It’s been great to receive your suggestions for Thornton Creek park names (see November 5 post), and I’ve been passing them along to those involved in the naming process. Here are some of the people and ideas you’d like to see represented:
- Nishitani family
- Ole Blindheim and LaVilla Dairy
- Seattle human rights activist Alice Franklin Bryant
- Slo'q'qed or hLooQWqeed (Bald Head or Peeled Head), Northgate area wetlands
- dxWXoobud (Silenced or Quieted Place), Thornton Creek’s mouth
- glacial history, glimpsed in Park #2
- Kingfisher Park for Park #2 (including Secret Beach)
- Homewaters Park (!)
Each of these names tells a story, and stories strengthen our connection to our home places and to each other. Ten, fifty, or two hundred years from now, what stories would you like our descendants to remember?
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