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.
Save Loyal Heights Playfield - Neighbors for Natural Spaces in Ballard
Ballard's Shrinking Open Green Space
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?