Support New Athletic Fields for Lincoln HS & Hamilton MS @ Wallingford Park
Wallingford, Seattle, WA, USA
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We have used Wallingford Park for years with and without our kids, but think that improving the park to provide Hamilton and Lincoln students with a place for them to practice is the right thing to do. Currently the field that is there has limited use during the greater than 6 months of the year when it is too wet, muddy or dark to use.
Christian supported: Support New Athletic Fields for Lincoln HS & Hamilton MS @ Wallingford ParkSports fields are in short supply in Seattle and there are none in this area of Wallingford. This project would support the whole community. Turf fields get more use than grass which becomes muck in out climate.
Elizabeth supported: Support New Athletic Fields for Lincoln HS & Hamilton MS @ Wallingford ParkOur family has lived a block away from the Playfield for 28 years. We've raised two kids who both went through Hamilton and one went through Lincoln. Our kids played soccer and my husband coached both of their teams through Woodland Soccer. He and their teams spent the first ten minutes of every practice cleaning up dog poop. The field has always been a muddy, dog-poopy mess and never had the proper drainage installed. As a responsible dog owner to two large dogs, I can't stand that the park's leash law is ignored every day. It's ridiculous and gross and dangerous to small children and other dogs (I can't even walk through the field with my leashed dogs as they've been attacked before). The field isn't being used to it's potential. Isn't it time to give our neighborhood schools a place to practice? I'm not thrilled about synthetic turf--I truly wish that there could be higher environmental standards in place to remedy that; but I'm all for turfing it. And if it turns out to be anything like Roosevelt's practice field, the bonus would be to finally have a track around the field to use.
Margaret supported: Support New Athletic Fields for Lincoln HS & Hamilton MS @ Wallingford ParkMy kids grew up playing here and it’s an amazing community resource that would be even better with turf rather than the mud bog field it is now.
Andrea supported: Support New Athletic Fields for Lincoln HS & Hamilton MS @ Wallingford ParkIt is a sad commentary on Seattlites that this simple act of trying to give students of Seattle's largest public school access to necessary outdoor space is being opposed. As it stands now, kids (and/or their parents) are having to pollute the environment to drive their kids to other fields hours after school closes to participate in practices. The time spent having to drive to other locations at all hours is time the kids could be putting to much better use.
Melanie supported: Support New Athletic Fields for Lincoln HS & Hamilton MS @ Wallingford ParkYou’re not alone — a community of supporters is ready to back you.
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