These are the beautiful days we crave all winter, but we are living in unprecedented times. The Governor’s order isn’t stay out – it’s stay home. Easing up on social distancing too early will put more people at risk. durkan.seattle.gov/2020/04/with-c
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As the weather has gotten warmer, we have seen more and more people ignore the Governor’s order to Stay Home. Walks, runs or bike rides around the neighborhood with children, dogs, or family members can continue to occur.
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But instead, we’re seeing more families and friends heading out to our City’s largest parks to hold picnics, family reunions, BBQ’s, volleyball, soccer and basketball games, and other group activities.
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Seattle: This is hard. Last weekend, I too enjoyed a bike ride on the Burke Gilman to Gas Works. But right now, all of us need to take responsibility, stay home and not crowd our parks. Too many people are continuing to ignore our guidance to social distance in our largest parks.
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Across the country, many cities are closing all parks. The decision to close our largest parks where we keep seeing the most activity was difficult, but we cannot let up now.
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This closure applies to Green Lake, Lincoln, Golden Gardens, Seward Park, Magnuson Park, Gas Works, Alki Beach, and Discovery, as well as Cal Anderson, Carkeek, Woodland Park, Volunteer Park, Kubota Garden, West Seattle Stadium, and the Washington Park Arboretum.
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While these parks are closed, our 475 neighborhood parks remain open. Again, we need everyone to practice social distancing in these neighborhood parks. This *does not* mean that friends or groups can gather.
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Our first responders need us to stay home and stay healthy so that our health care system does not become overwhelmed. We must continue to flatten the curve so we can get back to normal soon.
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Our larger parks are literally the easiest places in the entire city to practice social distancing and it’s outrageous that you would shut them down preemptively simply because of nice weather.
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You are closing 39% of all park space in the city.
Is everyone in @OfficeofMayor afraid of getting their faces grabbed so nobody is stepping up to tell you what a ridiculous and dangerous plan this is?
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Replying to @holz_bau
there are 6,414 acres, so this list of closures represents 39% of all park space in the city.
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Everyone needs to flood her office with calls and emails telling her what a insanely dangerous idea this is and explain to her that unless she walks this back that she’ll be dealing with massive civil disobedience.
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