Mayor McGinn to visit neighborhood this Saturday

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn will hold a Q&A town hall meeting to hear from local residents this Saturday.

According to his office:

As part of the Engage Seattle initiative this year, in order to ensure that as many people as possible who live, work, or play in Seattle are able to voice their concerns and offer their feedback directly to the Mayor, we’re going to be holding a series of town halls, neighborhood visits, and other outreach events in every part of the city.

The one for our neighborhood is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at Aljoya Thornton Place, 450 N.E. 100th St.

According to Thomas C. Whittemore of the city’s Department of Neighborhoods, there is a tentative plan for the mayor to first take a small walking tour:

We are planning a Mayor’s Neighborhood Visit for March 19th starting at 10:30 a.m. The planned route will take us from the Northgate Community Center, through Thornton Creek Park #6 to the Maple Leaf Community Garden (where we hope to meet P-Patch gardeners/neighbors). After a walk along the new daylighted section of the creek, we will check out the Metro Transit Center then return to the Aljoya Thornton Place community meeting room for a Q&A session.

(Note: Saturday is expected to be partly sunny and 55 degrees.)

McGinn was last in the neighborhood almost exactly a year ago to hold a youth rally attended by more than 250 people. That gathering generated ideas to help children and families succeed.