Carkeek Park's Environmental Learning Center (ELC).
This building - and the public programs held here - are slated for closure
in the Mayor's current budget for 2011.
in the Mayor's current budget for 2011.
The ELC is a sustainable and certified green structure and is essential hub of environmental education and community throughout North Seattle. It is outfitted with rain catchment and solar panel systems and was awarded a LEED Gold Award in 2003 by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
The City of Seattle is proposing budget cuts that will drastically affect Carkeek Park and its Public Programs, starting January 2011.
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