If you read the Seattle Times article on the 13th of February, you may have already heard about a new citizen led movement to create family-friendly streets where everyone feels comfortable biking, walking, and playing. For me, this movement is personal. When I bike around Seattle or other communities by myself, I feel confident and safe...
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I had been volunteering off and on with the Greenway for a year when I met a volunteer named Amy Spens. She really inspired me to get more involved with the Greenway. At the time, I was a sophomore in high school and she was a senior. She had just completed an internship with...
Have you heard of the Homeschool Stewardship Squad? They are a group of homeschoolin’ moms and kids who get together to focus on stewardship through volunteering. I had a lot of fun working with them earlier this month. This is a new partnership between the Homeschool Stewardship Squad, the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust,...
Just this past week, the Greenway education staff was joined by a few Greenway board members for a tour of the Brightwater Treatment Plant. We came away impressed by our region’s efforts to preserve clean water and efforts to educate the public. Although not technically located in the Mountains to Sound Greenway (we made the...
Joan Thomas 1931-2011 Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust Board Member Joan Thomas passed away on November 28, 2011. Thomas was a steadfast and hard-working champion of the environment, and she will be sorely missed. In addition to her work with the Greenway Trust, Thomas was a former State Parks Commissioner, a founding member of...
On November 3rd, my husband Mark and I traveled to Atlanta to accept the 2011 Cornelius Pugsley Award for my Dad and Greenway Founding President, Jim Ellis. The Pugsley award is a national award given to three people each year by The National Park Foundation and The American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration. What an inspirational...
