Ever since Mayor McGinn announced his 2011 budget for the city, one of the major arguments in Queen Anne has been over the proposed plans for the gym at the QA community center.
Under the new budget, the Queen Anne gym would be closed in 2011 to make room for BizKid$, a national public television series for children. BizKid$ would use the gym as a production studio until the end of 2011, and possibly longer.
Immediately the community responded with backlash, attending budget meetings and garnering support from City Councilmember Tim Burgess to fight to keep the gym open.
Now that fight has moved to the Seattle City Council website, where hundreds of community members have posted ideas and suggestions regarding alternative solutions to closing the Queen Anne gym, such as looking for another building to use as an income-generator from the BizKid$ program. Can’t make it to a meeting? Tell the City Council what you think here.