876 N 36th STREET, SEATTLE, WA
When you think of iconic spots to visit in Seattle, The Fremont Troll will be at the top of your list. This is why it was such an honor for Groundswell NW to become the fiscal sponsors for the Friend’s of the Troll’s Knoll who had a great idea back in 2009 to create a park and p-patch along the east and west sides of the Troll. With Kimberly Scrivner in the lead organizing her neighbors, the west side of the park received $685,000 in 2011 through the Seattle Parks and Green Spaces Levy and opened to the public May of this year. If you’re standing facing the Troll, walk along the sidewalk to your left and follow the windy path up the hill along a green space to a bench with a view and community P-Patch at the top.
With ½ of their vision under wraps, Friends of the Troll’s Knoll are still on a roll and are concentrating their efforts now on the east side with a new neighbor in the lead, Kaley Bender. Kaley brought neighbors together for a block party in August 2016 with the help of a Department of Neighborhood Small Sparks grant. We’re also pleased to announce that Friends of the Troll's Knoll received a $450 microgrant from Groundswell NW! These funds provided key resources for their inaugural clean up day on October 8th, 2016. SDOT helped pull out blackberry bushes, do some landscape cleanup and mulching. Following community events for the site were supported by Tableau Software who awarded $5,300! Congrats to Friends of the Troll's Knoll, thank-you Tableau for supporting this great community project and thank-you to grass-roots community organizers like Kimberly and Kaley who continue to inspire us to create, activate and care for parks, open space and habitat!
Friends of Troll’s Knoll are now supported by Seattle Parks Foundation as fiscal sponsor.