Category: Helpful Information
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Seed Exchange
Announcing Sustainable Bellingham’s 5th Annual Bellingham Community Seed-Swap! “Getting Seeds Into the Hands of the People” Open to the Public -No Fee -Donations accepted! GMO Free Event! SCHEDULE: 1:00 Doors Open 1:15 Opening Circle & Swap Etiquette 1:30 Swapping Seeds & Sharing Stories 2:00 “Basic Seed Saving” talk by Celt Schira 4:30 Swap Ends & Clean…
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Coyotes – Our Seldom Seen Neighbors
The following article was written by Quinn Welsch, a student at WWU. You may remember him as a visitor to one of our neighborhood meetings in the fall, or from a request for information about coyotes in Edgemoor I posted for him on Edgemoor Nextdoor. Following is the result of his research. The coyote liked to impress the girls by…
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Building Variance Hearing December 5, 2012
Fieldston Rd Variance Requested When a property owner wants to build outside the standard codes, they may ask for a variance. In that event, notices are sent to owners of properties within 500 feet, as well as to the Neighborhood Association. Anyone can comment on the proposal and/or speak at a hearing in front of a city hearing…
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September 6 Meeting Highlights
The Sept 6th meeting was devoted to goal setting and scheduling for the coming 12 months. Topics discussed included Protecting views Deer control Connecting as a neighborhood Traffic, sidewalks,hazardous intersections, walking Airplane Noise Communication within the neighborhood Edgemoor Neighborhood Plan Actions planned relative to these topics are as follows: Simon Johnson is exploring the City of Bellingham…
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Fairhaven Neighborhood Plan
Planning Commission to Review Fairhaven Neighborhood Plan April 19, 2012, the Bellingham Planning Commission will review and take comments on the proposed Fairhaven Neighborhood and Urban Village Plan. The meeting will be held in Bellingham City Council Chambers at 210 Lottie St. Comments will be heard at the meeting or can be submitted in writing orior…
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Boundary Line & Zoning Change
March 29 Hearing Regarding Fairhaven/Happy Valley Boundary & Zoning Change The Bellingham Planning Commission will hold a hearing Thursday, March 29th at 7:00 pm in City Council Chambers to discuss moving the current line generally located in the 1400 block of 14th St into the Happy Valley Neighborhood and rezoning that property from Residential, Single to Commercial. The…
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Additional Padden Trails Information
Just received from Bellingham City Council Office: For those of you interested in reviewing the meeting materials for the Public Hearings regarding the Padden Trails project (http://www.cob.org/web/council.nsf/webmaterials), I just want to warn you that the file is extremely large due to the inclusion of both the Planning Commission’s written public comments and the written public…
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Padden Trails Hearing Before City Council
Padden Trails Hearing: Zoning & Toolbox Bellingham City Council will hold a hearing March 12th at 7:00 pm regarding the request by owners of the proposed Padden Trails development for increased density and use of the infill toolbox. The development agreement between the owners and the city will also be discussed. The Bellingham Planning Commission has…
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Environmental Review for Gateway Pacific Terminal
Information Meeting on Environmental Review Process Set This link will take you to a Department of Ecology news release regarding the meeting scheduled March 20th with representatives from Whatcom County, the Department of Ecology and the Army Corps of Engineers. They will be explaining the “road map” to be following through the permitting process. It…
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Edgemoor Neighborhood Plan Delivered!
And The Process Has Begun… Yesterday, after a number of years in the making, we delivered the updated Edgemoor Neighborhood Plan to the Planning Department at the City of Bellingham, with our application for docketing. What a wonderful feeling! Of course, we are just entering into a process we hope will culminate in the adoption…