The King County Districting Committee has begun public hearings on four alternate County Council redistricting plans. The plans are online at www.kingcounty.gov/districting . One of those plans has a current portion of the Finn Hill area being moved over to District 1 northward. The other three retain the existing alignment for Finn Hill within District 6. There is a public hearing on Thursday June 30 at Bellevue City Hall from 6:30-8:30 pm. The hearing is in City Council Cha

A reminder now that Finn Hill is part of Kirkland. As plans for the July 4 th “Celebrate Kirkland!” community event are finalized, the Kirkland Police and Fire Departments encourage residents and visitors to celebrate safely and legally and offer the following tips: Comply with the City’s fireworks ban. The sale, possession and discharge of all fireworks are prohibited within Kirkland city limits. This includes the recently annexed areas of Finn Hill, North Juanita, and Ki

Friends of DCNA, Great news - if you make a gift to DCNA on June 23, the Seattle Foundation will chip in as well! DCNA has been able to accomplish a lot over the years thanks to your generosity. For those of you have already given using the contribution envelopes in our newsletter, we thank you! And for those of you who haven’t gotten ‘round to that…or want to give more…the Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG event on June 23 will make your contribution go further: Donations made t

A Secret History of O.O. Denny Park By Donald Mackey The sky was blue over the lake, with a nice ripple, that Sunday afternoon last winter. Donald Mackey and his wife Dianne were enjoying the rare sunny day, walking along the slope of the hill, past the railroad ties. Near the bridge over the mouth of O.O. Denny Creek, he lingered by the water’s edge, taking in the woodsy scent of the stream where he had so often fished for trout as a kid. When his parents and grandparents we

Status – Spring 2011 Washington State’s Growth Management Act mandates Kirkland to annex Finn Hill (including Holmes Point), northern Juanita and Kingsgate before 2012. This could very well occur sometime in the next few years. It would increase Kirkland’s population by 44,860 (77%), from 34,300 to 79,160. The Finn Hill population is 12,600. Kirkland commissioned a study of the cost of annexation (see “Kirkland’s Cost Study” in the Contents panel to the left for the Executive

Journalist and illustrator Gabriel Campanario illustrates life in the Puget Sound on his award-winning Seattle Times blog and weekly column Seattle Sketcher . In May, Gabriel contacted us to research his next sketching outing: a visit to the neighborhoods annexed into Kirkland. We were thrilled to oblige with a guided tour of the area’s history and some of our favorite spots. In this three-post series, Gabriel recounts his conversation with DCNA board member Lou Berner about