NORTHWEST — The Northwest Neighborhood Association has developed a love-hate relationship with the Bonneville Power Administration, according to the latest neighborhood newsletter.
On one hand, the so-called “power line thruway” that bisects the neighborhood is the reason that Franklin Park exists. On the other hand, most fields below the power towers that march through the neighborhood tend to get overgrown and trashy.
Neighborhood vice president Todd Clark last year began pressing for a greenway connection between Franklin Park and Burnt Bridge Creek. Creating a greenway would mean paving a walking path that heads east from Franklin Park, across the rectangular BPA field south of 58th Street, then northeast across the street and along the field north of 58th Circle.
Clark noted that the city has no money for any new park development, but that BPA likes the idea and wants to help make it happen. Look for a thorough discussion of the issue Jan. 27 at the neighborhood association meeting set for 7 p.m. at Franklin Elementary School, 5206 Franklin St. It could become an official part of the Neighborhood Action Plan.
“It may just be an asphalt walking path,” Clark writes in the newsletter, “but it could be the beginning of extending Franklin Park, a future community garden or simply beautifying the existing open spaces.”
