Seattle Parks and Recreation is inviting the public to submit potential names for the new park on Ninth Avenue Northwest and the new Crown Hill School open space. Suggestions for names are due to the Park Naming Committee by June 2.

This Ninth Avenue Northwest site was purchased with 2000 Pro Parks Levy funds and now, as a result of the 2008 Parks & Greens Spaces Levy, there is funding to develop this site into a brand new park.

The public process involved three community meetings, which provided valuable design direction.

The design most preferred at the final public meeting includes a community garden at the north end, a sitting wall enclosed space to recall an old building foundation, an open lawn, a "sledding hill" and a small play area at the south end.

There is a planted buffer along the back edge with a trail for unstructured play.

Construction on the site is scheduled to begin in August 2010, with completion anticipated in spring 2011.

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The Crown Hill School open space is located at Holman Rd Northwest and 13th Ave Northwest. The project will renovate existing ballfields and adjacent newly acquisitioned land.

Pedestrian circulation, celebrated entries, open space, areas for play, a newly renovated field, seating and plantings are among the many elements being considered.

The project was put on hold in 2006 after Seattle Public Schools declared the property a surplus, and put it up for sale. The City of Seattle purchased the property in March 2009 for $5.4 million.

This 1.71-acre acquisition fulfills one of Crown Hill’s longstanding community goals in its neighborhood plan.

Parks and Green Spaces Levy development funding of $1.2 million will contribute to completing the design and construction of the park.

Parks will host the first public meeting on this project since 2006 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on April 28 at the Crown Hill Center, located at 9250 14th Ave. N.W.

Construction of the site is projected for spring 2011, with an anticipated completion in the fall of 2011.

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Please submit suggestions for park names in writing by June 2, and include an explanation of how your suggestion matches the naming criteria.

Send suggestions to Seattle Parks and Recreation, Park Naming Committee, 100 Dexter Ave. N, Seattle, WA 98109, or email them to paula.hoff@seattle.gov.