
| With the exception of downtown, no neighborhood in Seattle has a smaller percentage of open space than Ballard! With only 144 acres of open space (only 4% of total acreage, compared to city-wide average of 10%), ripping up three acres of grass at Loyal Heights Playfield and slapping down vinyl hardly embraces the city's goal of maintaining green and open spaces for families. Click here to see the data from the 2005 update of the Seattle Comprehensive Plan. |


| No One We Know (But it Certainly Looks Like They are Having Fun!) |
| This Baby Needs Real Grass! Wouldn't it be sad to imagine this baby having to go sit on plastic for a picnic? |

