in the Woodinville Weekly newspaper, 01/11/16
WELLINGTON PARK
Contrary to the disinformation about Neighbors to Save Wellington
Park, I feel it necessary to restate our position concerning Wellington
Hills Park.
The Woodinville neighborhood organization, Neighbors to Save
Wellington Park, is not opposed to parks, recreation, sports fields,
schools, little children, preteens, teenagers, millennials, mommies,
daddies, grandparents, uncles and aunts, tennis players, ice skaters,
golfers, dogs or cats or their owners, bicyclists, joggers, singers, tap
dancers, Star Wars collectors, gamers, texters, modernity or anyone
else.
What we are opposed to is the inappropriate development of Wellington Hills Park.
Rurally located, 100-acre Wellington Hills Park has a long history as
a relaxing green place and is located outside the Urban Growth
Boundary, between Route 9 commerce and residential homes in Woodinville.
For decades it was a 9-hole golf course and for the past almost four
years it has been a county park. Wellington Hills Park has been enjoyed
by thousands of people. The park, in essence, represents a portion of
Woodinville’s charm and fits nicely into the motto “quality of life.”
NSWP’s purpose is straightforward — the preservation of Wellington Hills Park as a community park.
Included in that purpose:
• To support the maintenance and
continuance of the existing rural ambiance and quality of life for the
neighborhoods adjacent to the Wellington Hills Golf Course area in both
North King and South Snohomish counties.
• To support the safety of
the community, the preservation of the environment and ecosystem are of
paramount importance in this goal.
Find out more on Facebook (www.facebook.com/SaveWellington Park), our
blog (newly updated to current issues, savewellingtonpark.blogspot.com)
and our webpage (about to get a face lift now that the sports complex
has been defeated, www.neighborstosave wellingtonpark.com.)
Donations to our legal fund are always appreciated. (NSWP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.)
Neighbors to Save Wellington Park
2 comments:
This is absolutely no place for a sports complex. The traffic on this simple country road would be a disaster, not to mention a horrible outcome for the families who purchased property in what they considered a rural area. Heck, I don't even live within 5 miles of the place but I don't want to see the traffic and congestion that this complex would bring. I would love to see a beautiful serene park in which we could hang out for picnics and who knows, maybe a couple tennis courts? Do something beautiful with the place. Don't make it into a huge parking lot with attached flat soccer fields.
Hi Janice,
All we want is a community park. It was and is special interest businesses that wanted Wellington Hills Park to be a commercial venture... it was never the people living here that wanted that.
Our county government moves in mysterious ways. This past October it was revealed they had given-up on the Wellington Hills Park sports complex... secretly they made a secret sales agreement of the Park with the Northshore School District. Recently, the County bought Carousel Ranch (north side of Brightwater) as the new place for their sports complex. Bad news for us - Northshore School District wants to build a high school and middle school on the Wellington site... strangely, even tho they committed 11.2 million $$$ to purchase the park... the sale can't be completed until the two lawsuits against the County are resolved. Both Neighbors to Save Wellington Park and the City of Woodinville have challenged the county on how they've handled the Park.
Lawsuits are expensive - that's why we ask for donations - in order to save Wellington AS A PARK - we must prevail in the legal system. All donations go to that effort. Thank you for your comment, it is much appreciated.
The possibilities of two schools in this neighborhood will forever change who we are and how we live. Two schools mean everything you now see in the Park will be destroyed.
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