Please join Nicole Kistler, Seattle Artist-in-Residence for Urban Agriculture and the Seattle Tree Fruit Society, this Saturday, May 25 at the Magnuson Park P-Patch Orchard for the installation of a new art project called Blushing Orchards. The project is the first pilot project of a new Seattle Art Plan for Urban Agriculture.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2013 under Arts and Cultural Affairs, Front Porch, Northeast District, P-Patch.
Tags: Blushing Orchards, Magnuson Park P-Patch Orchard, Nicole Kistler, Seattle Artist-in-Residence for Urban Agriculture, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle Fruit Tree Society
Mayor Mike McGinn announced today that the Seattle Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and Seattle Department of Neighborhoods (DoN) have been awarded $35,000 from the FEMA Community Resilience Innovation Challenge. The cash award will establish community emergency preparedness “Hubs” in selected P-Patch community gardens in southeast Seattle, in addition to providing training
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Posted: May 22nd, 2013 under Emergency Preparedness, Front Porch, General, P-Patch, Public Safety, Southeast, Southeast District.
Tags: Community Emergency Hubs, Community Resilience Innovation Challenge, Emergency Preparedness, FEMA, Mayor Mike McGinn, Office of Emergency Management, P-Patch program, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
Join us as Mayor McGinn, Office for Emergency Management Director Barb Graff and Seattle Department of Neighborhoods Manager Karen Gordon, along with P-Patch gardeners and community members, announce receipt of a FEMA grant to create emergency hubs in P-Patch community gardens and what it means for community engagement and public safety. WHEN:
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Posted: May 22nd, 2013 under General.
Tags: alerts.seattle.gov
Check out the action from last Sunday's Bee Festival Parade in West Seattle. Neighborhood Matching Fund helped support this unique project. http://westseattleblog.com/2013/05/video-big-parade-launches-west-seattle-bee-garden
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Posted: May 21st, 2013 under Environmental issues, Front Porch, General, Neighborhood Matching Fund, Southwest District, West Seattle.
Tags: Bee Garden and Parade, Neighborhood Matching Fund, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, West Seattle Blog
This exhibit, presented in conjunction with our P-Patch Program, celebrates Northwest artist and master of collage Paul Horiuchi (1906 - 1999), who pushed the limits of paper through his innovative collage work. His works will be featured at the Wing Luke Museum along with seven contemporary artists who continue to transform the
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Posted: May 17th, 2013 under Arts and Cultural Affairs, Ballard District, Central District, Delridge District, Downtown District, East District, Front Porch, Greater Duwamish District, North District, Northeast District, Northwest District, P-Patch, Queen Anne/Magnolia District, Southeast District, Southwest District.
Tags: Community Gardening, community gardens, P-Patch program, Paul Horiuchi, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Wing Luke Museum
In conjunction with Parks and Green Spaces Levy, a Large Matching Fund Award of $100,000 from the Department of Neighborhoods provided funding for the children’s garden, adventure play and whimsical art area. The community raised $75,000 in cash to support the effort and contributed $25,000 in volunteer labor. The event on Saturday includes
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Posted: May 16th, 2013 under Front Porch, Neighborhood Matching Fund, North District, parks, Parks and Green Spaces Levy.
Tags: Maple Leaf Park, Neighborhood Matching Fund, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation
On May 14, Historic Seattle hosted its Fifth Annual Historic Preservation Awards Ceremony to acknowledge recent successes in the preservation and heritage fields. This year it introduced the Beth Chave Historic Preservation Award in honor of our peer who served as the Senior Landmarks Preservation Board Coordinator for many years. All the
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Posted: May 15th, 2013 under Front Porch, General, Historic Preservation.
Tags: Historic Preservation Program, Historic Seattle, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
Seattle is hosting the conference this year. Click here to register. https://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50272/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=69409
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Posted: May 13th, 2013 under Front Porch, General, P-Patch.
Tags: American Community Gardening Association Conference, Community Gardening, community gardens, P-Patch program, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
Our Historic Preservation staff shared this article from the Atlantic Weekly. It certainly proves true for the eight Historic Districts in Seattle. Read on.
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Posted: May 13th, 2013 under Ballard District, Central District, Delridge District, Downtown District, East District, Economic development, Front Porch, General, Greater Duwamish District, Historic Preservation, Lake Union District, North District, Northeast District, Northwest District, Southeast District, Southwest District.
Tags: Atlantic Weekly, Historic Districts, Historic Preservation Program, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
