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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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Mayor McGinn will announce national grant to create emergency hubs in P-Patches

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.
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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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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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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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Civic Cocktail Features Segment on Urban Agriculture

 Laura Raymond from our P-Patch program answers questions on urban agriculture in this segment of Civic Cocktail, an event where a panel of pros discuss a range of topics and answer questions from a live audience. Civic Cocktail is a joint production of the Seattle Channel, Seattle City Club, and Crosscut.  Click here

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Posted: May 3rd, 2013 under Ballard District, Central District, Downtown District, East District, Environmental issues, Front Porch, General, Greater Duwamish District, Lake Union District, North District, Northeast District, Northwest District, P-Patch, Southeast District, Southwest District.
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2013 Interbay Food Bank Gardening Kickoff a Huge Success!

Article by Jude Berman, Giving Garden Goddess The Interbay P-Patch donated 4648 lbs of fresh produce in 2012 to those in need, of which almost half is from individuals annually rented plots. [caption id="attachment_3603" align="alignleft" width="308"] Photo by Tino Tran[/caption] There’s nothing like the generosity of gardeners! About 35 people showed up

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Posted: April 24th, 2013 under General.

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