Artwork gives developments a touch of humanity

There was a great article in the Seattle PI yesterday that makes mention of the award-winning West Seattle Built Green certified community of High Point. The article’s focus is on the Pomegranate Center, an Issaquah-based non-profit that engages communities in developing art projects in public spaces. Well, that’s my interpretation. I first met the executive director, Milenko Matanovic, 7 or 8 years ago when he helped the Westwood Neighborhood Council engage neighborhood residents in development of the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail (see photo – Grant M. Haller / P-I – which is of some “gateway” columns at Roxhill Park, the headwaters of Longfellow Creek, one of only 4 remaining salmon bearing streams in Seattle.) My husband and I lived in Westwood at the time and I was Communications Coordinator on the neighborhood council, which was led by some great environmentally-conscious community members (some of who also happened to work at the EPA). I won’t name names, but we have a beloved favorite neighborhood pub now owned by one of those great people.

The High Point neighborhood’s 4 acre Commons Park opened on the 4th of July and we had a huge neighborhood party and potluck. I spent a lot of my time face-painting the kids (if you know me well, try to picture that!!), and there was a concert that I missed seeing but I could hear quite well performed at the outdoor ampitheater mentioned in the PI article.

One of my neighbors and fellow High Point K9 Club member Roger Milnes missed a great canine field trip in May because he was helping with the ampitheater project. He is quoted at the end of the article.

“It’s a center of beauty — that’s kind of high-blown sounding, but it really is,” he said. “I’m delighted by it, and there’s a lot of little things like that around here.”

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I will post some pictures later of our new great green spaces and the art we get to enjoy in them.

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