We’ve counted each vote and checked it twice! And, now is the moment you’ve all been waiting for: the announcement of vote results for Your Voice, Your Choice: Parks and Streets! 2017 Your Voice, Your Choice: Parks and Streets Vote Results DISTRICT 1 Delridge: Crossing Improvements at Delridge… [ Keep reading ]
Want to create your own (temporary) public park and get funding from the city to do it?! Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is now accepting applications to turn on-street parking spaces into pop-up parks for its annual PARK(ing) Day event on September 15. Each year, residents, businesses, and organizations participate… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is hosting three workshops for community groups interested in learning more about the Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF). In 2017, NMF will award a total of $3.2 million dollars to volunteer-led projects that strengthen our communities such as cultural festivals, community space improvements, public art, grassroots organizing,… [ Keep reading ]
If your neighborhood plans to participate in Night Out on August 1, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has a fund to support your event! Our Small Sparks Fund provides funding for projects that promote community engagement and are led by the community. Community groups can request up to $5,000 to pay… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor Ed Murray announced an investment of $1,182,400 to support 28 community-initiated projects across the City. The awards are from the Neighborhood Matching Fund’s Community Partnership Fund which provides awards of up to $100,000 to community organizations committed to fostering and building our community. The awards range from $10,500 to… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor Murray announced the Youth Opportunity Fund, a $145,000 fund which will provide flexible mini-grants to support agencies that are providing positive youth development activities for young people. Community organizations, groups, and businesses are encouraged to apply to the grants program. The Youth Opportunity Fund is connected to the City’s… [ Keep reading ]
Seeking proposals to support Duwamish River neighborhoods For many years, the neighborhoods along the Duwamish River have been impacted by the Superfund clean-up that has been occurring in and along the river. For that reason, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is again seeking proposals to help fund community-based projects that increase… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is hosting three workshops for community groups interested in learning more about our Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF). This year, NMF will award 3.2 million dollars to community-led projects that strengthen our communities, such as cultural festivals, improvements to community spaces, public art, community organizing, and much… [ Keep reading ]
Your Voice, Your Choice: Help Decide How to Spend $2 Million of the City’s Budget Last year, Seattle youth helped successfully launch the City of Seattle’s first participatory budgeting process, in which more than 3,000 young people throughout the City decided how to spend $700,000 of the City’s budget! It… [ Keep reading ]
Message from Kathy Nyland, Director of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods: The Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) is a beloved program that was created 29 years ago. It was an innovative idea that provided financial resources to support community ideas. We funded projects, but the true emphasis was on people. It was… [ Keep reading ]
