Winter Takeover 2022 Events and Contests

Name: Study Zone: Tutoring for K-12
Start: 2023-04-18T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2023-04-18T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Skyway Library

November 30, 2022

By Devin Chicras

We’re capping off 2022 with our Winter Takeover – a series of FREE fun events and contests throughout December.

Annual Halloween Spirit Contest Has Launched for 2022

October 8, 2022

Decorated your space? Carved a pumpkin? Dressed up? Dressed your pup?

Submit your best photo online for the 2022 Halloween Spirit Contest by Friday, October 21 at 5 p.m. for a chance to win a trophy and gift cards to local businesses!

Halloween Takeover is BACK

September 26, 2022

For the first time since 2019, our annual free, all ages Halloween Takeover event is BACK IN PERSON at Skyway Park Bowl’s event space on October 27, 2022 – even bigger and better than before.

Three Ways to Join Our 2021 Winter Takeover

December 1, 2021

by Devin Chicras

Compete in our annual Holiday Lights Contest, collect your Cinema Pack filled with goodies at a festive drive-through experience, and catch a great (streaming) film in a free series of fun, seasonal events in Skyway-West Hill.

Big Announcement from WHCA and More News from July Community Meeting

July 21, 2021

By Devin Chicras

Your quarterly community catch-up featured some great speakers sharing what’s new in the Skyway-West Hill area, and we made a big announcement about what’s next for our organization. Guests included: Skyway Coalition, King County Local Services, Skyway Water & Sewer District, King County Fire District #20, and King County Sheriff’s Office.

Back to Schools, Vaccinations, Expanded Metro Service Highlight WHCA’s Winter 2021 Community Meeting

February 18, 2021

by Devin Chicras

Held again over Zoom and Facebook Live on February 16, West Hill Community Association’s (WHCA’s) Winter 2021 Quarterly Community Meeting was absolutely packed with interesting and useful information and resources. Hear the fire chief recount the tragic 3-alarm fire that happened the day before Christmas Eve, get the inside scoop on how to get vaccinated, and let King County Metro explain how the Community Van program works (and how you could be a driver!) by rewatching the video.

Persevering Amid Pandemic: Our Spring Quarterly Recap

April 23, 2020

by Devin Chicras

While the COVID-19 pandemic may have prompted us at the all-volunteer nonprofit West Hill Community Association to host our first-ever virtual Community Quarterly Meeting, it has also inspired an outpouring of support and togetherness (even while maintaining social distancing!).

New King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay Leads WHCA’s Winter 2020 Quarterly Meeting Lineup

January 25, 2020

by Devin Chicras

Our first community meeting of the decade brought dozens of neighbors together to meet our new King County Councilmember and learn more about the 2020 Census, a new recycling startup, how Skyway Park is expanding, and more!

Election Day 2019 in Skyway: Pre-voting Assistance, Post-Voting Celebration

November 6, 2019

by Devin Chicras

Nearly 1,600 residents stopped by the King County Elections drop box at Skyway Library on election day, and we were there to offer support, high fives, and invite them across the street to celebrate democracy at our first-ever Election Results Watch Party at the newly renovated Beach Comber Bar and Grill.

Over 400 Neighbors Pack Annual Halloween Takeover Party in Skyway

October 29, 2019

by Devin Chicras

On Monday, October 28th, 2019, we took over the Lucky Dragonz event space at Skyway Park Bowl and turned it into the wildest Halloween Party around for over FOUR HUNDRED AWESOME NEIGHBORS.

WHCA Quarterly Meeting Recap – Fall 2019

October 16, 2019

by Devin Chicras

Whether in person or via our live stream, folks paying attention at our Fall 2019 Quarterly Meeting on October 15th, 2019 at Skyway VFW Post #9430 learned all sorts of valuable information from deciphering what’s on their General Election ballot to what proposed land use policies are set to shape their neighborhoods for the next twenty years, and much more.

Help Make Your 2019 Halloween Takeover a Smashing Success!

October 6, 2019

by Beth Hintz

What do you call an empty hot dog?

A hollow weenie.

But seriously, let’s CREEP it real. We need your partnership to help Skyway and our West Hill community have the best Halloween party yet.

WHCA Quarterly Meeting Recap – Summer 2019

July 17, 2019

by Devin Chicras

Our July 16th, 2019 Quarterly Meeting focused on a hot topic for the community: traffic safety. With so many tragic pedestrian and vehicle collisions on Rainier Avenue South and other local throughways, what can be done to increase safety and avoid future incidents?

WHCA Quarterly Meeting Recap – Spring 2019

April 30, 2019

by Devin Chicras

What services will the first ever King County Economic Development Manager offer our Skyway Business District? Could the County buy more land to create better access points to Skyway Park? Who are the newest WHCA board members? About forty neighbors (and hundreds more online) joined us at Skyway VFW Post #9430 to find out answers to those questions and many more on Tuesday, April 16th at West Hill Community Association’s Spring Quarterly Community Meeting.

How Our First-Ever West Hill Board Game Social Event Went

March 3, 2019

by Devin Chicras

On March 2nd, 2019 we held a four-hour tabletop gaming session with the greatest neighbors and friends complete with the most awesome snack spread we could dream up (lumpia, quail egg chicken noodle soup, pub mix, cookies…).