To all our Central Houghton Neighbors - The HoughtDown Picnic is on hiatus for 2015!

After 22 years, approximately 4000 hotdogs and veggie burgers, 10,000 water balloons, 100 gunny sack and three legged races, 150 bags of candy, 200 bags of chips, and 2000 painted faces, the HoughtDown Picnic will be taking a hiatus for 2015.

Easily, the most important number of all is the thousands of hours spent by all the HoughtDown volunteers making the picnic happen over the course of the last 22 years. The effort put into the picnic over that time span is inspiring. To all the many people who took their Labor Day weekends to put on Kirkland’s best neighborhood event, we give a big heartfelt - Thanks!

Will the HoughtDown be back from hiatus in 2016? That depends on you. The HoughtDown needs a few (around 6) families to make it happen each year. Many hands make light work and a fun time. We need new families to step up and commit to making the picnic happen next year. We have all the basics worked out and a few veteran volunteers will be there to help pass the torch. If you’re interested in helping with the picnic in 2016, please contact us at centralhoughton@gmail.com.

Thanks - Central Houghton Neighborhood Association Board

Thanks again and look for us on the web at http://www.houghtonlives.com
And Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/groups/centralhoughton 

King County Metro Transit is asking Kirkland residents to share what types of transit service they think will get them to where they want to go. This input will help Metro’s transit planners better understand what is the best mix of bus service for Kirkland and the county including frequent, local and express buses service. This feedback will be used to shape Metro’s future transit network of bus routes and supporting facilities like park and rides. Please note that this is Metro’s second Long Range Plan survey. Metro will present conceptual networks based on this feedback later in the year. 

The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete. Do you want more local service, more frequent service, more express service? Do you want bus service on the Cross Kirkland Corridor, better service on 108th, and better service for the South Kirkland Park and Ride? Have a say today in what transit might look like in Central Houghton in 2040!

For more about the Long Range Plan, visit http://www.kcmetrovision.org/.

To jump straight to the survey go here - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/kcmetrovision2   
(Survey period ends July 31, 2015)
 

There will be no meeting tonight, Wed, July 1st for CHNA. We wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July.
 
Minutes to June 2015 CHNA Meeting
The majority of the meeting was dedicated to talking about the Houghton Everest Neighborhood Center (HENC).
The presentation can be found on the website here.
 
The responses collected during the post-it exercise where we asked everyone to tell us what they liked about each area can be found .
 
We appreciate all who attended and provided their feedback.
 
In July and August, we will be focusing on small group discussions of the HENC as well as preparing for the Houghtdown Picnic and Parade on Monday, September 7th. If you are interested in participating in either small group discussions or helping with the Houghtdown, please respond to this email and you will be included.