There are two Ballard community meeting today.

At 1 p.m. we invite you to stop by the library's meeting room for Ballard News-Tribune's Meet the Press.

The public is welcome to meet the staff, ask questions, discuss Ballard news coverage and share your ideas and comments.

The meeting takes place from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the Ballard Public Library. 5614 22nd Avenue N.W.

And in that same room, the Ballard District Council meets at 7 p.m. The meeting will highlight the following topics:

- Ballard DC periodically spot lights one of our 28 member community organizations here in the Ballard district and tonight Ballard’s Senior Center is in the spotlight, presented by Director Carlye Teel.

- Legislative Redistricting: Following each federal census, boundaries for congressional and state legislative districts are reexamined in consideration of changing demographics.

- Strategies & Resources - Economic Recovery & Business Development in our Neighborhood,
Director Steve Johnson from the City of Seattle Office of Economic Development will speak.

- Local Community Initiatives: Three community projects have applied for grants from the City’s Neighborhood Matching Fund

Small & Simple program.
- Sunset Hill Gateway, Candace Jarrett
- Bring the Ring Back to Ballard, Laura Cooper
- Bountiful Backyard Barter, Creagh Miller

- Executive Committee Report
- City Neighborhood Council by Jody Grage
- 2011 Neighborhood Projects Fund by Rob Mattson
- City support to North end Neighborhoods by Rob Mattson
- Update – Alaska Way Viaduct Replacement project by Don Benson
- Ballard district web site by Dennis Galv