Season’s freshest Christmas trees available now from Puget Sound Fresh farmers Purchase your Christmas tree this holiday season from a farmer participating in the Puget Sound Fresh program, and you’re not only supporting agriculture here in King County, but you’re assured of the best selection of the freshest trees available.
Dec. 7
Youth recreation facilities get boost from King County grants A barrier-free neighborhood playground, new baseball and softball fields, and a new high school track are among the 11 community projects that are getting a boost this year from a King County grant program.
Make your gifts last a lifetime this holiday season Looking for a cool, environmentally friendly holiday gift idea that goes twice as far? Charitable giving is a great, green way to celebrate the holiday season.
Dec. 3
King County awards green building grants The King County Solid Waste Division GreenTools Program recently awarded five green-building grants to projects throughout King County that are pursuing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification or better.
Dec. 1
Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center hosts nation’s top swimmers for short-course meet The best swimmers in the country are coming to the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center Dec. 3-5 to compete in the 2009 AT&T Short Course National Championships. This nationally televised event will propel the victors to international competitions and provide a showcase for new improvements made at the county facility.
Renton neighborhood gobbles Thanksgiving dinner, saves food scraps for recycling The average King County single-family household typically throws away about nine pounds of food scraps and food-soiled paper in an average week, and the King County Solid Waste Division (SWD) encourages residents to recycle their food scraps during the holidays – and all year ‘round – because recycling food is easy to do.
