This post courtesy of our sister site Queen Anne View.
This Tuesday, August 5th, is National Night Out, an evening to meet your neighbors, share a potluck or BBQ, host a kiddie parade, or compete in outdoor games. Anyone can organize a Night Out event for neighbors.
You can even have your non-arterial street shut down for the evening (6-10pm) to keep it safe and expand your community space for a neighborhood party. All you have to do is register your event online and if you want to close your street, officially register your Night Out event with the City of Seattle.
Summer weather continues for the week, so get outside and get together with your neighbors to celebrate community and build a support network. One of the best ways to deter crime in our neighborhood is to have watchful neighbors, and National Night Out is an effort to help reduce crime – and have fun at the same time!
Someone may take me to task for this but I have a request for next year: a little more communication between block organizers. I was coming from 20 th Ave NE on my way to an event in Ballard. So many blocks were cordoned off between 15th and Roosevelt, it was really hard to navigate. If even one of those streets had been opened with advanced notice (flyers in local businesses perhaps?) it would have been greatly appreciated.
Sorry to sound like a whiner. The weather was fabulous and I’m sure a great time was had by all… just asking for a little more communication next year. Who knows, maybe next year I’ll actually be able to join the party.