maintenance at Green River Natural/O’ Grady. This site gets a lot of equestrian use, so they kept the trail wide, trimmed low hanging branches and worked on drainage. Large group of people, so they managed to get quite a bit done. Thank you much REI, your help is always appreciated.
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GiveBig to the King County Parks Foundation on May 3!
On May 3, donations to the King County Parks Foundation will be stretched thanks to funds from the Seattle Foundation and corporate sponsors. The King County Parks Foundation’s mission is to cultivate private-sector investments to connect communities to regional trails, open space and parks and to support the resiliency of King County’s parks and trails…
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Happy horses heart our Taylor trails
Together with the Tahoma Chapter of the Backcountry Horsemen of Washington and Washington Trails Association, we sliced through the shiny blue ribbon and celebrated our brand spankin’ new trailhead at Taylor Mountain Forest. And it was already being put to good use by the 30 some horses and their humans and trucks and trailers! Funded…
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1 down, 999,999 to go!
Today, King County Executive Dow Constantine launched the 1 Million Trees campaign, an ambitious project to plant one million trees across King County by 2020 to combat climate change, promote healthy forests, and make our communities healthier and more resilient for all residents, be they people, fish, birds, or orcas! In addition to kids from…
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Day of the Living Trees
What’s better than peanut butter + chocolate? Trees and parks. No park can have too many. Which is one of the reasons Swansons began their Living Tree program. A program for those of us that love parks, and hate knowing our tree has reached the end of the line after the holiday. A program that…
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Pints for Parks 2016
You like beverages that taste of hops? What about parks – you like parks? The folks over at The Noble Fir are big fans. Not fair-weather fans, mind you. These people love their outdoors as much as being purveyors of hoppy beverages and delicious eats. Their love of these things has led them, on more…
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An Icy Morning On Vashon
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Marymoor Park Concerts: Wilco
More pics over on Flickr
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In Case You Missed It…
TEAM KAVU threw themselves out of a plane at Timber! Fest, pulling a total Motley Crue. Neil Amonson, Jeff Shapiro & Jesse Hall form Team KAVU skydive into the 2015 Timber Music Festival. Carnation, WA
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Timber! The First 24
For more pics checkout Flickr
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OMG! OMG! OMG! PIANOS!
Last year, you were all like “I didn’t know I wanted pianos in my parks!?!” This year, you’re all “I want more pianos in my parks. Those things are like awesome-er keyboards. And, whoa! Did they paint those things all up?!? Snap. That’s dope.” That’s right kids. The pianos are back, and this time it’s personal.…
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Timber! Just Days Away
Have your tickets? If so, what are you hitting up first – the river, a hike, mountain biking with REI, kayaking, bubble football, mustache waxing? Don’t really matter, whatever you choose it all coalesces into one crazy-awesome experience. Don’t believe? Check it. Video never lies.
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BUZZKILL WARNING 2015 – But Keep Loving America
“Weeee just wanna celebraaaaate.” WAIT! did you bring yer creepy mannequin to the park to make an example out of them?!!??!?!?!?! Nooooooooo!!!!!! Ohhh, that’s an example of what COULD happen in meat-space. Gotcha. Don’t hold explosive in kitchen-gloved hand. Don’t stare into angry-hellfire cup of coffee. Don’t leave watermelon out for government employees. Check. We all…
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Wayne Tunnel Mural Receives National Recognition!
Wayne Tunnel’s “Ebb & Flow” mural, by artist Kristen Ramirez has been recognized by the Americans for the Arts! If you frequent the Burke-Gilman through Bothell, we’re sure you’ve rolled through and jangled that bike bell as instructed, whilst marveling at the transformation of what was once just a stark white tunnel [insert sad emoticon].…
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2015 Big Backyard 5K in Pictures #bby5k 4 life
Want more pics? Of course you do, click over to our Flickr feed.
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Sunday! SUNday! SUNDAY!!
Alright kids, the time has come. If you aren’t already registered for the Big Backyard 5K, it’s only because you are trying to play it cool. Pulling a 5K Bueller. Whatevs. Just make sure we see your smiling 5K-havin’ mug on Sunday. Remember, not only is it good for your health, but it’s also good karma…
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Cougar Mountain Trail Run Series. You’ve Been Warned 2015
This last Saturday we kicked off the first of our Cougar Mountain Trail Run Series, pulled together by the amazing Seattle Running Club. Weather was perfect, so in classic NW fashion, everyone had a smile on…until they ran it off. So register up and come run your face off in a King County gem. Saturday, June 13, 2015. 8.2 &…
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Give Big Hugs With your Wallet During GiveBig.
The King County Parks Foundation is devoted to cultivating private-sector philanthropy to connect communities to regional trails, open space and parks and to support the resiliency of the parks system for future generations. As our region continues to grow, protecting our natural habitat, creating fun, new places for kids to play and connecting communities through…
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Soaring Eagle gets what it deserves – teenagers
WTA (Washington Trails Association) and King County Parks hosted a volunteer event at Soaring Eagle. A little trail maintenance. Much needed dirty work for a trail system that admittedly can get very wet. That trail had NO IDEA what was in store for it. Teenagers. A murder of them. From the Big Picture School in…
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The kids are alright
A couple classes from Carnation Elementary walked down to join the Snoqualmie Tribe, who just happened to be hosting a planting event today along the Tolt river. We were privileged to provide support, and weren’t alone. Turns out Mountains to Sound Greenway and King County’s Stewardship Partners are also big on that whole restoration/education thing.…
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Nicht is the English equivalent of “not” but nicht always
Ground breaking ceremony for the new Fred V. Habenicht Shelter with Habenicht family members, project team, and Maple Valley Rotary members. Maple Valley Rotary is managing the project and matching our Community Partnerships and Grant award in order to complete a green roof shelter, scheduled to be completed in early May. Thank you to our…