By Devin Chicras
About 40 volunteers celebrated Earth Month in Skyway Park on April 25, 2026 with a successful restoration event, thanks to King County Parks Volunteer Program led by Lina and Anna.
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Hosting Skyway’s First Community Tết Celebration
By Devin Chicras
West Hill Community Association hosted Skyway’s First Community Tết Celebration (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) on February 10, 2026 at Skyway Library.
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Skyway Park Gets About 200 New Plants Thanks to Volunteers
By Devin Chicras
Nearly 200 new plants were added to Skyway Park on Saturday, November 15, 2025, thanks to King County Parks Volunteer Program led by Nick and Anna, and the amazing Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) staff and alumni.
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Celebrating Earth Month 2025 at Skyway Park
About 20 volunteers dedicated three hours of their sunny Saturday morning on April 26, 2025 to restore habitat in Skyway Park.
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Celebrating Earth Week 2024 at Skyway Park
By Devin Chicras
On April 27, two dozen volunteers joined WHCA and King County Parks in Skyway Park to celebrate Earth Week by restoring more of the wetland area we’ve been working on for the last five months.
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Volunteer Crew Clears “Secret Trail” in Skyway Park
by Devin Chicras
On Saturday, December 2, 2023 a dozen volunteers cleared 1,200 square feet of blackberry from the secret trail that starts at the base of the power line hill entrance to Skyway Park.
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Skyway Park Shines After KCP x WHAM Earth Month Event
by Devin Chicras
More than 20 volunteers came out to Skyway Park on Saturday, April 29, 2023 for a special Earth Month restoration event. Volunteers removed 160 gallons of trash from the park and removed two cubic yards of blackberry and ivy.
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Forty Volunteers Powered First Skyway Park Restoration Event of 2023
by Devin Chicras
Our first Skyway Park restoration event of 2023 brought together about 40 hardworking volunteers who cleared 132 gallons of trash and four cubic yards of blackberry in just three hours. Not only is the park cleaner and safer for neighbors to enjoy, but cleaning up the wetlands means a safer, healthier route for young salmon downstream.
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West Hill Action Mob Back on the Streets (and Parks) of Skyway
by Devin Chicras
After a long break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve reactivated our volunteer program – the West Hill Action Mob (WHAM) – and offered not one, but two ways to make a visible difference in the Skyway-West Hill community during July 2021.
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Let’s make Skyway-West Hill Shine for Earth Month—Join the Challenge!
by WHCA Events Committee
Instead of hosting just one West Hill Action Mob cleanup event for Earth Day, we’re staying active all month. This April, help us make Skyway-West Hill shine: grab a grocery bag, go for a walk around your neighborhood, and fill it up with litter. Will you join us?
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Fighting Litter & Weeds in Skyway’s Business District
by Devin Chicras
About 20 55-gallon bags full of litter and weeds were removed from Renton Avenue South in the Skyway Business District on Saturday, September 21st, thanks to 11 hard-working neighbors (Mary, Cindy, Tina, Miki, Rodney, Mark, Pat, Jadeyn, Curn, Devin, and Jim).
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WHAM’s Skyway Business District Spring Cleanup by the Numbers
by Devin Chicras
We celebrated Earth Day weekend in Skyway on Saturday, April 20th with some of the coolest neighbors toting litter grabbers, contractor bags and a croissant or two to pair with free double-shot espressos.
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A Few Hundred Less Cigarette Butts in Skyway Now, Thanks to Volunteers
by Devin Chicras
The streets of Skyway are much cleaner after our West Hill Action Mob Annual Fall Cleanup thanks to a dozen
Volunteers Battle Rain to Spruce up Skyway Business District
by Devin Chicras
On April 17th, 2018, litter and weedy, overgrown planting strips along Renton Avenue South in the Skyway Business District were absolutely no match for our fourteen brave volunteers – not even in the chilly, pouring rain. Continue Reading
Trash, Weeds, Pizza: Three Things West Hill Action Mob Took Care of Last Weekend
by Devin Chicras
Neighbors volunteered to make trash and weeds disappear from the Skyway Business District
…and later do the same to a stack of delicious pizza.
Between eating free breakfast and lunch, more than 20 neighbors went out and tamed the sidewalks of Skyway’s business district this weekend. How did we do it? Well here’s a look at the West Hill Action Mob (WHAM) Party: Fall Cleanup 2017 from Saturday, September 16th. Thanks to everyone who helped out! Continue Reading