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Help Bring Art to Magnuson’s Orchard!

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.
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FEMA Grant to Create Emergency Hubs in Southeast Seattle P-Patch Community Gardens

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.
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West Seattle Blog features Sunday’s Bee Parade

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.
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Still Time to Visit Paper Unbound: Horiuchi and Beyond at Wing Luke Museum

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.
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Bee There for the Parade this Sunday!

Don't miss this Matching Fund supported parade, picnic and festival! 

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Posted: May 16th, 2013 under Front Porch, General, Neighborhood Matching Fund, Southwest District, West Seattle.
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Join us for the Maple Leaf Play Area Dedication this Saturday!

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.
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Historic Seattle Honors Historic Preservation Projects

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.
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Registration now open for the Annual American Community Gardening Association Conference August 8-11

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.
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Atlantic Weekly Reports on the Economic Benefits of Historic Districts

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.
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Publicize your Summer Events with our Online Calendar!

You can post your events and activities to Seattle Department of Neighborhoods events calendar on our website.  Just visit our events page at www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/calendar, hit the link for "Submit an Event" on the upper left-hand column, read the "How to Submit..." and policy guidelines, and complete the form. Once your event is submitted, it

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Posted: May 7th, 2013 under Ballard District, Delridge District, Downtown District, East District, Front Porch, General, Greater Duwamish District, Neighborhood Matching Fund, North District, Northeast District, Northwest District, P-Patch, Queen Anne/Magnolia District, Southeast District, Southwest District.
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