Presentation of the Hunter Farm Gathering Place design, which was developed by the Pomegranate Center with help from NE Seattle community members.

1. Hunter Gathering Place Northeast Seattle

2. Welcome and Introductions Steering Group Community Members Public Space Rangers Pomegranate Center Other?

3. Agenda Review of process - timeline Present design concepts Assemble task force Next steps

5. Design development June 11 community meeting June 12 – July 12 internal design workshops Site visits Initial budgeting and materials selection Meetings with property owners and selected community members June 28 Steering Group meeting

7. Flexible, movable furniture

8. Populate the site with posts

9. Continue market use

10. Birds

13. movable benches can be arranged for seating options

14. concrete pavers form a patio beside the meadow

15. opportunity for fundraiser: carving names of local donors on pavers

18. existing metal pole: stainless steel birds perch on pole from largest to smallest

19. all poles painted in a repeating color palette

20. adopt-a-pole project to decorate new and existing polesnew poles existing metal pole

21. Pole Art Bird pole and Adopt-a-poles Bird pole Stainless steel local birds perch on pole in descending order of size Adopt-a-poles New and existing wooden poles are painted and decorated with found materials such as cd’s, coffee cards, etc

23. boulders provide additional seating

24. boulders form natural walls for planters

25. drought tolerant native plantings

28. Coordination and information hub in the event of local emergencies

30. woven rebar fence is both functional and artistic

33. ring spacing based on the fibonacci sequence, a pattern found in nature

34. rings will spread across the site over time due to yearly re-gradingrings

35. Red Pumice Rings patterns and color on the ground

37. 24’x18’ (312 square feet)

40. 8’10” long by 2’ wide

41. Benches can be wheeled into many arrangements based on need

42. Benches can be stored vertically along fence

45. Hedge can be coppiced (pruned to the ground) to harvest red twigs for weaving wreaths.

47. Assemble Task Force Sign Up on Volunteer Sheets for: Plants Benches and Stage Poles Pavers In-kind donations of equipment Local source for native meadow-mix seeds Leader for paver fundraiser? Adopt-a-pole neighbors (pole enhancement ideas) Prime pole Paint pole per color scheme Fibonacci spiral Attach materials to pole

48. Next Steps Fine-tune design and budget Bench and Pole prototype workshop, July 19 Steering Group, July 26 Construction, August 18-21