Volume II| April 2022

Thank you, donors!



"It's Not Inexpensive to be Beautiful" maintenance campaign is a BIG success!

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Thank you!


Thanks to generous donors, we reached our fundraising goal of $31,000 to support the maintenance of streetscape improvements in Magnolia Village. We deeply appreciate your support of the "It's Not Inexpensive to be Beautiful" campaign.


Donors helped ensure that 43 gorgeous blooming flower baskets will be hung on the decorative poles starting in early May.


The bountiful baskets will be watered and maintained by Magnolia Garden Center through September. In addition, Joe Devaney and his fantastic crew from Lawnkeepers Landscape Co, Inc. have volunteered this month to power wash the sidewalks in Magnolia Village along West McGraw Street from 32nd to 35th Ave. W. The D Green Quality, Inc. team will be busy cleaning up fallen leaves and debris while weeding the same area.


Deep appreciation to the following for your investment in maintenance activities that keep Magnolia Village looking beautiful:

Jane Bailie

Julie Bennett

Teresa Bigelow

Angela Blums

Deb Blustein

Brian & Nancy Burt

Kim Carmel

Tim & Kelly Cassady

Erin Christie

Christopher Clark

Audrey Collins

Catherine Conolly

Joy Dasgupta

JoAnn DeGrande

Arya Dodhia de Soto

Joan Enticknap

Jean Fandl-Kelly

Karen Ford

Rob I Cin Fund

Richard & Carol Goodall

David Goodell

Ann Goos

Heidi Grossman

Jason Hall

Linda Hanson

Andrew Harrison

Darlene Henderson

Gene & Susan Hoglund

Carol Horton

Jamie Hoskinson

Jillene MacCreery

Laura Macpherson

Magnolia Insurance Agency

Richard Major

Scott & Gaye McClellan

Cheryl McQuiston

J. Bryce McWalter

Martin Medak

Bud & Trish Nicola

Ken & Marie Perlman

Jennifer Peters

John Platt

Cristina Pope

Lisa Ramey

Missy & Doug Reston

Benjamin Sheedy

Molly Shutes

Kathleen Smith

Larry Soriano

Dianne & Rene Spatz

Peter Spurging

Georgia Swenson

Tony & Jackie Tamfer

Daiva Tautvydas

The Shutes Team Real Estate

Heidi Ward

Bill & Paula Whitham

Spring-Cleaning Volunteering


Several intrepid community volunteers will be getting out the scrub brushes and hoses to clean the jaunty red umbrellas in Magnolia Village starting at 7:30 am on April 23rd. Volunteers will also lend their time and talent to clean the tables and chairs that dot Magnolia Village. Lots of work, but the Village will shine with many hands on board. Thank you, volunteers. Spring has sprung, and so has your 'get 'er done' spirit!


If you are interested in volunteering and joining the cleanup crew, please contact Cheryl at cheryl.amml@gmail.com.

Update on Phases IV & V Progress



We are still awaiting approval from the city of Seattle for Phases IV & V of the Reimagine Magnolia Village project. The last two phases of the project cover streetscape improvements from West Lynn St. to West Smith St. on 33rd Avenue W and from W Lynn St. to the CVS store on 32nd Avenue W. 


The Magnolia Beautification Committee and its leader, Cheryl McQuiston, are anxious to show the plans and launch the beautification efforts. For more information, please contact Cheryl via email at cheryl.aaml@gmail.com. To donate to Phases IV-V, click here.


Thanks to the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
This digital document has been funded in part by the Neighborhood Matching Fund Program of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. The information contained herein does not necessarily reflect policies, plans, beliefs, conclusions, or ideas, of the City of Seattle.

To donate by check, please make payable to Magnolia Better Together - MBC and send to Magnolia Better Together - MBC #51 / 3213 W Wheeler Street / Seattle WA 98199

To make a monthly/quarterly pledge by check, please contact

Cheryl McQuiston, MBC Chair at cheryl.aaml@gmail.com