After more than a decade of planning and construction, local dignitaries and community members joined King County Executive Dow Constantine on Saturday, Sept. 24th to celebrate an extraordinary regional investment in clean water with the start of Brightwater Treatment Plant operations. View video.
Saturday, Sept. 24, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
We hope you’ll put the Brightwater grand opening on your calendar. This event means the many community and educational amenities here will be available to the public--an environmental learning center with public meeting spaces, striking art, 70 acres of publicly accessible open space, three miles of trails and 40 acres of restored fish and wildlife habitat.
What to know to go
Admission is FREE and all are welcome
Refreshments will be provided
Wear comfortable shoes (and closed-toed shoes for treatment plant tours)
Schedule
Highlights:
Live music with Pacific Cascade Big Band, Garfield Jazz Band and Seattle Youth Symphony
Official “flipping on the switch”
Activities just for kids
Performance artists and book readings
Tours of the plant, the art, the habitat and the Center
Blessing of the water–Tulalip and Suquamish Tribes
Community Resources Expo with dozens of exhibits and garden clinic
Parking for the grand opening is limited. Please catch the shuttle!
Shuttle from Woodinville Park and Ride 17800 140th Ave. N.E., Woodinville, 98072. A shuttle will run every 20 minutes from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. www.soundtransit.org/Rider-Guide/Woodinville-PR
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We hope you’ll put the Brightwater grand opening on your calendar. This event means the many community and educational amenities here will be available to the public--an environmental learning center with public meeting spaces, striking art, 70 acres of publicly accessible open space, three miles of trails and 40 acres of restored fish and wildlife habitat.
