by Devin Chicras
Save the date for our annual Halloween Takeover on Saturday, October 28 now in a new location!
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Skyway Park Takeover Packed 500 Neighbors into 23 Acres
By Devin Chicras
At August’s epic Skyway Park Takeover, we found out what happens when 500 neighbors run wild across 23 acres full of free food, ice cream, sports and activities, live entertainment, and a furry human-sized otter. Thank you to all of our friends who made this day special.
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First-ever Skyway Park Takeover is August 12!
by Devin Chicras
We’re taking over Skyway Park and EVERYTHING IS FREE! Try out a variety of sports and activities, create the perfect picnic with food, drinks, and ice cream, dance to our live DJ or wacky brass band, scoop up giveaways and resources at our vendor alley, and keep an eye out for surprise guests.
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Winter Takeover 2022 Events and Contests
By Devin Chicras
We’re capping off 2022 with our Winter Takeover – a series of FREE fun events and contests throughout December.
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Annual Halloween Spirit Contest Has Launched for 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!
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Halloween Takeover is BACK
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.
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Three Ways to Join Our 2021 Winter Takeover
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.
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Big Announcement from WHCA and More News from July Community Meeting
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.
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Back to Schools, Vaccinations, Expanded Metro Service Highlight WHCA’s Winter 2021 Community Meeting
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.
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Persevering Amid Pandemic: Our Spring Quarterly Recap
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!).
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New King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay Leads WHCA’s Winter 2020 Quarterly Meeting Lineup
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!
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Election Day 2019 in Skyway: Pre-voting Assistance, Post-Voting Celebration
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.
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Over 400 Neighbors Pack Annual Halloween Takeover Party in Skyway
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.
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WHCA Quarterly Meeting Recap – Fall 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.
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Help Make Your 2019 Halloween Takeover a Smashing Success!
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.
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