Ballard District Council

• 1. Ballard District Site
  • a. What's New
  • b. Ballard Ave Landmark District Board
  • c. Information Resources
    • 1. Information Resources
    • 2. Maps
      • 1 Maps
      • 2 Neighborhood Boundry Map
    • 3. Demographic Profile
    • 4. History
      • History
      • History Link
        • History Link
  • d. Community Organizations
    • 1. Business Groups
    • 2. Residental Groups
    • 3. Issue and Topical Groups
    • 4. Civic and Fraternal Groups
  • e. Local Media
  • f. Schools
  • g. Churches
  • h. Elected Officials
  • i. Meeting Facilities
  • index
  • j. Local Institutions and Public Services
  • k. Photo Gallaries
  • l. Mark Your Calendar
  • m. Getting Around
  • n. Annual Events
    • 1. Annual Blessing of the Fleet
    • 2. Fall Fishermen's Festival
    • 3. Norwegian Constitution Day
    • 4. Sustainable Ballard
    • 5. Tivoli Viking
    • 6. Yule Fest
    • 7. Ballard Seafood Fest
    • 8. Crown Hill Arts Festival
  • o. Parks
  • p. Volunteer Opportunities
  • r. Neighborhood Plan
    • 1. Crown Hill - Ballard
    • 2. BINMIC
  • s. Contact Us
• 2. Ballard District Council
  • a. Ballard District Council
  • b. Upcoming DC Meetings
    • 1.General Meeting
    • 2. Committee Meetings
    • 3. Other Events
  • c. Ballard DC By-laws
  • d. Archives
    • 1. Meeting Agendas and Summaries
    • 2. Correspondence
  • e. City Neighborhood Councils and Other DC's
    • Links to Dept of Neighborhoods
  • f. Committees and Special Projects
    • 1. Neighborhood Plan Update Committee
    • 2. Tracking Major Private Developments
• index

Contact Information:
City of Seattle Ballard District Coordinator Rob Mattson at 206-684-4051 rob.mattson@seattle.gov

What We Do
Seattle is composed of 13 neighborhood districts induding Ballard. The neighborhood district system was created by City Ordinance in 1988. Each of the 13 districts has a district council composed of representatives from community organizations within that district. Each council is supported by a District Coordinator from the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. The Ballard District Coundl is composed of reps from 25 member organizations. These indude reps from business organizations, community associations, school-based groups, and a host of special topic organizations such as the Ballard Historical Society, Groundswell NW, and others. Three political party organizations in the 36th Legislative District are represented.

Ballard Action Agenda and Ballard District Council Information
The Ballard District Council advises the city about budget priorities and city policies; especially those most significant to this community. Past issues addressed by the Ballard Council include

• future development of Terminal 91
• replacing the Alaska Way Viaduct
• promoting public and private investment in accordance with the Crown Hill/Ballard Neighborhood Plan adopted in 1998
• provide guidance to major private and public development proposed within the Ballard district

Ballard District Council provides a town hall style forum where all from the Ballard district are welcome to attend and participate. Ballard District Council meetings are gatherings for neighbors to work together on a first name basis. We believe all points of view are important whether they be by well-informed and experienced civic leaders, by those who have more recently joined this community, or those interested in learning more about community decision making.

The Ballard District Council respects and promotes this community's cultural heritage. At the same time, the Ballard District Council is not resistant to growth or change. Although the Ballard District Council must take formal actions through its established structure of member organization representatives; anyone with an interest in Ballard is encouraged to participate at general meetings, serve on project or topical committees, or otherwise be part of civic leadership.

The Ballard District Council:

• Creates a powerful and representative voice from the Ballard community
  
  
• Encourages the many diverse interests in Ballard to find each other and work together for community improvement
  
  
• Creates an organization of representatives; the BDC believes that the whole is greater and more powerful than the sum of its parts
  
  
• Supports and strengthens existing community organizations and encourages new efforts to create opportunities for civic involvement
  
  
• Seeks, develops, and strengthens civic leadership
  
  
• Works to make sure city government and other government jurisdictions affecting Ballard are accountable to the Ballard district
  

GET INVOLVED
General meetings of the Ballard District Council are held on the second Wednesday of each month, from September through July, at 7 pm at the Ballard Library— 5614 22nd Ave. NW.

For more information on meetings and activities of your Council contact the City of Seattle District Coordinator Rob Mattson at the Ballard Neighborhood Service Center, 684-4051, rob.mattson@seattle.gov, 5604 22nd Ave. NW